nRF9160 development with Keil.

[Cromonix]

Hi, Looking at the Keil website I was assuming that the I could develop a nRF9160 based custom design using this IDE with ULINK2 interface. There are Nordic development packs, with one 'Nordic Semiconductor nRF ARM devices Device Family Pack with BSD' which specifies the nRF9160, this was last updated recently (March 2020).   However delving deeper it seems that the Keil is not supported?  Why are there 'packs' available if no longer supported?  Can I download the source code and use with Keil?

Thanks

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

 

Unfortunately, the nRF connect SDK (ncs for short) supports gcc based compiler(s). See this blog post for more information on how to setup the toolchain and getting the SDK:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/nrf-connect-sdk-guides/b/getting-started/posts/nrf-connect-sdk-tutorial

 

The toolchain manager should help you with the setup procedure:

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/gs_assistant.html#installing-the-toolchain-manager

 

It is technically possible to use the bsdlib directly, and continue development with Keil ARM MDK, but then you have to add all supporting libraries manually.

 

Kind regards,

Håkon