how to use ant &BLE softdevice?

[wzszzxj]

HI,Simon:

    I  want to use ANT & BLE in the same chip_nrf52833,how?

[Kenneth]

Hi,

The nRF52840 and nRF52833 use the same ANT+BLE softdevices:
https://www.thisisant.com/developer/components/nrf52832/

I suggest to download the latest nRF5 SDK (currently that is nRF5 SDK v17), then open one of the projects that is closest to your product:
\nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099\examples\ant

If you want both ANT and BLE support, there is only one project that does this out of the box:
\nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099\examples\multiprotocol\ble_ant_app_hrm

FYI: Projects placed in a pca10056 folder are setup for nRF52840, while pca10100 are setup for nRF52833. To convert a project from pca10056 to pca10100 you may follow this:
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/64518/nrf52833-development/263204

Comparsion of nRF52-variants:
https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/struct_nrf52/struct/nrf52.html 

Best regards,
Kenneth

[wzszzxj]

Hi,Kenneth:

  And,by the way,What is the deference btween ANT and 2.4G in the softdevice?  I ask that only because of below:

I have considered of that the ANT  is equal to 2.4G,but now?  

[Kenneth]

Both ANT and BLE use 2.4GHz yes, but we also have our own proprietary protocols, we refer to these as "2.4GHz": Check out:

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/sdk_nrf5_v17.0.0/esb_users_guide.html

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/sdk_nrf5_v17.0.0/gzll_02_user_guide.html

[wzszzxj]

HI，Kenneth：

    Thanks for you explaination! So it means I use ANT as master,and have to use another ANT as slave making a pair,right? But  is 2.4G mentioned above fixed protocol in it? I hope it is not. It  must be in common use.Is that right?

[Kenneth]

BLE can only communicate with BLE, and ANT with ANT, and our other 2.4GHz protocols such as ESB and Gazell, can only communicate with ESB and Gazell.

All nRF52-chips can run all above protocols, only depend on the softdevice and software you build your application on.

Best regards,
Kenneth

[wzszzxj]

Hi,Kenneth:

       Thank you for your reply, Pls close this topic,thank you!