Low Cost Alternative for nFR24LE1 Development kit?

[Ram02]

Hi, I'm new to development using nordic's products. Basically I'm a Hobbyist working on a project of mine, which needs a low cost wireless. I was looking for a Rf Soc and found nRF24LE1 which fits my requirements. I found a development kit that costs $100, and I came to know that it is not a standalone kit and it needs nRFgo which comes around $400. Is there something I'm missing, because Texas Instruments and Cypress offers Development Boards for $25. Or is there any 3rd Party development board available for nordic Soc?

[wlgrd]

m.alibaba.com/.../NRF24LE1-Development-Kit-board.html

[wlgrd]

Well, I haven't tried it myself, but I guess you will have trouble using studio. That being said, tools like Keil and nrfjprog should work as long as there is a debugger on the kit, which it definitely should be. Since they have DKs for 51 and 52 quite cheap, I guess there has to be a more official, low cost solution for the previous chipsets as well(?). But why use LE1 instead of 51822?