CC2642R: AOA and TOF implementation on custom hardware

Hi Clement,

i went through the note you have provided,it seems like hardware testing of AOA using some third party tool,

but i want to implement AOA on the our custom hardware which is having CC2642R1 chip,one sntenna switcher and two antennas no UART.

on that for software side implementation for BLE to BLE finding AOA without UART interface can you guide for this if possible that could be helpful ..!!

Any inputs or suggestions apart from that app note ?

also in RTLS example ,co-ordinator is in central,responder is in peripheral,in which role passive operates as i saw ble section in not used in sysconfig for that.

Please Suggest any more inputs..!!!

Regards,

Atul

Hi Atul,

In my first answer, I assumed you wanted to run the Bluetooth RF-PHY tests - apparently this is not the case.

It would be nice if you could specify what are the tests you want to run. In other words, what is the purpose of your tests?
If you want to verify if the antennas can successfully be connected to the radio, you could flash the simple_peripheral example available in our SDK on the custom board. Then you could try to establish a Bluetooth LE connection between the custom board and your smartphone (for example). If you manage to do so, you can consider the antenna can be successfully connected to the device's radio. Repeat the operation for all the antennas.

In our RTLS Toolbox, the rtls_passive devices do not run an actual BLE stack (they are running on the micro-BLE stack). The rtls_passive devices act as connection monitors. They do not have an active role in the connection. Please consult the documentation for additional details.

Best regards,

Hi Clement,

My custom board is tested and in working condition before i started checking for AOA,

So what i want to implement is finding the direction of the device from device A and to device B and vice versa without connection,and also 

if possible distance between device A to device B vice versa without connection.

and i don't have UART interface to send commands using RTLS UI interface.

After finding the direction/distance from device A to device B and vice versa i want to send that data to device C which is operating in peripheral/multi-role mode.

also i want to transfer the data between device A and device B and vice versa with connection.

What are the possibilities that you can make out from this. 

Regards,

Atul

Hi Clement,

Thanks for the inputs you have shared ,i will try with rtls_coordinator example for my use case.

if in new SDK any such feature of finding AOA without PC interface or device to device AOA is planned keep me posted.

Regards,

Atul

Hi Clement,

as rtls_examples do not on actual BLE stack and use micro-BLE stack instead, so in order to find AOA on custom HW,and transfer data between them i can add BLE part to it or same micro-BLE stack i have to study about it and use same for my development?

i mean will using BLE stack affect the rtls implemntation's micro-BLE implementation ?

Regards,

Atul

Hi Atul,

SenseGiz Team said:

rtls_examples do not on actual BLE stack and use micro-BLE stack instead

This is not totally correct.

• The rtls_coordinator and rtls_responder do use the actual BLE stack. It means these examples can maintain a BLE connection.
• The rtls_passive uses the micro-BLE stack. This means the rtls_passive cannot establish/maintain a BLE connection.

Generally speaking, it is NOT possible to have bothe the regular BLEStack and the micro BLEStack running on the same device.

Best regards,

Hi Clement,

Thanks for the quick response and your inputs.

Regards,

Atul