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Can I directly start programming a nrf51822 breakout board

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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?

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    i'm totally new to this ble ... bacon lettuce and eggs :)

    and ordered an mbed eval board, hopefully arriving tomorrow ... so sorry if i'm not totally up on it.

    i work now for more than a year on lpc1347 and lpc1549 parts in c++ with lpcxpresso ... FREE

    lpcxpresso supports as a debug interface a CMSIS-DAP device and the mbed board supposedly also supports CMSIS-DAP

    now the thought was, this could be a way to write code for the nrf51xxx in lpcxpresso (eclipse based ... runs on windows and even faster under linux).

    this nrf51xxx eval board costs about $ 60 and lpcxpresso is free ... up to 256 k of code size or so and the code gcc produces is at least as good as the one from keil.

    if you don't want to use this nrf51xxx mbde board and are just looking for a SWD debug jig, then the lpc-link2 cost about $25 and supports natively the lpc-link2 usb interface to lpcxpresso and if you want to use CMSIS-DAP you can download the free lpc-tool and load a CMSIS-DAP image as an alterantive solution into the lpc-link2 SWD debug jig ... this way you can run the keil compiler with it

    as i said previously, i do not have the nrf51xxx mbde board yet and can't verify this claim

    anyone already working with it could add a few comments to this post ... i will continue, once i have figured out more

    one more thought without offending anyone i hope ... free ... what is it ... if you spend 2 days plus on getting some free debug stuff to work versus spending $ 25 or $ 60 (which you need to get the bt stack image) and compare this to going out a couple times for dinner :)

    cheers, efiLabs

    guess what, i got the board and here is the 1st part of the story ... not too glorious

    i assumed that i would get a product key to be able to download header files and the sdk or whatever to be able to write code ... nada

    yes you can make an led blink with using mbed to compile and receive a hex file to go-no-go test download like 30 years ago.

    i'll see if nordic provides any usable customer support since i purchased a nordic semi product already.

    is there a $ 100 price limit which you have to exceed to be allowed to download the necessary files to be able to write code and if you purchase a $ 60 nrf51822-mkit you do not qualify ...

    i don't get it. i'm waiting and will see if it's worth to consider nordic as a vendor for ble enabled embedded products

    cheers, efiLabs

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    i'm totally new to this ble ... bacon lettuce and eggs :)

    and ordered an mbed eval board, hopefully arriving tomorrow ... so sorry if i'm not totally up on it.

    i work now for more than a year on lpc1347 and lpc1549 parts in c++ with lpcxpresso ... FREE

    lpcxpresso supports as a debug interface a CMSIS-DAP device and the mbed board supposedly also supports CMSIS-DAP

    now the thought was, this could be a way to write code for the nrf51xxx in lpcxpresso (eclipse based ... runs on windows and even faster under linux).

    this nrf51xxx eval board costs about $ 60 and lpcxpresso is free ... up to 256 k of code size or so and the code gcc produces is at least as good as the one from keil.

    if you don't want to use this nrf51xxx mbde board and are just looking for a SWD debug jig, then the lpc-link2 cost about $25 and supports natively the lpc-link2 usb interface to lpcxpresso and if you want to use CMSIS-DAP you can download the free lpc-tool and load a CMSIS-DAP image as an alterantive solution into the lpc-link2 SWD debug jig ... this way you can run the keil compiler with it

    as i said previously, i do not have the nrf51xxx mbde board yet and can't verify this claim

    anyone already working with it could add a few comments to this post ... i will continue, once i have figured out more

    one more thought without offending anyone i hope ... free ... what is it ... if you spend 2 days plus on getting some free debug stuff to work versus spending $ 25 or $ 60 (which you need to get the bt stack image) and compare this to going out a couple times for dinner :)

    cheers, efiLabs

    guess what, i got the board and here is the 1st part of the story ... not too glorious

    i assumed that i would get a product key to be able to download header files and the sdk or whatever to be able to write code ... nada

    yes you can make an led blink with using mbed to compile and receive a hex file to go-no-go test download like 30 years ago.

    i'll see if nordic provides any usable customer support since i purchased a nordic semi product already.

    is there a $ 100 price limit which you have to exceed to be allowed to download the necessary files to be able to write code and if you purchase a $ 60 nrf51822-mkit you do not qualify ...

    i don't get it. i'm waiting and will see if it's worth to consider nordic as a vendor for ble enabled embedded products

    cheers, efiLabs

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