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The biggest pain point when debugging an application on the nRF51 series is the inability to set breakpoints while the SoftDevice is active without triggering an assert. Although a workaround exists that…

The new Bluetooth 5 specification promises twice the speed and 4 times the range. Doubling the speed is achieved by increasing the on-air datarate to 2Mbps, while quadrupling the range is achieved by lowering…

PolyMCU is an Open Source Framework which has been designed to be as flexible as possible: host OS independent (support Linux, Windows, MacOS), support any toolchain (GCC, LLVM), any RTOS (ARM RTX, FreeRTOS…

When designing a PCB with nRF51, nRF51822 or nRF51422, there are some rules that should be followed in order to get a good working radio/system, with a maximized range. General rule The RF part of the…

2019-02-08: Updated tutorial to cover nRF5 SDK version 15.2. Introduction Scope The following topics will be included in this tutorial: Configuration of the Scheduler library. Using the scheduler with…

Scope Topics that will be covered include: Before we begin Necessary equipment and software Necessary prior knowledge Setting up the example projects Background theory Central and peripheral roles…

2018-11-23: Updated tutorial to cover SDK version 15.2. 2019-02-08: Improved example project (SDK 15.2) and updated instructions accordingly. Introduction Scope The following topics will be included in…

Before we begin Scope Topics that will be covered include: Before we begin Necessary equipment and software Necessary prior knowledge Some basic theory The Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) Services…

Setting up the Timeslot API When you want to use the radio while still maintaining a BLE connection or have a task that you need to do uninterrupted by radio activity, you can set up a timeslot. The timeslot…