NRF Project development environment

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I had some trouble using Visual GDB, it seems their board support packages for nordic are not well updated. I really wanted to use VS studio for this project so I can organize things with solutions but I might have to try a different IDE. Currently working on things in notepad++ and running out of desktop space . I don't need powerful debugging tools, but easy toolchain setup and file organizing are bonuses. I have some experience with TRUEstudio and Eclipse (that I use for java). For the nrf52840 what are the pros and cons between Segger Embedded Studio and Keil uVision? Any recommendations?

awneil · Accepted Answer

I would second Einar Thorsrud's recommendation: not only does SES have " full support for the nRF devices", but it is the one that Nordic themselves fully support. 
 It gives you all the things you ask for. 
 Although it isn't Eclipse-based, it is very similar to Eclipse. 
 Possibly the biggest limitation is that it only works with J-Link - not any other 3rd-party debug probes. But that shouldn't be a problem for nRF development - because all nRF DK boards come with a J-Link on board. 
 Keil is a commercial product; the free version is limited to 32K code space. Although that doesn't include the SoftDevice, you don't get very far on that with Nordic's examples - and you certainly won't be able to do Mesh!

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