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nRF8001 Product Specification
Revision 1.2
Part B: The nRF8001 Application Controller Interface (ACI)
The Application Controller Interface (ACI) is a bidirectional serial interface that enables generic application
controllers to set up and operate nRF8001. Figure 23.
illustrates how nRF8001 uses the ACI to logically
connect to the application controller.
Figure 23. nRF8001 ACI connectivity
Bluetooth low energy application
ACI
ACI
Bluetooth low energy Host
Bluetooth low energy Controller
(includes RF PHY)
Application
processor
nRF8001
GATT server GATT client