nRF Connect SDK Mesh + iBeacon coexistence

[Jacob B]

We are currently developing an application for nRF5340 using the nRF Connect SDK which requires bluetooth mesh + iBeacon coexistence.  Are there any resources/examples available to help with this?  Any pointers would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

[Simonr]

Hi Jacob

I'm sorry, but we don't have any support for Bluetooth Mesh on the nRF5340 as of yet in NCS. This is a work in progress, and you can contact the Regional Sales Manager of your area for a roadmap on when this is expected. You can fill out our Sales Related Questions form if you'd like to get in touch with your RSM.

So if you'd like to have Bluetooth Mesh you'll have to use the Zephyr stack directly for now. The same goes for iBeacon, which is also just available in the Zephyr stack as of yet.

Best regards,

Simon

[Jacob B]

Hi Simon,

Thanks for you're reply.  We are using Zephyr and have had both iBeacon and mesh examples running seperately.  We need to run a mesh network simultaneously with an iBeacon, is this possible with Zephyr and if so is there any documentation/examples for this?

Thanks,

Jacob

[Simonr]

Hi Jacob

I'm afraid we don't have any further documentation or example code other than what is already available on the Zephyr Project pages. Here for iBeacon, and here for Bluetooth Mesh, so I think you will have to combine these two examples yourself. As far as I can see, there are no Mesh beaconing examples in the Zephyr documentation though, so that would be the first step. Next. you should probably check out the iBeacon specs on Apple's pages to make sure that it fits with the Bluetooth Mesh specification. 

For additional information that might be relevant, I also found this case, where another community member did something similar with the nRF5 SDK and nRF52832. 

Best regards,

Simon