hex file related question

[Murugan]

Dear Nordic Team.

What are different between these two hex file in same example.

nRF5_SDK_11.0.0_89a8197\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_beacon\hex\ble_app_beacon_s130_pca10028.hex=320 kb nRF5_SDK_11.0.0_89a8197\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_beacon\pca10028\s130\arm5_no_packs_build\nrf51422_xxac_s130.hex=22kb

[Einar Thorsrud]

The difference is that the hex file in examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_beacon\pca10028\s130\arm5_no_packs\_build is the compiled application only. The hex files under examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_beacon\hex on the other hand, are application files merged with the SoftDevice. This just for convenience, so that they can easily be tested by flashing only that single file.

(Multiple hex file (such as the application and SoftDevice) can easily be merged using for example mergehex, which is part of nRF5x-Command-Line-Tools.)

[Murugan]

Thank You.