Is it possible to flash S110 from Linux or OS X?

Question

We're working on a project with the nRF51822, but most of our developers are working from OS X and Linux. Is it possible to flash the softdevice from these platforms? Also, how does debugging work on these platforms?

Ole Morten · Accepted Answer

Yes, this is most definitely possible. Segger deliver their tools for both OS X and Linux, so you first have to install them, available here . 
 Having done this, you should be able to use the flash targets in the attached Makefile to flash both the softdevice and an application. You will have to do tweak the path to the J-Link tools, but afterwards you should be able to do 
 
make flash-softdevice SOFTDEVICE=../path/to/softdevice/without/spaces.hex

 
 to flash the softdevice. 
 Debugging is also possible, by starting the J-Link GDB server with the -if swd command line argument, and then using either command line GDB or GDB integrated into Eclipse or similar to connect to the server, by doing a "target remote localhost:2331". How to set this up for Eclipse is described in nAN-29 , and even though it is written for Windows, the Eclipse setup should be very similar on OS X and Linux. 
 Makefile.posix.txt