I am new to nRF programming. My "far away goal" is to make a BLE sensor mesh with a centralised data collection.
Currently I am deciding what libraries to start playing with. ANT seems to be quite usable and so I would like to get an overview of what SDK or software tools do I need to compile/flash some simple "blinky" app using ANT.
I have 3 nRF52 DK boards. I have downloaded the nRF SDK 14.2.0 and flashed a blinky app on the DK. I have read a little bit through the example source codes. I am used to write a code using a "primitive" editors like Notepad++, not using IDEs like Keil or Eclipse.
The questions are:
- What else, except ANT source code itself, do I need to start playing?
- Is there a way to simply download an ANT source without becoming an "ANT+ Adopter"?
- Are there some other alternative libs to ANT that incorporate the BLE mesh functionality?