Newbees first question

[Gerhard56]

Hi,

want to try out the nRF52x Family, so will buy the DK board, which IDE is recommended? I am familar with VS Studio or Atmel Studio 7, so is there something like that around?

Thanks for helping.

With best regards

Gerhard

[AmbystomaLabs]

If you are new to the environment, it is best to start with the Keil IDE. It has the best library support and documentation. There is an eval license with the DK.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

Keil is a great alternative if you have a license, otherwise I would recommend checking out Segger Embedded Studio (SES). With SES you will get a free license for use with Nordic products, allowing you to compile all SDK examples and build you applications without limitations. 

All future SDKs and reference designs from Nordic should support SES, and more and more examples/documentation/tutorials will use SES as the reference IDE.

Please check out the getting started videos on YouTube in the above linked page.

Best regards,
Jørgen

 

[AmbystomaLabs]

Sorry I was a little out of date on your IDE support. I thought you were still providing a Keil license. I will have to familiarize myself with the SES environment. 

[Gerhard56]

Hi,

I am not totally new, just new with the nRF52 family. I use Visual Studio for Desktop apps and embedded development and Atmel Studio for small MCUs.

I will prefere to use this tools, but if there is a very good reason to learn a new one ...

With best regards

Gerhard

[Nguyen Hoan Hoang]

I work on MAC and my preference is Eclipse which is 100% free unlimited any MCU and JTAG tools.  I develop multiple ARM target (NXP, Freescale, Nordic, STM32) using the same Eclipse.  I even used it on Linux to develop Linux desktop program with the same eclipse.