what is the version of the free RTOS used in nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0 ?

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Background : We developing lighting product and planning to use nRF52833 module  and we planning to use the latest SDK version that is nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0. First step of the development is to create abstraction layer in our platform for the FreeRTOS version used in nRF SDK.

So we in need of this information Hope this is the latest SDK (nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0) which is present with Nordic for BLE Mesh.

[tesc]

Hi,

nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0 is to be combined with nRF5 SDK v17.0.2, which includes a port of FreeRTOS V10.0.0.

Inclusion of FreeRTOS in the nRF5 SDK is mainly for showcasing the possibiltiy of integrating the SDK with an RTOS, and there are two implementation examples (both for BLE). We have not tested combining FreeRTOS with the Bluetooth mesh stack.

Our latest Bluetooth mesh development is in nRF Connect SDK, which is our new SDK moving forward. nRF Connect SDK is built on top of the Zephyr OS.

Regards,
Terje

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How to combine nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0 with nRF5 SDK v17.0.2 ? whether Nordic having any documentation on how to combine and build and use a single workspace.? we are planning to use IAR IDE for development. We hope nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0 and nRF5 SDK v17.0.2 versions supports IAR IDE for development.

[tesc]

Hi,

nRF5 SDK for Mesh needs nRF5 SDK in order to function, as it uses some features from nRF5 SDK. See the Installing the toolchain documentation page for details.

While IAR is supported by nRF5 SDK, it is not supported by nRF5 SDK for Mesh. Supported in nRF5 SDK for Mesh is Segger Embedded Studio (SES) and CMake. SES is free to use for nRF based projects, thanks to the license agreement we have with Segger. If this agreement ends at some point, then you can still use already released versions of SES for nRF based projects for as long as you want.

nRF Connect SDK also supports SES and CMake.

Regards,
Terje

[L&T Technology services]

1. Can anyone please answer this specific Query "How to combine nRF5 SDK for Mesh v5.0.0 with nRF5 SDK v17.0.2 ? whether Nordic having any documentation on how to combine and build and use a single workspace.?" because we need to abstract the FreeRTOS in our platform.

2. How much easy to make it work on IAR IDE for nRF5 SDK for Mesh.?

[tesc]

Hi,

1. Sorry for missing your first question in my previous reply. There is a guide for that in the nRF5 SDK for Mesh documentation: Integrating Bluetooth mesh into nRF5 SDK examples.

2. I am afraid we have not done an assessment on how easy or hard it would be to use IAR for developing with nRF5 SDK for Mesh. At the very least you need to generate project files, and probably a number of other files such as for instance for section placement. Our main recommendation is to use SES.

Regards,
Terje