Is a BLE Master library available?

[ajkool]

I need an star network with 1 master and 4 to 8 slaves. I'm not so concerned about the power, but the convenience of the nRF51822 is attractive.

Does the current BLE library support master mode to accept the slaves? If is there a suggestion what I should/can choose?

[Shrijit Mukherjee]

Hi, Sorry to jump in this thread. I am researching BLE product for a similar task (1 central node with 4-6 concurrent slaves). I have looked up other vendors (TI, CSR etc) and come to a conclusion that nRF51822 with S120 can answer this problem (S120 being central protocol stack solution with up to 8 simultaneous slave connections). Being a SoC, I assume that the system complexity will be lower from prototype development time point of view, too. Please would you share your view on this, as based on this, I would like to order a starter + development kit. Will the development kit come with some sort of demo software to evaluate the connection?

[Ole Morten]

When you have a new question, which doesn't really have anything to do with the existing, we strongly prefer that you post it as a new one, instead of hijacking an old question like this.

However, to answer what you need to know, you can find code examples for the Central role in the nRF51 SDK, which is available if you buy either a Development Kit or an Evaluation Kit. Take a look at this question for the differences: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/index.php/what-s-the-difference-between-nrf51822-evaluation-and-development-kits