cannot find ble_ant_app_hrm example on the software pack installer

[Antonio]

Hello , I am doing a new Keil project to run concurrently ANT for messagging exchange and Bluetooth LE for advertising. On KEIL pack Installer I cannot find the example ble_ant_app_hrm that from other threads in the forum I understood is the one that is running concurrently ANT and Bluetooth LE using S310 SoftDevice . I don't know where the example is or how to add it on the pack installer. I tried updating the pack installer from the menu Update both it didn't arrive the example. Could you help me ?

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Hi Antonio,

The S310 SoftDevice is not currently supported by SDK 8.x, so if you are using the newest version and looking for Keil packs you will not find ble_ant_app_hrm. You can find the .zip and .packs architectures for SDK 7.x here. Note that the example you are looking for might be called experimental_ble_ant_app_hrm in some iterations. Hopefully this answers your question.

Best regards,

Øyvind

[Antonio]

Hello , thanks for the info. Since we are starting a new project that needs concurrent ANT and BLE , I am a bit scared of using the older SDK 7 and not the latest SDK 8. Is there a particular reason because of which the SoftDevice S310 is not supported by the SDK 8 ? IS the SDK 7 good anyway to be used for a new project ? Btw updating from the pack installer ( menu packs->check for updates ) it came the Softdevice s310 component, it was added to the pack installer to be selected, but it didn't arrive the example I was mentioning.

Antonio

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Hi,

For SoftDevice 310, SDK 7.2 is the one being supported, so it is fine to use for a new project. The release notes say that S310 not being supported is due to compatibility reasons with the BLE API in SDK 8.0.

[Antonio]

Hi I have installed the SDK 7.2 packs, but I still cannot find the example on the pack installer on the examples list. whata could be ?

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Hi, I just redownloaded SDK 7.2 in Keil to verify, but I was able to find ble_ant_app_hrm_s310_pca10028. The pack info is Pack: NordicSemiconductor::nRF_Examples, Version 7.2.0 Examples and BSP for Nordic Semiconductor nRF family.

To install go to the Packs tab, expand NordicSemiconductor::nRF_Examples, and under previous versions install 7.2.0

[Antonio]

Hi, sorry I am new to this system , so please if you could tell me when I get wrong :

1. download the SDK 7.2.0 from developer.nordicsemi.com/.../ downloaded the _packs.zip file.
2. launched the install.bat, select "N", all ok, finished installing.
3. on Keil , doing a new project for a Nordic chip 51422AC , now I can see in the options for target->device that the current SDK packs used is 7.2.1.
4. on "select software packs" I can see NordicSemiconductor::nRF_Examples but I can only select if to use 8.1.1, 8.0.0 , 7.2.0, I don't see here an install or anything else similar of what you wrote to me . So maybe I am at the wrong place. Where is the packs tab you are referring to ?
5. on the packs installer I cannot see the example name "ble_ant_app_hrm" on the example list where I think there is the list of all the examples ready to copy by pressing the "copy" button on the correspondent row. Here I can see for example the blinky example, or the ant relay example, etc. Under the "packs" tab here I can see the NordicSemiconductor::nRF_Examples version 7.2.0 is already installed and I can only choose to remove it. under the "previous" I can see I can install 7.1.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.0.