v0.2.0 Release Notes

This repository provides EXPERIMENTAL support for developing ANT and ANT+ enabled applications with the Nordic nRF Connect SDK.

Important

  • The release is for evaluation purposes only. It is not intended for product development.

  • The release is not fully tested and is provided without guarantee of functionality.

  • The release is not optimized for performance or power consumption.

Highlights

  • ANT Library for single protocol ANT/ANT+ applications

  • Interprocessor communication support for multicore SOCs based on nRF RPC

  • Samples

    • Broadcast TX

    • Broadcast RX

    • Advanced Burst TX

    • ANT+ HRM TX

  • Libraries

    • ANT Channel Config

    • ANT Key Manager

    • ANT+ Profiles

      • HRM

    • ANT State Indicator

Supported boards

  • PCA10095 (nRF5340 Development Kit)

Limitations

  • Multiprotocol coexistence with BLE (or any other wireless radio protocol) is untested

  • The ANT Library (libant.a) is not RTOS-independent for this release due to a Zephyr Kernel dependency

Other unsupported ANT features include:

  • Encrypted Channels

  • PA/LNA Support

  • Time Sync

  • Scanning Channel

  • High Duty Search Channel

Changelog

  • Increased the maximum supported radio output power on nRF5340 devices from 0 dBm to +3 dBm (RADIO_TX_POWER_LVL_4)

  • Added ANT CW Mode support (ant_cw_test_mode_init()/ant_cw_test_mode())

  • ANT Key Manager

    • Network keys have been predefined for the exclusive use of ANT+ Adopters developing devices that comply with ANT+ device profiles