Using Gazell on nrf52840 dongle

Hello! I am trying to get gazell to work on the nrf52840 dongle.

I built the nrf connect sdk Blinky project with the nrf52840 dongle set as the config. then pushed the merged hex file to the board using the nrf desktop programmer- it worked just fine.

The nrf connect sdk example for Gazell only supports the nrf52840DK and not the dongle, but since they're the same chip the 52840 dongle should be able to run that code; with that in mind, I set the config as the nrf52840 dongle (also edited the code and config a bit- removed the 'dev kit button and LED' code + config)
   

Then I tried to push the merged hex to the board, but it doesn't seem to work. I feel like I'm missing the softDevice? But does gazell even need a softDevice? Also, if it does need a softDevice wouldn't merged.hex already have it? Note that the programmer did not ask me to select a softDevice when I clicked 'write'.

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