Integrate SoftDevice Stack into IAR Workbench 7.80.4 for ARM

[Alex_Golubev]

Hi, I'm trying to rate nrf52832 with stack ble_app_uart softdevice. My IDE is the IAR workbench for ARM 7.80.4. I downloaded the latest version nRF 5_SDK_15.0.0_a53641a, which contains a folder with include files and ble_app_uart_pca10040_s132.the hex file. My question is what should I do with it .hex file? How can I integrate this into my overall app?

Thank you.

[Edvin]

Hello,

The file called ble_app_uart_pca10040_s132.hex, which I assume you found in:

SDK15.0.0\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_uart\hex

is a precompiled application, merged with the softdevice.

 

If you want to modify the example, you should use the project file, SDK15.0.0\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_uart\ble_app_uart.eww if you use IAR, and compile this.

Then you can either flash the example directly from IAR, or you can use the .hex file which will be generated in ble_app_uart\pca10040\s132\iar\_build

(I don't remember if the last folder is called "_build" or "output" or something else. It should contain a .hex file somewhere inside the iar folder).

 

If you compile the project yourself, you must remember to flash the softdevice first. The softdevice is located in:

SDK15.0.0\components\softdevice\s132\hex\*.hex

 

You can flash the softdevice using either nRFgo Studio, or nrfjprog (command line tools).

 

Let me know if it doesn't work.

 

Best regards,

Edvin