Can I use a cheap nRF51822 board from eBay to get notifications from an iPhone with the Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS)? It also has an ARM mcu and built-in BLE. And is it possible to use it with the Arduino IDE, and if not, how to program it?
Thanks in advance.
It is possible to use the nRF51822 with the ANCS.
https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nrf51-ble-ancs-nus
It is possible to use it with the Arduino IDE, using this code from readbearlab https://github.com/RedBearLab/nRF51822-Arduino
Nordic Semiconductor also have a developer zone where you can ask questions related to the nRF51 series and other nRF devices. http://devzone.nordicsemi.com
BR