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Demo code

This code is loaded onto factory fresh boards, its a neopixel version of central_scan demo from the nRF52 library

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#include <bluefruit.h>
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>

#define NEOPIXELPIN 8
Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(1, NEOPIXELPIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  strip.begin();
  strip.setPixelColor(0, 0, 50, 0);
  strip.setBrightness(20);
  strip.show(); // Initialize all pixels to 'off'
  
  Serial.println("Bluefruit52 Central Scan Example");
  Serial.println("--------------------------------\n");

  // Initialize Bluefruit with maximum connections as Peripheral = 0, Central = 1
  // SRAM usage required by SoftDevice will increase dramatically with number of connections
  Bluefruit.begin(0, 1);
  
  // Set max power. Accepted values are: -40, -30, -20, -16, -12, -8, -4, 0, 4
  Bluefruit.setTxPower(4);
  Bluefruit.setName("Bluefruit52");

  // Start Central Scan
  Bluefruit.setConnLedInterval(250);
  Bluefruit.Scanner.setRxCallback(scan_callback);
  Bluefruit.Scanner.start(0);

  Serial.println("Scanning ...");
}

void scan_callback(ble_gap_evt_adv_report_t* report)
{
  Serial.println("Timestamp Addr              Rssi Data");

  Serial.printf("%09d ", millis());
  
  // MAC is in little endian --> print reverse
  Serial.printBufferReverse(report->peer_addr.addr, 6, ':');
  Serial.print(" ");

  Serial.print(report->rssi);
  Serial.print("  ");

  Serial.printBuffer(report->data.p_data, report->data.len, '-');
  Serial.println();

  // Check if advertising contain BleUart service
  if ( Bluefruit.Scanner.checkReportForUuid(report, BLEUART_UUID_SERVICE) )
  {
    Serial.println("                       BLE UART service detected");
  }

  Serial.println();

  // For Softdevice v6: after received a report, scanner will be paused
  // We need to call Scanner resume() to continue scanning
  Bluefruit.Scanner.resume();
}

uint8_t i=0;
void loop() 
{
  strip.setPixelColor(0, Wheel(i++));
  strip.show();
  delay(10);
}



// Input a value 0 to 255 to get a color value.
// The colours are a transition r - g - b - back to r.
uint32_t Wheel(byte WheelPos) {
  WheelPos = 255 - WheelPos;
  if(WheelPos < 85) {
    return strip.Color(255 - WheelPos * 3, 0, WheelPos * 3);
  }
  if(WheelPos < 170) {
    WheelPos -= 85;
    return strip.Color(0, WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3);
  }
  WheelPos -= 170;
  return strip.Color(WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3, 0);
}

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