project using nRF52832

[testmyskills]

I am planning to start a project using nRF52832 but do not want to buy IAR or Keil as they are expensive, if I use GCC Compiler with SDK then is it possible to debug the code as well or do I need Keil or IAR to use Seggar J Link

[RK]

Not only can you use GCC, there are examples in the SDK showing how. In fact every example in the SDK builds with GCC. There are also several other IDEs you can use, some free. If you use the search you will find a ton of discussion about this and a load of blog posts

[idelsink]

I myself made a CMake project and use the arm gdb in the terminal without any problems. Just start a gdb server and connect to it using gdb.

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi testmyskills!

In addition to the suggestions already provided by RK and idelsink, I would suggest that you try Segger Embedded Studio. Segger Embedded Studio is a royalty-free IDE with no code limit, and is specifically designed for embedded development. Take a look at this blog post about how to get started.

Best regards,
Joakim.

[Matt]

Do get a JLink for debug and tracing purpose, especially for testing with RTT.

[Nguyen Hoan Hoang]

You can use fully free Eclipse & GCC, See this blog.