Keil, Mbed, Gcc Or IAR BLE

[Epasta]

Hy world,

I'm new on nordic and i would like to understand what tool is best for develop application for nrf51dk.

I've have tried to use keil but is very difficult for me! Are there a little starter guide, for understands, know, and study it?!

I'have tried mbed online compiler. It's very easy! is similar as a game! is it reliable?! with mbed i can create anything! but with keel nothing!!!

Gcc and iar not seen!!

What is the best??

I have a big ble project and i would like to create a best firmware

I'm afraid that mbed isn't reliable and secure!

Thanks for the time and the reply.

Best Regardes Enrico

[Einar Thorsrud]

There is probably no "best" tool. It all depend on you requirements, your experience, you preferences and in some cases your pocketbook. That said you should not go for mbed, as it is far less flexible than using our SDK directly. It is mainly suited for educational purposes, and less suited for real product development.

In my experience Keil and IAR is easier to get started with as they give you the complete development environment in one package, requiring very little configuration from your side. Just install it, download our SDK and you are ready to go. Of those, Keil is the one we have best support for, and you can use a free version for applications that are less than 32 kB, which covers most needs. The Getting Started section in the SDK documentation is a good place to start.

If you have experience with GCC and other GNU tools you may be equally (or more) happy using GCC, but it is more cumbersome to get started.

[awneil]

I agree that the mbed compiler is not so helpful when working with "special" build requirements like the Nordic SoftDevices. That said, there is nRF51 support here:

• developer.mbed.org/.../

• developer.mbed.org/.../

And the nRF52 DKs claim to be "ARM mbed enabled":

• www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF52-Preview-DK

• www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF52-DK