Kind of Softdevices

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Sagisawa Yukichi — Wed, 18 May 2016 09:07:49 GMT

Thank you very much!!

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Susheel Nuguru — Wed, 18 May 2016 09:06:15 GMT

Yes, that is 100% correct.

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Sagisawa Yukichi — Wed, 18 May 2016 08:36:28 GMT

If I want to use only BLE, I choose S132, I want to use BLE and ANT, I choose S332. Is this correct?

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Susheel Nuguru — Wed, 18 May 2016 08:32:18 GMT

S132 is only for BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and works only on nRF52.
S332 is for multi protocol that has both BLE and ANT protocols that can work simultaneously on nRF52.

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Sagisawa Yukichi — Wed, 18 May 2016 08:30:20 GMT

Thanks your answer! I saw descriptions of S132,S212,S332, I can't understand difference of S132 and S332. Would you tell me it?

Yukichi

RE: Kind of Softdevices

Susheel Nuguru — Wed, 18 May 2016 07:37:20 GMT

Hi
All nRF52 devices use S132 softdevices for BLE.
All nRF51 devices use S1X0 softdevices for BLE. (Where X can be '1', '2' or '3')

I am not sure if I understand correctly what difference you mean to ask, but each softdevice is different from other in the role it can take.

The softdevice revision is explained in the relevant specification. For example for S132 the latest one can be found here

Chapter 20 SoftDevice identification and revision scheme

The identification scheme for SoftDevices consists of the following items:

For revisions of the SoftDevice which are production qualified, the version string consists of major, minor, and revision numbers only, as described in the table below.

For revisions of the SoftDevice which are not production qualified, a build number and a test qualification level (alpha/beta) are appended to the version string.

For example: s110_nrf51_1.2.3-4.alpha, where major = 1, minor = 2, revision = 3, build number = 4 and test qualification level is alpha. Additional examples are given in table Table 46: SoftDevice revision examples on page