Spent $500 and still can't start :-(

[michurin]

the very similar issue Friday, October 04 2013, 02:23 I have staerter kit + development kit. I have installed all required software and can't loat example code because I can't find example projects nor source files.

I can't find examples(may they haven't been installed then why?). c:\Keil\C51\ISD51\Examples\Nordic_nRF\ is the only examples related folder but it doesn't contain any ble code

Please advice. Thank you in advance.

[i]COMMENT Ole Morten This sounds like something that should have been posted as a separate question, but the SDK you have installed is for our nRF8001 chip. If you're working with the nRF51822, you need to get the nRF51 SDK, which is available on the download tab of the nRF51822 Development Kit and nRF51822 Evaluation Kit pages. If you see a red lock there, you need to enter a product key from a kit to get access to it.[/i][u][/u]

[Gil DePaula]

Boris, I recommend that you use your support page more often, instead of the developer zone. You probably already have, but you get more/quicker answers there. Take care, Gil

[Ole Morten]

The nRF8001 Development Kit, which I've understood you have, is still necessary if you want to use an Arduino. Unfortunately, I cannot give you a refund for your starter kit, since we don't sell directly to customers. I would however recommend you to check with the distributor you bought them from, what kind of return policy they have.

The only thing I could offer as a compensation would have been to check if I were allowed to send you a nRF51822 Development Kit for free, but it seems you're not very interested in that.

Also, using the Starter Kit and the Development Kit, even without C51, you can flash the precompiled examples, run them and see how they behave, both from the Master Control Panel and other BLE devices (iOS, Android 4.3). The precompiled examples are not usable without the Starter Kit, so traditionally we have said that it's easier to get started when you have both, than when you only have the Development Kit. This will most likely change with the full release of the Arduino SDK, once the documentation and all examples are up to speed there.

Again, I'm sorry for your trouble, and that you feel you have wasted money, but unfortunately I can not refund you, only try to make the best out of what you have now.

[Ole Morten]

Yes, the limitation is actually 2 kB per default, but it can be extended to 4 kB using the key that is available in the nRFgo SDK. Unfortunately, that is still too small for the SDK examples to be usable... 32 kB is as you say much better!

[Ole Morten]

We do try to answer equally good and fast here as in the support portal, so as long there is no confidential information that you need to share, we would normally prefer things to be asked here. The great benefit here is that everyone get to see the question and answer, and hopefully become wiser, while in the support portal everything has to be written to each specific customer.

However, you are of course free to choose where to post yourself. :-)

[michurin]

Guys,

Sorry for my frustration: I've actually spent over $650. The first Devkit was used, damaged and didn't have a key, so I had to buy a replacement, ship it back and still waiting for refund. All my purchases were with expedited shipping i.e. expensive. And I was waiting literally weeks to be able to start.

ARM chip is much better and I'm gladly accepting your offer > The only thing I could offer as a compensation would have been to check if I were allowed to send you a nRF51822 Development Kit for free, but it seems you're not very interested in that.

BTW STM32 is one of my potential choices as well as AVR: I'm currently using both.

I was able yesterday to run HRM, so today my mood is better.

My goal still the same: to run examples using DEBUG mode and see interaction with the ACI library. Looks like to me the only major thing needs to be done migrating to any different MCU is to port hal library. Is AVR(8-bit) library available?

Thanks Gil, thanks Ole: "The same things look different through the prism of time." I'm moving forward but not as fast as I'd like and time zone difference takes huge toll as well.