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Health Thermometer Application

Modules

 main.c
 Health Thermometer Service Sample Application main file.
 

Detailed Description

The Health Thermometer Application is a firmware example that implements the Health Thermometer profile using the hardware delivered in the nRF51822 Development Kit.

The source code and project file can be found in the <InstallFolder>\Nordic\nrf51822\Board\nrf6310\ble\ble_app_hts folder.

The application includes the two services in the Health Thermometer profile:

In addition, use of the Battery Service is also demonstrated. When the application starts, a timer for generating battery measurements is started.

When indication of the Temperature Measurement characteristic is enabled, a Temperature Measurement is transmitted. This also happens when reconnecting to a previously bonded master. A Temperature Measurement is also transmitted each time button 0 is pushed.

Note
This application is not power optimized!
The application will stop advertising after 3 minutes and go to system-off mode. Push button 0 to wake it up and restart advertising.

Setup

Instructions on how to set up the nRFgo Motherboard: nRFgo Motherboard Setup (nRF6310).

LED assignments:

Buttons assignments when in system-off:

Buttons assignments when connected:

Testing

The Health Thermometer Application can be tested using the nRFUtility app for iOS. The app will be listed as "nRFready Utility" on Apple Store.

It can also be tested using the Master Control Panel as follows:

  1. Compile and program the application. Observe that the Advertising LED is lit.
  2. Connect to the device from Master Control Panel (the device will be advertising as 'Nordic_HTS'), then bond and perform service discovery. Observe that the Connected LED is lit, and the Advertising LED is off.
  3. Click the 'Enable services' button on the Master Control Panel. Observe that one Temperature Measurement indication is received. Also, Battery Level notifications are received every two seconds.
  4. Click the 'Disconnect' button and then the 'Connect' button on the Master Control Panel. Observe that one Temperature Measurement indication is received.
  5. Push Button 0. Observe that one Temperature Measurement indication is received each time the button is pushed.