So I'm trying to get to grips with the ble_app_blinky example from nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_d674dde\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_blinky
To start with I grabbed the hex file ble_app_blinky_pca10059_s140.hex and flashed it to my nRF52840-dongle using nRFConnect Programmer. Just wrote it. Fine.
Then following the instructions on https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v14.0.0%2Fble_sdk_app_blinky.html I downloaded the blinky app on to my Android phone and tested the dongle. Fine.
Now I wanted to see how the nRFConnect for desktop would work:
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Test using nRF Connect
You can also test the application with nRF Connect by performing the following steps:
- Compile and program the application. Observe that LED 1 is on. This indicates that the application is advertising.
- Connect to the device from nRF Connect (the device is advertising as 'Nordic_Blinky').
- Observe that LED 2 is on and LED 1 is off. This indicates that the connections is established.
- Observe that the services are shown in the connected device and that you can enable services for the Button Characteristic by clicking the 'Play' button.
- Notifications are received on the Button Characteristic (0x1524) when pressing or releasing Button 1.
- Write '01' to the LED Characteristic (0x1525) and observe that LED 3 is turned on.
- Write '00' to the LED Characteristic (0x1525) and observe that LED 3 is turned off.
What the hell is this talking about? I have started nRF Connect, how do you compile and program the application?
How do I connect to the device (the nRF52840 dongle?)
So I used the nRF Connect and the Bluetooth Low Energy app.
(I had to reinstall nrfjprog to get rid of some error.)
My dongle is plugged in to USB but I cannot scan, that button is disabled, I can't do anything. I tried with a totally unused dongle and that wanted to update the bottloader which failed anyway and I couldn't see what was going on so I left it.
Do I assume that my thinking that nRFConnect can be used to test my dongle apps (like the Android app does) is unfounded?
How can I test my dongle from the PC? (Windows10)
I would have thought and hoped that I would be able to scan and connect to the dongle via bluetooth and read/write to it to flash LEDS and read Buttons? Am I wrong in thinking that?
Sorry, I'm getting a bit frustrated with this stuff, nothing seems to work out of the box!!!
Where do professionals learn this stuff?
