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BLE Blinky Example

Description

The BLE Blinky Example uses the LED Button Service Server module. This module implements a custom LED Button Service with an LED and Button Characteristics that are used to toggle LEDs and receive button statuses from the nRF52840 M.2 module.

Tip

Before you start building, remember to set up the nRF5 SDK development environment first. See Setup the nRF5 SDK for details.

Building the example

You can find the source code and the project file of the example in the following folder: examples/nrf5-sdk/ble_app_blinky.

Open terminal and navigate to the directory with the example Makefile:

cd ./examples/nrf5-sdk/ble_app_blinky/armgcc

Run make merge to build the application and merge with the Softdevice:

make merge

Programming the firmware

If compiled successfully, the firmware is located in ble_app_blinky/armgcc/_build with the name nrf52840_xxaa_s140.hex.

Connect the debugger USB port to your PC using the provided USB-C Cable. A disk drive called M2-DOCK will be automatically detected by the computer.

Run the following command in ble_app_blinky/armgcc to program the board:

make flash_all

Tip

See Programming section for details about how to program the nRF52840 M.2 Module.

Testing

You can test the example with the nRF Connect for Mobile app by performing the following steps:

  1. Download the nRF Connect for Mobile from App Store or Google Play.

  2. Connect to the device from nRF Connect (the device is advertising as Nordic_Blinky).

  3. Observe the LEDs state. This indicates that the connections is established.

  4. Observe that the Nordic LED and Button Service is shown in the connected device. It contains two characteristics: Button State Characteristic and LED State Characteristic.

  5. Enable Notify on the Button State Characteristic. Notifications are received when pressing or releasing the USER Button.

  6. Write 01 to the LED State Characteristic and observe that GREEN LED is turned on.

  7. Write 00 to the LED State Characteristic and observe that GREEN LED is turned off.

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