Development RedBearLab BLE mini with Nucleo F401RE

[Marchall]

Hello

I am trying to develop my Redbear Lab's BLE mini with Nucleo F401RE since I don't have any J-Link segger and USB dongle. Is it possible to write program through STM32 Nucleo F401RE?? The STM board has external SWD port. I could let the keil IDE recognize the ST-Link, but I cant download the program to Redbear nRF51822.

Is it only way to write the program into the BLE mini with its dongle??

Marchall

P.S. Thank you for your reply, I have just made it writing sample firmware to BLE nano. It is really easy, follow the manual (AN4605 Application note STM32-nRF51822 Bluetooth low energy (BLE) system solution) and change the debug speed lower than 1MHz. We can use ST-Link to write RedBearLab BLE nano.

[David Edwin]

Hmmm.... The BLE Mini does not seem to be using a Nordicsemi part. You can use the Redbearlab BLE Shield with the F401RE. You can use the github.com/.../nrf-ble-sdk code for support on interfacing the BLE Shield with the STM32F Series. You can also use the Redbearlab BLE nano (nRF51) with the STM32. If you need more assistance on the nRF51 to STM32 interfacing, please post a support case at www.nordicsemi.com/.../Contact-Support-Team

[awneil]

Search this forum for "ST-Link" - a number of people have reported success using ST-Link with nRF devices...

[awneil]

Looks like the BLE Mini uses a TI CC2540: http://redbearlab.com/blemini/ - so definitely not a Nordic part!!

And that's 8051-based - so almost certainly won't work with an ST-Link!

[Marchall]

Thanks for your fast reply

I had a mistake, it's not BLE mini but BLE nano. I'm trying to find article about ST-Link.

Marchall

[Marchall]

I just found this http://www.st.com/content/ccc/resource/technical/document/application_note/a3/5a/e8/49/62/82/44/be/DM00140103.pdf/files/DM00140103.pdf/jcr:content/translations/en.DM00140103.pdf

I continue my try