Minimal device programming requirements

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

saraluck9090 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 07:11:03 GMT

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RE: Minimal device programming requirements

JohnBrown — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:18:03 GMT

Pre-programming is not a solution, as we are using a pre-assembled module, the PTR5518 from Xuntong. But thanks for the suggestion.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

HILO — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:22:39 GMT

Pre-programming could be an option for you, in production. Please check the blog 'Programming services, HI-LO Electronics in corporation with Nordic Semiconductor AS' for more info.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

Susheel Nuguru — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:55:02 GMT

JohnBrown, Can you please update/accept this thread with newer info.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Thu, 14 May 2015 12:34:08 GMT

I am doing fine thanks. The IDAP-Link would be an alternative for production programming. There are 2 methods you can use. With PC, use IDAPnRFProg for parallel programming using multiple IDA-Link. Without PC, copy hex files onto a microSD card, put it in the IDAP-Link, press program button. Both methods do not require mergehex. It costs only a fraction of the price of a JLink. See more info here.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

JohnBrown — Thu, 14 May 2015 12:19:06 GMT

Good point. How's your project going?

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

JohnBrown — Thu, 14 May 2015 12:06:23 GMT

I will check, but I don't think they have any Segger J-Link programmers. As far as not being designed for production bulk, what are the alternatives? Bearing in mind that the design is using a commercially available module, so it isn't possible to place the bare chip in a socket.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Thu, 14 May 2015 12:02:27 GMT

An other thing, I believe JLink license does not allow you to do so. If I remembered correctly, the JLink lite or OB is allowed for commercial dev on the dev board that it came with only or for personal or educational purpose. You need to buy full JLink product to do commercial product.

RE: Minimal device programming requirements

RK — Thu, 14 May 2015 11:56:03 GMT

You can use JLink.exe (called JLinkExe if you're on OSX). Just write a script file for it which uploads the code and softdevice and sets any registers in the UICR, you can then put a batch script around that. It's going to be 20 lines of halt/reset/loadbin/wait very simple.

Any segger will do - so if they have one already, they can use that, doesn't have to be a DK.

oh and Segger will point out quite fairly that JLink isn't designed for production bulk programming, but for a small run it will serve your purpose.