Can't find suitable tools to make a project with nRF51822

[Sergio T]

I have to develop a project for nRF51822 but I can't find tools that work. I tried SES and Eclipse and none can compile the examples of SDK12 (the last one that supports my development board - nRF51 DK. It's frustrating.

I develop FW for microcontrollers since more than 20 years so it is not lack of experience...

I need someone to help setup the suitable development tools... please!

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

SDK 12 was released before we added SES support to the SDK. You can follow this blog tutorial to import a Keil project in SES.

Eclipse has never been a supported IDE. You can have a look at this tutorial to setup the environment.

Best regards,
Jørgen

[Sergio T]

I can't find SES V3.10e anymore in Segger. I have 4.12. The problem is that several menus are not available in the new version as, for example:

- no "import section placement" menu

- no "section placement macros" in Linker menu

Therefore I can't get it to work.

Keil is too expensive for my project so I would prefer using Segger as it is free. Also, I already read somewhere that it was suggest as best solution. 

What should I do? Try with the oldest version available?

[awneil]

Sergio T said:

Keil is too expensive for my project

OK - but you never mentioned that in the OP.

You realise that you can use the free version up to 32K - and the SoftDevice does not cone out of that 32K

Sergio T said:

- no "import section placement" menu

- no "section placement macros" in Linker menu

Therefore I can't get it to work.

Again, by looking at how these things are done in current versions, you may be able to figure that out for the SDK you require ...