Is someone succesfully running revision 1 nrf51822 with newer SD and/or SDK?

[muhkuhns]

I'm asking because I recently figured out my modules aren't based on revision 2 chips as expected but on revision 1.

Maybe someone already made some experiences on this matter?

I'am currently going downwards from SDK8+SD8 and try out if example applications work.. (what example that uses the S110 Softdeice may have the highest success chance on an foreign module?)

[Nguyen Hoan Hoang]

Yes see this blog.

[RK]

I'd be fine using this for testing and prototyping, I'd be wary against using it on a production device. The old SDKs contained workarounds for bugs in the old chip revisions, those seem to remain in the new SDKs for the older code, but new code in the SDKs doesn't appear to have them.

I would expect that later revisions of the softdevice no-longer work around PANs which have been fixed and take advantage of new features in silicon (eg the ability to run CPU and radio together).

I would think if you compile and run it and it basically works, it basically works. I would expect however to have odd glitches, occasional faults and possibly power issues running newer softdevices on incompatible hardware.

Would a production device would require extra BTLE qualification if it used an unqualified combination?

For a non-production university project, this may be good enough.