nrf5/examples: Adding example on how to use the ubluepy Scanner object in order to scan for a device name and find the address of the device. This can subsequently be used to perform a Central role connect() using the Peripheral object.

nrf5/examples/ubluepy_scan.py

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+from ubluepy import Scanner
+
+def bytes_to_str(bytes):
+    string = ""
+    for b in bytes:
+        string += chr(b)
+    return string
+
+def get_device_names(scan_entries):
+    dev_names = []
+    for e in scan_entries:
+        scan = e.getScanData()
+        if scan:
+            for s in scan:
+               if s[0] == 9:
+                   dev_names.append((e, bytes_to_str(s[2])))
+    return dev_names
+
+def find_device_by_name(name):
+    s = Scanner()
+    scan_res = s.scan(100)
+    
+    device_names = get_device_names(scan_res)
+    for dev in device_names:
+        if name == dev[1]:
+            return dev[0]
+
+# >>> res = find_device_by_name("micr")
+# >>> if res:
+# ...     print("address:", res.addr())
+# ...     print("address type:", res.addr_type())
+# ...     print("rssi:", res.rssi())
+# ...     
+# ...     
+# ... 
+# address: c2:73:61:89:24:45
+# address type: 1
+# rssi: -26