nRF Toolbox for Bluetooth LE

3.8
347 reviews
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About this app

The nRF Toolbox is a container app that stores your Nordic Semiconductor apps for Bluetooth Low Energy in one location.
It contains applications demonstrating Bluetooth LE profiles:
- Cycling Speed and Cadence,
- Running Speed and Cadence,
- Heart Rate Monitor,
- Blood Pressure Monitor,
- Health Thermometer Monitor,
- Glucose Monitor,
- Continuous Glucose Monitor,
- Proximity Monitor.
Since version 1.10.0 the nRF Toolbox supports also the Nordic UART Service which may be used for bidirectional text communication between devices. Version 1.16.0 added Android Wear support for the UART profile. The UI allows one to create configurable remote control with UART interface.
The Device Firmware Update (DFU) profile allows one to upload the application, bootloader and/or the Soft Device image over-the-air (OTA). It is compatible with Nordic Semiconductor nRF5 devices.

The DFU has the following features:
- Scans for devices that are in DFU mode
- Connects to devices in DFU mode and uploads the selected firmware (soft device, bootloader and/or application)
- Allows HEX or BIN file upload through your phone or tablet
- Allows to update a soft device and bootloader from ZIP in one connection
- Pause, resume, and cancel file uploads
- Includes pre-installed examples that consist of the Bluetooth low energy heart rate service and running speed and cadence service

Note:
- Android 4.3 or newer is required.
- Compatible with nRF5 devices
- The development kits can be ordered from http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Buy-Online .
- The nRF5 SDK and SoftDevices are available online from http://developer.nordicsemi.com
- The source code of nRF Toolbox is available on GitHub: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-nRF-Toolbox
Updated on
Jun 7, 2022

Data safety

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This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.8
331 reviews
Ocanath Robotman
April 7, 2022
New 'look and feel' removes the 'command line' logger interface, which was incredibly useful. Also doesn't automatically reconnect when the device power cycles. Also only shows a handful of notifications, instead of the entire history. Have to compile an old version from source to get these features back. Bring back the console!!! it was a great debugging tool
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA
April 7, 2022
Hi, the console is available in the nRF Logger app. Click the top right icon after you connect (added in 3.0.3). But indeed, it doesn't allow to send a custom command without configuring a button. We'll add it in the next release. Thank you for the feedback. You may also use nRF Connect, which allows sending any command or store them as macros.
Thorsten von Eicken
September 14, 2020
Doesn't work on Android 10 on a pixel3a: doesn't find any devices. I disabled/re-enabled location permission as suggested in prior feedback but nothing. The "connect" button just brings up a dialog box that immediately states "No device found", it didn't really have time to scan.
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A Google user
April 19, 2019
Does anyone have an Android cell phone or tablet that this works on? Certainly not on my Samsung Galaxy J3 or colleagues G6. Both running Android 8.1. Crashes at 1% upload, no explanation. Read below first so uninstalled all and reinstalled again to make sure all latest v. No go...
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA
April 20, 2019
Thank you for reporting the issue. We will look into it as soon as possible.

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