SDK 12 Migration and Compatibility

[bvuong87]

Hi All,

Just noticed SDK12 was released last week, with build in support for S132, v 3.0.0. Judging from the compatibility matrix and notes, it looks like it removed support for nrf52 engineering revisions A and B.

So to confirm, PCA10040 dev kits, with markings v 0.9.0 are no longer supported? Backmark on the actual nrf52 shows:

n52832 QFAABA 1536AA

For previous SDK/SD updates, there were typically work around provided for "no longer compatible" version.. any such work around here?

Additionally - is there anything that is completely incompatible with SDK12 and Engineering Rev B? i.e. would using the latest Softdevice/SDK with rev B samples cause any known issues or is this more of an "obsolescence" od older engineering parts?

Thanks!

[Stefan Birnir Sverrisson]

Hi

That is correct, SDK 12 is not compatible with nRF52 Enineering A and Engineering B hardware revisions. This generally means that SDK 12 has not been tested with this hardware and their anomalies have not been considered in the development and testing phase of SDK 12. SDK 12 may however work with Engineering A and Engineering B, probably depending on what modules and perhipherals you intend to use. We recommend anyway that you purchase a new nRF52-DK with revision 1 nRF52 on board to use with SDK 12 and beond, it is probably worth the cash instead of facing potential compatibility issues.