https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/11088/how-to-program-soft-device-in-iar-environmentI&#39;m using IAR IDE for the nordic development of NRF51822 (mdbt40). I&#39;m able to run the example project which does not required soft device. Now i wanted to move further with examples which required soft devices but i don&#39;t how to program them using IARen-USTelligent Community 13Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:47:17 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/41490?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:47:17 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:6a21a9e2-fe48-41ff-b661-67fe0b20e304&#216;yvind Karlsen<p>Hi,</p> <p>You can look into <a href="http://openocd.org/">OpenOCD</a> to flash the nRF51 with a STlink v2 debugger, while I haven&#39;t tried this myself, <a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/question/37164/programming-nrf51822-with-openocd-and-stlink-v2-issues/">several users</a> have reported that this will work to flash the SoftDevice.</p> <p>Hopefully this answers your question, best regards,</p> <p>Øyvind</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>