v0.1.0 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 and Advanced Burst TX

Supported boards

  • PCA10095 (nRF5340 Development Kit)

Limitations

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

  • Maximum supported radio output power on nRF53 series is 0 dBm (High Voltage mode via NRF_VREQCTRL is not supported)

  • 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

  • CW Mode