NRF8001 and OTA Over-the-air

[John]

Hi! I have been trying for over a year to figure this out, but I am unable to, and I would hope it be pretty straight forward since OTA is already in the Nordit Master Control Panel App. I Want to connect this module www.adafruit.com/.../1697 to an arduino nano and upload a hex file to the arduino using the Nordic Master Control Panel app and the OTA feature in the app but I have been unsuccessful. Can you share step-by-step instructions and sample code of what needs to be done? Including a wiring diagram. I thought if I upload the optiboot bootloader to the arduino and wire up the module it would work, but I am having trouble. I have read all the documentation, but I need a good tutorial to demonstrate OTA uploading. Thank you David Edwin!

Thanks John

[John]

You rock David!

[John]

Hi David, Any updates on this?

Thanks Johnstrong text

[David Edwin]

I have got a step by step approach marked out on the github issues, it would be good if you can try to reproduce it and see if it works. I will then upgrade it to a formal tutorial after it works on your end.

[vishal]

Hello John,

The OTA which nordic talks about is for the bluetooth chip firmware and not for your arduino board. In order to implement the OTA for your arduino board you need to implement application for your smartphone which will talk with arduino board using STK500 Protocol.

Hope this will help you!

[David Edwin]

The BTLE bootloader (ble-optiboot) is for the Arduino and not the nRF8001. The ble-optiboot works side by side by the STK500 protocol and support firmware update over UART and over BTLE