Custom Service with HID Keyboard

RE: Custom Service with HID Keyboard

Sigurd — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:01:25 GMT

[quote user="Jay8ee"]Can you point in the direction of some material that might show me how to add this custom service to the Keyboard example in the SDK?[/quote]

If you are using the nRF5 SDK, then this course here shows you how to implement a custom service:

https://github.com/NordicPlayground/nRF52-Bluetooth-Course

RE: Custom Service with HID Keyboard

Jay8ee — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:19:06 GMT

Great. Can you point in the direction of some material that might show me how to add this custom service to the Keyboard example in the SDK? I'd repeat that it is important for this project that the device be a keyboard HID that can pair with android, ios, windows, etc. with no additional configuration if the user doesn't want to.

Thanks.

RE: Custom Service with HID Keyboard

Sigurd — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:23:52 GMT

[quote user="Jay8ee"]I think the best way to allow this customization is through a characteristic on a custom service?[/quote]

OK, I understand. Yes, a characteristic on a custom service is the best way to implement this.

RE: Custom Service with HID Keyboard

Jay8ee — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:02:48 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

What I want to make is a keyboard macro of sorts. The device will act as a Bluetooth keyboard that sends strings of keypresses when a switch is pressed. The configuration aspect is so the user can customize what string of keypresses actually gets sent. I think the best way to allow this customization is through a characteristic on a custom service?

Thanks.

RE: Custom Service with HID Keyboard

Sigurd — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:49:09 GMT

Hi,

Yes, that should be possible. Can you explain a bit more about what kind of configuration options you want to add with the BLE characteristics? What kind of functionality do you plan to add with these characteristics?