Alternatives to Bluetooth Developer Studio

[ilw]

Are there any recommended alternatives (& nordic plugins) to the discontinued Bluetooth Developer Studio? I'm looking for a tool to make the process of creating custom GATT profiles/services easier. Or does anyone have a download link for Bluetootth Developer Studio they can share?

Thanks!

[Bjørn Kvaale]

I would download Segger Embedded Studio, which is free for Nordic SDK users. Then, I would take a look at this getting started tutorial, as well as this custom service tutorial.

[ilw]

As sherif is alluding to, Segger Embedded Studio (SES) is entirely complementary to Bluetooth Developer Studio (BDS) - there is almost no overlap in functionality.  We used BDS (+the nordic plugin) as a code generator and profile/service planning tool whereas SES is an IDE.

The Bluetooth SIG have killed off a useful & free tool and I still can't find any information on what the commercial or free alternative to it is. They could've made it open source abandonware, but I'm guessing its been sold off

[sherif]

Frankly speaking i have been debugging an example project using Segger for 1 week, and this project would have been finished in no time, if i am able to use BDS with Nordic as i used to use it with TI.