Development platform for ARM BLE devices supported by Apache NimBLE for PlatformIO

Apache NimBLE is an open-source Bluetooth 5.1 stack (both Host & Controller) that completely replaces the proprietary SoftDevice on Nordic chipsets and is part of Apache Mynewt project. This platform aims to provide the use of the NimBLE-Arduino library for Nordic and other ARM based devices that are supported by the underlying NimBLE stack, using the n-able Arduino core.

Usage

1. Install PlatformIO
2. Create PlatformIO project and configure a platform option in platformio.ini file:

[env]
platform = https://github.com/h2zero/platform-n-able.git#1.0.0
framework = arduino
lib_deps = h2zero/NimBLE-Arduino@^1.4.0
board = ...
...

Supported boards

nRF52840

• Generic nRF52840 MCU
• Nordic nRF52840 DK
• Nordic nRF52840 Dongle
• Adafruit CLUE nRF52840
• Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
• Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express
• Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Sense
• Adafruit ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express
• Ebyte E104-BT5040U

nRF52833

• Generic nRF52833 MCU
• Nordic nRF52833 DK
• BBC micro:bit v2

nRF52832

• Generic nRF52832 MCU
• Nordic nRF52832 DK
• RedBear Blend 2
• RedBear Nano 2
• Bluey
• hackaBLE
• hackaBLE_v2
• Adafruit Feather nRF52832
• Ebyte E104-BT5032A-TB

nRF51

• Generic nRF51 MCU
• BBC micro:bit
• Calliope mini
• Bluz DK
• Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 Development Kit
• Nordic Semiconductor NRF51 Smart Beacon Kit
• Nordic Semiconductor NRF51 Dongle
• OSHChip
• RedBearLab BLE Nano
• RedBearLab nRF51822
• Waveshare BLE400
• ng-beacon
• TinyBLE
• Sino:bit

Tools

Available options for uploading firmware are: JLink, Black Magic Probe, ST-Link, cmsis-dap, nrfjprog, adafruit-nrfutil , and nrfutil (nordic).

Debugging

Supported debugging tools are: JLink, Black Magic Probe, ST-Link, and cmsis-dap. Both on-board and external debug tools are supported with 1-click debugging.