RE: Where can I find a description of the programs in the nRF51 SDK?

MANGO — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 02:23:39 GMT

It's my pleasure, Peter! Hope these numerous links don't become a pressure to you.

I will check each link and then get back to you.

If you have questions after reading it, let's create a new thread.

As mentioned, I'm a novice developer, but I will try my best to answer.

Also, other skillful members or the Nordic team will answer your questions when you post one.

-Best Regards, MANGO

RE: Where can I find a description of the programs in the nRF51 SDK?

PTG — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 02:03:41 GMT

Hi Mango

You have given me a lot to look at. Rather than comment just now I will check each link and then get back to you. The feedback is much appreciated!

Peter

RE: Where can I find a description of the programs in the nRF51 SDK?

MANGO — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:13:50 GMT

Hi, PTG. This is MANGO.

I'm not a Nordic employee; rather I'm a novice developer. Welcome to the devzone~ :D

Can anyone suggest a place to start?

0) Tutorial blog posts by Nordic

- Tutorial Page

That page might be the best place to start. It has;

Getting Started
Covers topics on how to get started.
    Getting started with the nRF51 or nRF52 Development Kit
    Development with GCC and Eclipse ...
Bluetooth low energy
Covers different features of Bluetooth low energy, and how to implement these features with the SoftDevice.

    Bluetooth low energy Advertising, a beginner's tutorial...
Software Development Kit...
Hardware and layout...

After you have finished reading the tutorials, these might be useful to you.

1) IDEs

Congratulations for running Blinky and BLE_UART. What IDE did you use? Or did you just flashed the example with hex files using nRFGo Studio?

Anyways, blog posts from Nordic are good sources to start with.

If you developed MSP430's firmware with IAR and a Windows machine,

you might have used IAR and you can use IAR EWARM to create firmware for flashing the nRF51 MCUs.

- Blog: Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

- Blog: Native support for nRF51 SDK in Keil IDE

- Blog: Getting started with nRF51 development on Mac OS X

- Blog: SEGGER Embedded Studio Part 2 - Monitor Mode Debugging

2) Documentation for SDK, SoftDevice, examples, and more

Nordic's Infocenter page provides great detail for your requirements.