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On the Nordic Blog, Ali shows how to build a pager with a micro:bit v2 and the Nordic nRF Connect SDK.
The one-way Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) pager allows sending text messages to the 5×5 LED matrix on the micro:bit v2 using a smartphone or tablet (Android or iOS device). The pager application utilizes the Nordic UART Service (NUS) sample available in nRF Connect SDK to receive messages through Bluetooth LE and then forward them to the 5×5 LED matrix on the micro:bit v2.
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