Availability of reference designs?

RE: Availability of reference designs?

Mike Wirth — Wed, 07 May 2014 08:47:23 GMT

Ketil,

Thanks for the help. Got the beacon docs OK (and have also ordered a Smart Beacon kit; looks like a cute device :)

Mike (who can now work on how to shrink the design even further :)

PS for Dan: I'll tell my daughter, the lawyer, to stay away from you. ;) And glad that you've had good experience with Nordic support (as exemplified by Ketil in this case). I certainly am enjoying working with the nRF51822.

RE: Availability of reference designs?

ketiljo — Wed, 07 May 2014 07:59:23 GMT

Some documents can be accessed just by logging in, but some require the key that comes with the kit. In the latter cases, you can also contact out local sales manager. Please send us a message on Mypage for the contact information.

RE: Availability of reference designs?

Dan Danknick — Tue, 06 May 2014 23:54:37 GMT

Mike PhD,

I'd love to give you direct help but I don't want to hear from "your daughter the lawyer" if it doesn't materially help you. I suggest that instead you open a support case on the nordicsemi.com site and sit on your hands for a day until the engineers there assist you. (Which they will as they are more responsive than any semiconductor/SoC chip vendor I've used in the past 23 years.)

Best, Dan

RE: Availability of reference designs?

Mike Wirth — Tue, 06 May 2014 22:25:50 GMT

Ketil,

Thank you for the prompt reply. Unfortunately, your instructions didn't work for me. I logged into the nordicsemi.com website (using my pre-existing account) and went to "My page", then to "My downloads", where I can find three pages of downloads to which I have access, not including any of the beacon docs. I can find the beacon docs on its product page (see the attached image) and download the beacon user guide (yellow arrow). But any attempt to download the HW reference guide (red arrow) leads to the yellow pop-up shown. I even added the beacon to "My products", but without a key, the red padlock doesn't go away.

Am I missing something? Looks like I still need to buy a Beacon to access the HW Reference docs.

Mike

PS: After I've once downloaded the beacon user guide, it does show up in "My Downloads".

RE: Availability of reference designs?

ketiljo — Tue, 06 May 2014 13:26:31 GMT

Hi Mike

No need for a product key. Just log in to Mypage and it will be available. If you don't have an account to Mypage, it's free to create one.

The reference layouts can be found under the "download" tab on the nRF51822 page.