How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

awneil — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:33:49 GMT

So the thing you really need to document is the fact that it's the 'Examples' pack which is key:

it's the one to look at to see which SDK version you have;
it's the one to update when you need a manual update.

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

Krzysztof Loska — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:57:39 GMT

Probably we should mention in release notes which Packs have been updated.

By the way: in fact the only Pack you have to download manually in Keil is the Pack containing examples. Then copy some example using Pack Installer and launch it. Keil automatically detects which Packs you miss and asks you to confirm their instalation. Secondly, DeviceFamilyPack is a special kind of a Pack and is not directly connected with SDK. Device Failiy Packs describe physical aspects of devices and provide tools to interact with them like SVD files and Flash algorithms.

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

awneil — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:13:30 GMT

Thanks, but that doesn't answer the question of where (or whether) this is documented.

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

Krzysztof Loska — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:08:11 GMT

Hi,

As Hung Bui mentioned nRF_Examples is the Pack which follows SDK versions. The reason is that nRF_Examples is the only Pack which has to be modified with each new release of SDK. All other Packs can be updated but do not have to be, so their versioning is independet of SDK versions.

The easiest way to check which versions of Packs are used in some SDK release is to go directly to the place where we store SDK releases (developer.nordicsemi.com/.../) and download appropriate SDK release in Pack format (a zip with _packs suffix). Unzip it and then you are able to check version of every Pack inside its folder e.g. for SDK 8.0.0 inside nRF_BLE folder NordicSemiconductor.nRF_BLE.2.0.0.pack file is present, so it means that nRF_BLE is in version 2.0.0). You can also install all Packs at once running install.bat.

nRF_DeviceFamilyPack is versioned independent of SDK versions. The big hole in versions of this Pack is intentional (between 1.1.4 and 7.1.0). The reason is that previously this Pack was versioned independent of MDK but now follows it.

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

awneil — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:33:16 GMT

OK, thanks - that was my guess. Is that documented anywhere?

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

Hung Bui — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 06:50:00 GMT

Hi Awneil,

The SDK version in the pack should be the version of the nRF_Example, in this case you have version 8.0.

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

awneil — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:02:07 GMT

So the "version" numbers shown in the Keil Packs Installer are essentially unrelated to the Nordic SDK version?!

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

Øyvind Rønningstad — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:58:43 GMT

The only way I know of right now is to open the pack description file directly:

Open the file [keil]/ARM/Pack/NordicSemiconductor/[packname]/NordicSemiconductor.[packname].pdsc and check under "releases". Most packs state which SDK version they were release with.

Example: C:/keil_v5/ARM/Pack/NordicSemiconductor/nRF_Libraries/NordicSemiconductor.nRF_Libraries.pdsc

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

awneil — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:19:02 GMT

Thanks - but that doesn't answer the question: How to identify the Nordic SDK Version in the Keil Packs?

RE: How to identify SDK version in Keil Packs?

Hung Bui — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:10:41 GMT

Hi Awneil,

We have noticed some issue with the pack system from KEIL. Some pack is not being updated to the latest version. We are trying to fix this internally.

I would suggest you to use the SDK .zip file that we provided on our website at http://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF51_SDK/

You can use the project in arm5_no_packs folder so that no pack will be referred and the good old library folders will be included.