RE: Programming issue

Jørgen Holmefjord — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 20:42:45 GMT

Hi,

nRFgo Studio is no longer supported and not recommended for programming of any nRF5 boards. Instead, we recommend using nRF Connect for desktop, with the Programmer application (if you want a GUI programmer).

Another option is to use the command line application nrfjprog which can be found in nRF Command Line Tools. The available commands can be found in the infocenter documentation. This pack also includes the tool mergehex, which can be used to merge applications with the softdevice hex-file. Note that application and softdevice are located in separate sections in flash. As long as you do not erase the flash between flashing the two hexes, it should not be a problem to flash them separately after each other.

[quote user=""]The major issue I have is that, (it seems) Nordic dont really care about the small developers and small companies that cannot afford to buy a Segger programmer.[/quote]

All our development kits come with an on-board J-Link debugger. This debugger can be used to program external boards through the debug output connectors. The development kits are priced around 40-50$, and by buying this you also get a great development platform that works with all our tools.

Best regards,
Jørgen