Multiprotocol example using nRF Connect SDK

[anusha_14]

Hello Nordic,

I was looking at multiprotocol support from nRF Connect SDK by following this link: https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/ug_multiprotocol_support.html#ug-multiprotocol-support

I would like to know if there are examples for BLE + ZigBee / BLE + Thread using nRF Connect SDK similar to those given for nRF5 SDK (https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.threadsdk.v0.10.0%2Fthread_multiprotocol_ble_howto.html)

Thanks,

Anusha

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi Anusha,

Some of the samples in NCS do have support for multiprotocol if you activate it, and you can also add multiprotocol to the other samples yourself.

Both the Zigbee Light switch and Thread CoAP Client samples already have multiprotocol support. You only need to activate it in order to use this, which you can do by setting overlay-multiprotocol_ble.conf as a CMake build option. This can be done in both SES and command line.

For SES you must set it using Extra CMake Build Options when opening a project (make sure Extended Settings is selected to get this field), or in an open project by going to Tools > Options... > nRF Connect and adding it to Additional CMake Build Options. Add the following to set it:

-DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-multiprotocol_ble.conf

When building on the command line with west, you can activate it by using the following when building:

west build -b <build_target> -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-multiprotocol_ble.conf

You can read more about this, and how to test multiprotocol, in the documentation of each sample.

Best regards,

Marte

[anusha_14]

Thanks for this information. This is helpful.