Need Help with nrf51822

RE: Need Help with nrf51822

phob — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:24:23 GMT

Thanks for the quick response. i gone through other post as well. But i found flashing is done through linux pc where openOCD is used and through commands binary is flashed. Open ocd is available for windows but no idea how to program device using it.

RE: Need Help with nrf51822

Sigurd — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:23:13 GMT

Hi,

First of all, for new designs/products the nRF52832 is recommended. We officially support SEGGER programmers/debuggers(J-link), but in theory other SWD (Serial Wire Debug) compatible programmers that support the Cortex MCU should be useable. If I were to propose a programmer, I would simply suggest to buy a nRF52 DK development kit. It has an onboard debugger that you can use to program the onboard nRF52 but also custom "off-board" nRF devices.
Should in theory be possible, but a J-link programmer is recommended. In this blog post here a ST-Link is used to program a nRF51
We officially support Keil, GNU/GCC and IAR. You can also use many other different IDEs, such as Segger embedded studio and mbed. I would recommend starting with Keil.

RE: Need Help with nrf51822

sidekick — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:22:01 GMT

Which IDE will be used?

You might want to check this comparison chart I created sometime back, when I was evaluating IDE option for these MCUs.

RE: Need Help with nrf51822

Roger Clark — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:15:07 GMT

This is an open ended question. Loads of programmers will work, e.g. Jlink will work.
STlink may work if you use OpenOCD, but AFIK this toolchain is not officially supported by Nordic
Another open ended question. Many IDEs will work. Keil will work, IAR will work, and you dont even need to use an IDE, you can just use your favourite programming editor and build from the command line using gcc and make , if you want