nRF Blinky
Nordic Semiconductor ASA Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
nRF Blinky is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Nordic Semiconductor ASA. Requires iOS 12.0. Updated October 18, 2025.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 18
- 2025 · v1.6.0
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About nRF Blinky
nRF Blinky is an application targeted towards developers who are new to Bluetooth Low Energy. nRF Blinky has the following features: - Scan and connect to any nRF5 DK containing the Nordic Semiconductor’s proprietary LED/Button Service. - Toggle the LED on the development kit On and Off from within the application. - Receive Button press and release events from the development kit and display it within the application. This application is open sourced and the is written in Swift 5 and available on GitHub: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/IOS-CoreBluetooth-Mock
What’s new
Version 1.6.0 · Updated October 18, 2025
The UI was adjusted for iOS26.
App privacy
The developer, Nordic Semiconductor ASA, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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