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Why are GCC makefiles not provided for ANT samples?

I am starting development on the nRF51422. I noticed that for the non-ANT sample code (blinky and UART), a gcc makefile and windows batch files are provided for compilation and flashing. But for all the ANT sample code, only Keil project files are provided. I tried reinstalling the SDK and double checking to see if their were gcc options I missed.

Is there a reason I should be concerned with gcc / eclipse development for Ant? I don't mind paying for Keil if necessary but I prefer the flexibility of gcc + makefile for cross platform build hosts and for build servers to do daily builds.

Can anyone point me to a sample makefile for the one of the ANT demos? Thanks, David

Edit: On further research, it appears that it is a soft device issue. I looked through my downloads and it all the nRF51422 SDK's I have access to state explicitly that they only support soft device "QFAADA" but my chip is QFAAC0. Can someone please point me to the correct SDK for this chip?

Thank you, David Smoot.

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  • Thanks for the reply. To answer your question, If I log into the Nordicsemi.com "my pages" login and go to my downloads and click on the download for the 5.1.0 SDK, I get the following pop up:

    Please notice: nRF51 SDK v5.x.0 has tailored for, thus supports only the following devices:- nRF51822 QFAAGC- nRF51422 QFAADA Supported SoftDevices:- S110 V6.0.0 Supported boards: - PCA10000 v1.0 (Only for use with Master Emulator)

    • PCA10000 v2.1.0 and 2.2.0
    • PCA10001 v2.1.0 and 2.2.0
    • PCA10004 v2.1.0
    • PCA10005 v2.1.0

    We encourage customers that are running on older hardware or SoftDevices to use latest SDK v4.4.x For migration to SDK v5.x, please see: nWP-018 Migrating to the latest nRF51822 chip version

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  • Thanks for the reply. To answer your question, If I log into the Nordicsemi.com "my pages" login and go to my downloads and click on the download for the 5.1.0 SDK, I get the following pop up:

    Please notice: nRF51 SDK v5.x.0 has tailored for, thus supports only the following devices:- nRF51822 QFAAGC- nRF51422 QFAADA Supported SoftDevices:- S110 V6.0.0 Supported boards: - PCA10000 v1.0 (Only for use with Master Emulator)

    • PCA10000 v2.1.0 and 2.2.0
    • PCA10001 v2.1.0 and 2.2.0
    • PCA10004 v2.1.0
    • PCA10005 v2.1.0

    We encourage customers that are running on older hardware or SoftDevices to use latest SDK v4.4.x For migration to SDK v5.x, please see: nWP-018 Migrating to the latest nRF51822 chip version

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