Old SDK and Softdevice

RE: Old SDK and Softdevice

bom4 — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:42:03 GMT

OK I got him on the line and ask him if he is 100 % sure it was SDK 15.3,

They started with SDK 15.3 and decided later to rather take 14.2

so I have to appologiez for the confusion

I will try now with SDK 14.2 that may solve my problems

thanks you for the answers

RE: Old SDK and Softdevice

Edvin — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:02:33 GMT

I wouldn't recommend to use any alpha version of any softdevice for something other than prototyping. I am sorry. The softdevices between major SDK versions (14.x.x to 15.x.x) are not API compatible. As I see it, you either need to use the SDK14.2.0 (with an alpha softdevice, which does not have production quality), or you need to port the application to use the softdevice from SDK15.0.0, or later.

[quote user="bom4"]My precursor built a programm that was made in 2017 with SDK 15.3 and SD 140 5.0.0.2 alpha.[/quote]

I find that strange. Why would he not use the production quality softdevice already present in SDK15.3.0?

[quote user="bom4"]Well it was once compatible, befor nordic changed everything in SDK 15.3. [/quote]

SDK15.3.0 was never compatible with S140 v5.0.0_2-alpha. Nordic has never provided anything from SDK15.3.0 compatible, so we didn't change anything.

But if you do decide to use this combination, you probably still have all the files from that combination, so it is a matter of including the correct files to your project.

RE: Old SDK and Softdevice

bom4 — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 05:25:03 GMT

Well it was once compatible, befor nordic changed everything in SDK 15.3.

My precursor built a programm that was made in 2017 with SDK 15.3 and SD 140 5.0.0.2 alpha.

And this programm runs pretty fine but I have some Hardwaremodifications done on the board so I had to change some code as well but eclipse neon is so outdated that I couldn't install it on any system and I changed the plattform to SES.

But it's so impracticable to build a program from scratch in SES and then add the old software in it... so I took the SDK and voila nothing works anymore

RE: Old SDK and Softdevice

Edvin — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:25:38 GMT

Hello,

SDK14.2.0 contains the softdevice S140 v5.0.0-2 alpha. You can download this from our website. You will find that softdevice under SDK\components\softdevice\s140\hex\

This softdevice is not compatible with SDK15.3.0. If you want to use this version of the SDK, you should use the softdevice that comes with SDK15.3.0.

Best regards,
Edvin