Over the air,

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Hi ! 
 I know that there is a way of OTA updating the nrf8200 application. But i'm not sure if this process requires aditional hardware like it happens when using the BLE113 that needs an external SPI memory. 
 Can this be done using only the nrf8200 and the nrf8001 ? 
 Thanks,

run_ar · Accepted Answer

You are right; the nRF8200 is only for the DK. Since you would have to move to another platform for production I would recommend that you do that early on in the process and do most of your development there. The nRF8001 will simply handle the transport, so you should choose an application controller that has enough flash to store the application; alternatively you should create a bootloader that you can use to overwrite the application. How to actually do the update will depend on the MCU you choose. 
 I would also advise you to consider the nRF51822 as this already has a Device firmware update example in its SDK and is a newer more up to date product. 
 Of course, if you are looking for a simple connectivity solution and can live with the limitations (lower data throughput and fixed stack) of the nRF8001 you might be interested in knowing that there are SDK ports for a few MCU’s available upon request from the support portal. Take a look at these pages on devzone:
 nrf8001-communicaton-to-other-microcontroller 
 getting-started 
 Br,
Runar