Is it possible to flash a NRF24LE1 IC using the NRF51-DK as programmer?

RE: Is it possible to flash a NRF24LE1 IC using the NRF51-DK as programmer?

mafaldo — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:53:04 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm sorry I couldn't thank you before, I was traveling. However, I already downloaded the documentation you mentioned, I will try to follow the steps described there to program the chip using SPI.

RE: Is it possible to flash a NRF24LE1 IC using the NRF51-DK as programmer?

Hung Bui — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:36:50 GMT

@awneil: Of course it's published. Check out section 6.3.5 in the nRF24LE1 Produc Spec v1.6

RE: Is it possible to flash a NRF24LE1 IC using the NRF51-DK as programmer?

awneil — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:42:44 GMT

So the question becomes: Is the SPI programming protocol for the nRF24LE1 published somewhere?

And, if so - where?

RE: Is it possible to flash a NRF24LE1 IC using the NRF51-DK as programmer?

Hung Bui — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:35:35 GMT

Hi,

The programming interface for nRF24LE1 is SPI, so it's possible to say any board that support SPI can program the nRF24LE1.

However, there is no tool or example made to do that on a nRF51DK.

In other words, it's possible but not out-of-the-box. It's not the same as programming other nRF51 IC, as you can simply use the Segger chip on the DK to program the external nRF5 IC.

You would need to develop your own programmer using the nRF51 chip on the DK.