SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

Gigel — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:22:33 GMT

I am using nRF51822 QFAAG00 which is revision 2 of the IC, with SDK 6.1.0 and SoftDevice S110 v7.3 without problems.

My setup was very unstable until I started using this combination of the SDK and SD. Now it is stable, remains connected for days.

Don't use newer SDK and/or SD unless Nordic officially recommends it.

Here's a link to SD110 v7.3: www.nordicsemi.com/.../48420

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

Øyvind — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:01:25 GMT

nrf51822 QFAAG0 supports S110 7.1.0 even though not listed in ATTN-51, so you can use that. Then you can also use SDK 7.1.0, but since you have a custom board you must of course check and possibly change the configuration of GPIO pins, crystals, etc. (see this page in the documentation )

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

John Pearson — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:28:27 GMT

Thanks Øyvind! Did you get a chance to check about the compatibility ? Like I mentioned, we use nrf51822 QFAAG0 on our custom board.

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

Øyvind — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:58:25 GMT

From SDK 7.0.0, the SDK is intended for use with the latest nRF51 Development Kits, which are nRF51422 based. However, the SDK can be used with other kits (which are based on other chip variants) as described e.g here (this is in the 7.0.1 documentation).
To see which chip revisions are compatible with which SoftDevices and SDKs, see ATTN-51 (can be found in the download section of the product pages, e.g. here). I see that this document lists S110 7.0.0 and SDK 6.1.0 for your chip, but I believe this is wrong. Looking at the release notes for S110, version 7.1.0 should still be compatible with you chip, and from the release notes for the SDK 7.x versions all lists compatibility with S110 7.1.0. I will investigate the ATTN-51 document further, and see if we need to make corrections to it.
As features are added, performance is improved and bugs are discovered and fixed between versions, as a general rule one should use the latest and greatest versions possible. If the project is mature and hard to port to a newer release of the SoftDevice or SDK, at least read the release notes and migration documents thoroughly to see if there are any changes that are relevant to your project, and then make a decision based on that.

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

John Pearson — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:08:00 GMT

Thanks! I am trying to find out if Nordic recommends using SDK 7 or as stated in the docs "For others devices, use SDK 6.x.x " we should stick to SDK 6 for nrf51822 qfaa

RE: SDK 7.1.0 Compatibility

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:58:15 GMT

I got the G0 working fine with SDK7.