Thingy:52 Communication

RE: Thingy:52 Communication

Marry — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:28:12 GMT

Hello, Jared! I was wondering if I could ask you something else regarding Thingy:52. (I also made a different topic, but unfortunately I have no answer for the past few days).

So, could you please give me an idea of how to enable/observe the relay feature of the Thingys? Or any part of code/function which I should study? I appreciate any kind of help. I would need this, to extend the range of communication between my phone and the board, using more Thingys in a Mesh topology.

Thank you very much & have a great day!

RE: Thingy:52 Communication

Marry — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:02:44 GMT

[quote userid="73165" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/63417/thingy-52-communication/259155"]The Thingy:52 is basically an nRF52832 with lots of external sensors.[/quote]

Oh, I did not know that.

[quote userid="73165" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/63417/thingy-52-communication/259155"]suggest that you start with the nRF52840 development kit[/quote]

Ok, I got it. Thanks a lot!

RE: Thingy:52 Communication

Jared — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:33:20 GMT

Hi,

The Thingy:52 is basically an nRF52832 with lots of external sensors. We usually recommend experienced users to develop with the nRF Thingy SDK, but since you're new to the ecosystem I would rather suggest that you start with the nRF52840 development kit and the examples from the "normal" SDK. You could then proceed to develop on the thingy when you have a good overview over the ecosystem.

[quote user="Marry"] I see that the first link has examples on nRF52833 with the S140 SoftDevice.[/quote]

This is only a note, the SDK has examples for the nRF52840 etc.

regards

Jared

RE: Thingy:52 Communication

Marry — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:27:34 GMT

Hello Jared and thanks for your reply and the two references!

However, it is not clear to me what I should do. I see that the first link has examples on nRF52833 with the S140 SoftDevice. Could you please explain to me how I should run it on thingy? What file(s) should I change and what modifications more specifically should I do? I am asking this, because I'm overwhelmed by the number of files and it can be complex to go through all of them and understand each.

Thanks again! Marry

RE: Thingy:52 Communication

Jared — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:23:27 GMT

Hi,

See our nRF52 examples on BLE UART and Blinky to get an introduction on how the BLE communication works. You can port the examples to the Thingy by changing the board file of a nRF52832 project.

regards

Jared