Cheap programmers for nRF51822 breakout boards

[Mad]

Hi guys,

I am having a breakout board made and would like to know what are the programmers out there which I can buy which will help me program the board. The J-Link is outside my budget. Is there anything else which can do the job for me?

[Ole Morten]

My recommendation is to get hold of a nRF51822 Development Kit. That kit includes a programmer that can be used for custom boards, as long as they run on ~3 V, a few sample chips a Master Emulator dongle and the product key you need to get access to the softdevice and SDK.

A development kit should be available through a distributor in your country, which you can find a list of by selecting your country on the bottom of our main site, or online from for example mouser.com.

[Mad]

Hi there,

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking of getting an evaluation kit. What is the exact difference between the two?

[Ole Morten]

Have a look here: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/index.php/what-s-the-difference-between-nrf51822-evaluation-and-development-kits#reply-610

[Bastiaan]

Thanks a lot for the reply. So for my needs since I am having a breakout board made, the development kit without the starter kit should do if I am not mistaken correct?

[Guest]

Thanks a lot for the reply. So for my needs since I am having a breakout board made, the development kit without the starter kit should do if I am not mistaken correct?