Nordic Thingy:91 Software Development

[noahpfaff]

I am attempting to develop software for a wearable device that hikers/athletes will use in the case of emergency. It will send out an emergency message when a button is pressed to certain people they designate.

Myself and one other are using the Nordic Thingy:91 in order to accomplish this as of now. 

Where do I start in programming the Thingy:91 to simply have an LED light up and the buzzer to go off when the button is pressed? We are trying to have the device go into different states when the button is pressed 1,2, and 3 times. 

In addition, Is it possible for when the button is pressed to have a text message sent out through the use of Twilio or something similar? 

We currently have all software (nRF connect SDK, Segger Embedded Studio, and have connected the board to the Cloud)

[Øivind]

Hi,

The nRF connect SDK documentation has a good user guide on working with the Thingy:91. For examples on how to handle button presses, LEDs and the buzzer, you can take a look at the asset tracker application, found in nrf/applications/asset_tracker. 

I am not familiar with Twilio, but in general sending a text message when the button is pressed should not be an issue.