https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/49288/how-to-start-thingy52-with-gccHi: i am working with Thingy52，and i have get a zip pack named thingysdkv210,today after the compile prcess after following ../PCA20020/thingysdkv210/documentation/firmware_compile.html to complie i can get one hex(nrf52832_xxaa_s132.hex) and oneen-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:51:56 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/196185?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:51:56 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:b5006dbd-303b-4eb7-8b95-c7f29373fb5eJ&#248;rgen Holmefjord<p>Softdevice s132 v4.0.4 is a bugfix release, you can use it as a replacement for s132 v4.0.2.</p> <p>Note that the Makefiles has targets for flashing both application and softdevice:</p> <p><pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text">make flash make flash_softdevice</pre></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/196172?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:33:35 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:2f55bbee-d6ab-4ddf-9bf4-fc35cb917438awneil<p>Yes, you will need a SoftDevice.</p> <p>The SoftDevice <em><strong>is</strong> </em>the BLE protocol stack - without it, you cannot do any BLE stuff.</p> <p><a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/49237/right-documentation-to-start-understanding-the-nordic-thingy-fw/195892#195892">https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/49237/right-documentation-to-start-understanding-the-nordic-thingy-fw/195892#195892</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>