migrate softdevice

RE: migrate softdevice

Petter Myhre — Wed, 04 May 2016 14:30:37 GMT

In short you need to use the correct header files for the SoftDevice you are using, so if you are using S130 you need to use the header files found in \components\softdevice\s130\headers. You need to modify the flash and ram settings in Options for Target->Target according to the Chapter 15 in the S130 SoftDevice specification v2.0, found here. You need to make sure that S130 is defined in Options for Target->C/C++, so that the softdevice_handler support library knows what SoftDevice it is enabling, if you are using this library that is.

RE: migrate softdevice

Dimpfelmoser — Wed, 04 May 2016 14:17:40 GMT

Ok, but I would still like to get an understanding about how to play with these things. Could you point to specific documentation? I mean, what is the process to add or remove a soft device?

RE: migrate softdevice

Petter Myhre — Wed, 04 May 2016 13:59:27 GMT

You could do it that way, but it would be much easier to just start of with a S130 project in SDK 11, and port your S110 project from SDK 9 to it.

RE: migrate softdevice

Dimpfelmoser — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:53:53 GMT

So my approach would be to

create an empty project for nRF51422AC (how?)
add the softdevice 130 to the project (how?)
add the existing sources to the application group (how?)
fix errors due to API changes

Could you confirm?

RE: migrate softdevice

Petter Myhre — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:18:48 GMT

It is not a switch that is either S110 or S130, you can't just swap them. They have different APIs (different header files) and different flash and ram requirements.

RE: migrate softdevice

Mahesh Venkitachalam — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:01:11 GMT

Could you specify the SDK version you are using? As such you can get an idea by looking inside the Makefile in the armgcc folder. There are several places where the softdevice name is referenced.

RE: migrate softdevice

Dimpfelmoser — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:51:25 GMT

Thanks, but please see my edit of the original question.

RE: migrate softdevice

shibshab — Wed, 04 May 2016 07:30:36 GMT

Which version of the nRF5 SDK are you using?

The latest version of the nRF5 SDK has support for this example with the S130 V2.0.0.

It is found under examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_uart/pca10028/s130.