How To Use MDBT50Q Demo Board (MDBT50Q-DB-40 / MDBT50Q-DB-33)

Here provides an easy introduction of How to set up of nRF52840 & nRF52833 Module Demo board MDBT50Q-DB-40 (for nRF52840) & MDBT50Q-DB-33 (for nRF52833)
MDBT50Q-DB-40, built by Raytac’s MDBT50Q-1MV2  with Red PCBA deployed nRF52840 SoC with Bluetooth 5 & Thread Combo module Demo Board, equipped Raytac’s MDBT50Q-1MV2  with 1MB Flash Memory and 256KB RAM and Chip Antenna
MDBT50Q-DB-33, build by Raytac’s MDBT50Q-512K with Green PCBA deployed nRF52833 SoC with Bluetooth 5 & Thread Combo module demo board, equipped Raytac’s MDBT50Q-512K  with 512KB Flash Memory and 128KB RAM and Chip Antenna
Both demo boards are BT5.1 / BT5 / BT4.2 Bluetooth qualified and FCC, IC, CE, Telec, KC, SRRC, RCM, NCC, WPC pre-certified.

Nordic Mesh Network Development Update

Mesh Network has grabbed the highlight of BLE development.
To keep all Nordic users get the updated information post, Raytac keep closely watching for every step Nordic achieved and summarized current status in below.
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Nordic Licensed A Free Development IDE-Embedded Studio

Nordic announced it recently has signed with SEGGER to license all developers allowed to use Embedded Studio to develop Nordic nRF51 & nRF52 application freely without any limitations.

Getting started with SEGGER Embedded Studio and the nRF5 SDK Tutorial Video:

Nordic nRF52810 Module MDBT42Q-P192K by Raytac in Mass Production

With Nordic nRF52810 SoC volume production, Raytac announced nRF52810 module MDBT42Q-P192K and MDBT42Q-192K will be available by 2017/11

Nordic Semiconductor News Release For Raytac’s BT5.0 Module

Nordic Semiconductor announces that Raytac Corporation has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 wafer level-chip scale package (WL-CSP) System-on-Chip (SoC) for its compact Bluetooth low energy, Bluetooth® 5 ready MDBT42V and MDBT42V-P modules……… The modules comes in an 8.4 by 6.4 by 1.75mm form factor and offers a high performance ceramic chip antenna delivering a wireless connectivity range of over 100m in open space according to Raytac.
For more detail, please refer to below link of Nordic News Releases Press
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Raytac Nordic Module Line
Raytac Corporation
A BT4.1 & BT4.2 & BT5 module maker based on Nordic nRF51 & nRF52 solution 
(nRF51822 & nRF51422 & nRF52832 & nR52810 & nRF52840)
www.raytac.com            Tel: +886.2.3234.0208
email: service@raytac.com

New NFC feature on nRF52 Series: Read/write capable Type 4 Tag NFC library in nRF5 SDK

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NFC feature is an interesting function in nRF52 series which can help developers and consumers to extent the device flexibility and accessibility.
Mostly, people knows that the NFC for nRF52 can work for paring work only.
Here Nordic Developer Zone introduced the new features of nRF52 for Type 4 Tag in nRF5 SDK.
Thus, not only used as a standard tag type for storing a web link or a text to launch apps and secure BLE pairing as known as Type 2 Tag. (The library already in nRF5 SDK), but also supports more features which enhance a faster communication and exposing data (known as NFC Type 4 Tag). Thus, nRF52 now can even write data to a tag with an NFC Reader/Writer such as smartphone and used in many secure transactions systems.
For more detail information, you can continue the reading in below which quoted from original post, or simply visit Nordic Developer Zone

Bluetooth 5-ready Nordic nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC released!

 

Raytac Corporation

Bluetooth module maker based on Nordic nRF51 & nRF52 solution 
(Nordic nRF51822 & nRF5142 & nRF52832 & nRF52840)
Bluetooth Specification Version: BT4.0 & BT4.1 & BT4.2
Tel: +886.2.3234.0208
email: service@raytac.com
http://raytaccorp.blogspot.tw/2016/12/bluetooth-5-ready-nordic-nrf52840-multi.html

Quoted from Nordic Press released!
https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/News/News-releases/Product-Related-News/Bluetooth-5-ready-SoC-from-Nordic-redefines-scope-for-smart-home-IoT-and-wearables-by-delivering-4x-range-2x-bandwidth-and-best-in-class-security

Nordic Semiconductor has today released the new nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC with on-chip support for the upcoming Bluetooth 5 specification. In addition to Bluetooth 5 the nRF52840 also introduces on-chip support for the 802.15.4 standard. With Bluetooth 5’s new high throughput and long range modes and 802.15.4, it offers unparalleled development opportunities for connected devices for IoT. These opportunities include advanced single-chip wearables, wearables with payment options and connected home devices.
 
Bluetooth 5 will undergo ratification by the Bluetooth SIG beginning December 6th2016. Upon completion, we will provide Bluetooth 5-ready SoftDevices to support nRF52840 and the nRF52832 (high-throughput mode only).

Nordic nRF5 SDK v.12.1.0 Released

Raytac Corporation
A BT4.1 & BT4.2 module maker based on Nordic nRF51 & nRF52 solution 
(nRF51822 & nRF51422 & nRF52832 & nRF51802)
Tel: +886.2.3234.0208
Nordic relleased nRF5 SDK V12.1.0

Software Update

nRF5 SDK v.12.1.0
Software Development Kit for the nRF51 Series and nRF52 Series.
Highlights of this release:
  • Added serialization of the S132 SoftDevice v3.0.0. Serialization of S130 is now deprecated.
  • Included the latest MDK v8.9.0 with a crucial workaround for nRF52832 Errata 108.
More information in the release notes (inside the download).

nRF5 SDK supports IoT over Bluetooth Smart

Raytac Corporation
A BT4.1 & BT4.2 module maker based on Nordic nRF51 & nRF52 solution 
(nRF51822 & nRF51422 & nRF52832 & nRF51802)
Tel: +886.2.3234.0208
email: service@raytac.com
 
Now both ‪#‎nRF51‬ & ‪#‎nRF52‬ Support IPv6 Over Bluetooth Smart.‪#‎nRF5SDK‬
Quoted from Nordic: http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-Smart-Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF5-SDK-for-IoT
This SDK is a IPv6 capable Bluetooth® Smart software stack that provides drivers, libraries, examples, and APIs for nRF52 Series devices. It includes an IPv6 over Bluetooth Smart adaptation layer (6LoWPAN) and a complete Internet Protocol Suite including IPv6, ICMP, UDP, TCP, DTLS, TLS, CoAP and MQTT. It brings native IPv6 support to Bluetooth Smart applications, letting them talk directly to cloud services and other connected ‘things’ over IP-based networks.
The SDK includes examples that configure the nRF52 device as a Bluetooth Smart 6LoWPAN node and that interface with the IP layers at transport level (UDP amd TCP) and with security (DTLS and TLS), to the application level CoAP and MQTT and LWM2M. Examples of how to connect to cloud services is also included in the documentation. The SDK also includes an implementation to for over the air upgrade for Bluetooth Smart IPv6 nodes over IP using the trivial file transport protocol (TFTP).
As a router for development an off-the-shelf router running OpenWRT or a Raspberry Pi can be used. A solution for commissioning of Bluetooth Smart IPv6 nodes to a router with a mobile phone as a trusted third party is also included. Source code for the commissioning app and the needed OpenWRT daemon is also available. All this is described in the documentation.
The nRF5 IoT SDK documentation are available at our infocenter.
The nRF5 IoT SDK zip and pack version are available for download developer.nordicsemi.com.

FEATURES

6LoWPAN and IPSP library:
  • 6LoWPAN compression/decompression
  • 6LoWPAN node role
  • Packet flow control
  • IPv6 prefix management
IPv6 stack:
  • Support for multiple IPv6 addresses
  • ICMPv6 module
  • UDP socket APIs
  • DNS client
  • SNTP client
  • TFTP client
CoAP library:
  • CoAP message types CON, NON, ACK, and RESET
  • Token matching
  • Endpoint creation as resources
  • Support for observable resources and observing resources
  • Support for DTLS
  • Support for block transfer
MQTT library:
  • Publisher and Subscriber role
  • Support for QoS0, QoS1 and QoS2
  • Flow control messages to application
  • MQTT message encoder/decoder
  • Support for version 3.1.1 and 3.1.0
  • TLS support
LWM2M library:
  • Client initiated boostrap
  • Server registration/deregistration/update
  • “LWM2M” and “IPSO Smart Objects” objects
  • LWM2M TLV encoder/decoder
  • DTLS support
BSD Socket Interface:
  • Client UDP and TCP
  • Supports Blocking and Non-Blocking I/O
  • Compatible with POSIX Socket Interface