AVR Programmer with NRF51822

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

MartinBL — Wed, 13 May 2015 07:50:21 GMT

As @awneil suggest in his comment a good solution is to use the nRF51 DK. The kit discussed in the thread is an old kit which we don't recommend for new designs. The nRF51 DK are available at these online stores. It is very easy to debug/program external boards with the DK as it is pretty much plug-and-play. As a bonus you get a very versatile nRF51 development kit. Just keep in mind that the only voltage supported by external debugging/programming is 3.0 V.

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

awneil — Wed, 13 May 2015 05:23:33 GMT

You mean it is an alternative - others exist.

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Wed, 13 May 2015 00:07:49 GMT

This is the alternative embeddedsoftdev.blogspot.ca/.../idap-link.html

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

awneil — Tue, 12 May 2015 23:17:58 GMT

Note that a J-Link can be used to program & debug pretty much any ARM microcontroller from any IDE (also from the command line) - so that's actually pretty good value...

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

awneil — Tue, 12 May 2015 23:15:51 GMT

The suggestion in this thread is to get a DK which includes a J-Link lite ...

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

Tyler — Tue, 12 May 2015 22:53:28 GMT

Is there a cheaper alternative to a J-link programmer?

RE: AVR Programmer with NRF51822

awneil — Tue, 12 May 2015 22:51:20 GMT

No.

AVRs use a proprietary interface for programming; it is not compatible with other devices - not even other Atmel devices!