"Seeed nRF52 Boards" update to 1.1.3 causes compile error

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Hi there,
@msfujino gave you the straight answer.
and So I will add, there is a WiKi , or post somewhere that has a write up of the differences and why you have to use certain BSP’s to have access to parts of the capabilities. FWIW when I tested the original combo, the errors were in ArduinBLE. So there’s that, and they don’t maintain it.

here is the output from a good compile. with versions 2.9.2 & 1.37, BSP & ArduinoBLE respectively.

FQBN: Seeeduino:mbed:xiaonRF52840
Using board 'xiaonRF52840' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\mbed\2.9.2
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\mbed\2.9.2
____EDIT_for _brevity___

Using library ArduinoBLE at version 1.3.7 in folder: D:\Arduino_projects\libraries\ArduinoBLE 
"C:\\Users\\Dude\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\Seeeduino\\tools\\arm-none-eabi-gcc\\7-2017q4/bin/arm-none-eabi-size" -A "C:\\Users\\Dude\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\E65CCFF477B430C3FE36F3A3F280BDAE/sketch_oct6a.ino.elf"
Sketch uses 321016 bytes (39%) of program storage space. Maximum is 811008 bytes.
Global variables use 69688 bytes (29%) of dynamic memory, leaving 167880 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 237568 bytes.

I tried your code with the Bluefruit it appears to work the same.

#include <bluefruit.h>

// Define BLE services and characteristics
BLEService ledService = BLEService("19b10000-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214");

BLECharacteristic redCharacteristic = BLECharacteristic("19b10001-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214");
BLECharacteristic greenCharacteristic = BLECharacteristic("19b10002-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214");
BLECharacteristic blueCharacteristic = BLECharacteristic("19b10003-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214");

const int redPIN = LED_RED;    // pin to use for the red LED (D11)
const int greenPIN = LED_GREEN; // pin to use for the green LED (D12)
const int bluePIN = LED_BLUE;   // pin to use for the blue LED (D13)

uint8_t prevRedValue = 0;
uint8_t prevGreenValue = 0;
uint8_t prevBlueValue = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);

  pinMode(redPIN, OUTPUT);   // Set pins as outputs and set LED's HIGH (HIGH is off for this board)
  digitalWrite(redPIN, HIGH);
  pinMode(greenPIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(greenPIN, HIGH);
  pinMode(bluePIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(bluePIN, HIGH);

  // Initialize Bluefruit
  Bluefruit.begin();
  Bluefruit.setTxPower(4);   // Check the max power for your module and use accordingly
  Bluefruit.setName("BLE_RGB");

  // Setup the BLE LED service and characteristics
  ledService.begin();

  redCharacteristic.setProperties(CHR_PROPS_READ | CHR_PROPS_WRITE | CHR_PROPS_NOTIFY);
  redCharacteristic.setPermission(SECMODE_OPEN, SECMODE_OPEN);
  redCharacteristic.setFixedLen(1);
  redCharacteristic.begin();

  greenCharacteristic.setProperties(CHR_PROPS_READ | CHR_PROPS_WRITE | CHR_PROPS_NOTIFY);
  greenCharacteristic.setPermission(SECMODE_OPEN, SECMODE_OPEN);
  greenCharacteristic.setFixedLen(1);
  greenCharacteristic.begin();

  blueCharacteristic.setProperties(CHR_PROPS_READ | CHR_PROPS_WRITE | CHR_PROPS_NOTIFY);
  blueCharacteristic.setPermission(SECMODE_OPEN, SECMODE_OPEN);
  blueCharacteristic.setFixedLen(1);
  blueCharacteristic.begin();

  // Start advertising
  Bluefruit.Advertising.addService(ledService);
  Bluefruit.Advertising.start();
}

void loop() {
  uint8_t redValue = redCharacteristic.read8();
  uint8_t greenValue = greenCharacteristic.read8();
  uint8_t blueValue = blueCharacteristic.read8();

  // Check for changes in characteristic values and update LEDs accordingly
  if (redValue != prevRedValue) {
    digitalWrite(redPIN, redValue);  // Update red LED
    prevRedValue = redValue;
  }

  if (greenValue != prevGreenValue) {
    digitalWrite(greenPIN, greenValue);  // Update green LED
    prevGreenValue = greenValue;
  }

  if (blueValue != prevBlueValue) {
    digitalWrite(bluePIN, blueValue);  // Update blue LED
    prevBlueValue = blueValue;
  }

  delay(100);  // Optional delay to avoid too frequent updates
}

compiler output of successful build

FQBN: Seeeduino:nrf52:xiaonRF52840
Using board 'xiaonRF52840' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8
Using core 'nRF5' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8
---- EDIT for Brevity____
Using library Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52 Libraries at version 0.21.0 in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib 
Using library Adafruit nRFCrypto at version 0.0.5 in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8\libraries\Adafruit_nRFCrypto 
Using library Adafruit TinyUSB Library at version 1.7.0 in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8\libraries\Adafruit_TinyUSB_Arduino 
Using library Adafruit Little File System Libraries at version 0.11.0 in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8\libraries\Adafruit_LittleFS 
Using library Adafruit Internal File System on Bluefruit nRF52 at version 0.11.0 in folder: C:\Users\Dude\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Seeeduino\hardware\nrf52\1.1.8\libraries\InternalFileSytem 
"C:\\Users\\Dude\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\Seeeduino\\tools\\arm-none-eabi-gcc\\9-2019q4/bin/arm-none-eabi-size" -A "C:\\Users\\Dude\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\E65CCFF477B430C3FE36F3A3F280BDAE/sketch_oct6a.ino.elf"
Sketch uses 115600 bytes (14%) of program storage space. Maximum is 811008 bytes.
Global variables use 14024 bytes (5%) of dynamic memory, leaving 223544 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 237568 bytes.

Changes:

  1. Removed valueUpdated() and replaced it with the read8() function to get the current value of each characteristic.
  2. Added variables (prevRedValue, prevGreenValue, prevBlueValue) to store previous values and compare them with the current value.
  3. LEDs are updated only if the characteristic value changes.

I hope that helps you get some understanding, Problems are just Opportunities’ with a different POV
GL :slight_smile: PJ :v:

Probably use less power as well , hands down the Non-mbed has on that stat. :+1: