Can I directly start programming a nrf51822 breakout board

[Mad]

Hi guys, I want to know if it is possible to get started on developing applications for nRF51822 without using the evaluation kit. I want ot have a couple of breakout boards made and buy a debugger to flash the code on the board. Is this even possible? Also are there are good docs which tell us how to get started?

[Mad]

Thanks a lot for the reply. Also I was just curoius, cant we use some other open source Bluetooth stack instead of SoftDevice like https://code.google.com/p/btstack/wiki/BLE as long as we have access to the packet frame ?

[Christopher Mason]

In theory, I suppose you could write your own (or adapt an existing) stack for this chip. I'd guess it would a whole lot of work. The peripherals and setup of this chip are like nothing else I've ever seen.

[Marc Nicholas]

Because that's an API not a "stack". It relies on third party PHY and radio layers.

Of course, you're welcome to implement your own silicon, PHY and other radio components :)

-m