Can I only use modules based on revision 3 nRF51822 with nRF51-DK ??

[muhkuhns]

I guess and hope not but I am a little confused by the compatibility matrix..

I would need to use SDK 7 or higher for my nRF51-DK but I would need to use SDK6.1 or lower to work with my revision 2 based nRF51822 modules?

Can I use the nRF-51DK to programm and debug my revision 2 modules?? And only need to switch between SDKs for the DK and the modules?

And what do I miss with only revision 2 of nRF51822? Latest usable SDK6.1?

[RK]

You say in your comprehensive (and thanks for that) answer that SD8.0 is tested and proven to work on the rev 2 ICs. In which document can I find that information? The compatibility matrix I found shows nothing after 7.0.0 for rev 2, possibly because each line refers to an SDK revision which then infers the SD revision and the last SDK for rev 2 is 6.1.0.

Where, for instance, can I find whether 7.1.0 is compatible with rev 2 ICs? I'm assuming if 7.0.0 is and 8.0.0 is that 7.1.0 is but I can't really prove it.

I don't have SDK compatibility issues because I have my own library routines for just about everything from timers to I2C to SPI etc. Even if I did need some SDK stuff it's quite easy to use one SDK but pull in the SD headers from the SD release you want to use instead of those in the SDK.

So where's the information about pure SD compatibility with different chip revisions?

[MartinBL]

@RK: If I understand you correctly I believe you are looking at Compatibility Matrix v1.2, but there is a new matrix in town :)