Is IoT SDK still actual?

[SergeyP]

According to developer.nordicsemi.com/.../ the IoT SDK was last time updated 11 months ago, which looks like a long time... therefore the question: Is IoT SDK still supported and recommended for new development or something else/newer was released instead?

I have purchased NRF52DK and wondering whether it makes sense to spend time learning that SDK or I should focus on some other SDK. My goal is to be enable IPV6 over BLE.

[Petter Myhre]

The IoT SDK is still supported. If your goal is to do IPv6 over BLE I recommend starting to get familiar with it.

But:

• It is built on a SoftDevice that is a technology prototype only. It should not be used in production. See this.

• I'm not aware of any commercial routers that supports IPv6 over BLE, see this for more information.

Edit 06.07.2017

We will release a production ready IoT SDK in Q3 this year. It will be built on SoftDevice S132 v5, so no longer prototype, but a production version.

So it is absolutely still worth looking into.

[SergeyP]

Thank you for the information.

Does Nordic plan to complete development of the SDK and that required Soft Device so they eventually can be used in Production? The SDK's version is 0.9 which seems like formally it was not released yet.

I need this information to avoid risk of investing into something "just for fun" because eventually I plan my product to be used in Production scenarios and it may not based on not fully released software.

[Petter Myhre]

Yes, that's our plan. For more information you should contact the Regional Sales Manager for your area, if you don't know who it is, send me a PM with your location, and I'll let you know.