Thread network technology - 07 OpenThread Border Router with Raspberry Pi and nRF52840-dongle

Thread is a network technology for wireless networks based on IPv6. It can communicate directly with other IPv6 or IPv4 networks via a border router. In this video, we implement a border router using a Raspberry PI 4b+ and an nRF52840 dongle as the radio co-processor (RCP). We ping the Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) and a local IPv4 address on our LAN from a Threaddevice. We also send a CoAP message to a CoAP server on our private LAN.


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##Software###########
Raspberry PI OS:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads...

Raspberry PI Imager:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

GIT repository for nRF52840 as RCP:
https://github.com/openthread/ot-nrf5...

nRF connect (Programmer) for flashing the nRF52840-dongle:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

GIT repository for Raspberry PI as OpenThread Border Router:
https://github.com/openthread/ot-br-p...

nRF5 SDK for Thread and Zigbee:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

##Hardware###########
Raspberry PI 4b+:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/...

USB-Dongle nRF52840-dongle:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

Developerboard nRF52840-dk:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...


00:00 Indroduction
00:09 Network topology
01:48 Hardware overview
02:56 Raspberry PI OS installation
09:09 NCP and RCP
11:16 Download nRF5840 GIT-repository
13:06 Build a RCP-firmware for nRF52840-dongle
15:55 Transfer the firmware on the dongle
20:39 Download GIT-repository for OpenThread Border Router
21:50 Install the border router software on the Raspberry PI
23:50 Setting the Thread network parameter on the border router
27:45 Setting up a Threaddevice with a nRF52840 Developerkit
28:53 Commissioning and join the Thread network
31:35 Ping Google-DNS and a PC in our LAN
37:03 Sending a CoAP-message to a CoAP-server in our LAN