Programming individual nRF51822 chip

[swoudlxy]

Hi everyone,

I am a new here~ If I asked some stupid question, please easy on me.

Currently I am doing a prototype with nRF51822 chip. I know that the official programming kit is nRF51-DK but it seems to me that this development kit only could do on-board programming. If I have the code, is it possible to do the programming to individual chips directly? And what are recommended hardware?

Besides, I know that nRF-51DK supports OTA upgrading, but if I have my own customized board with chips, is it still possible to do so?

Many thanks for your help.

[Andreas]

Hello,

I think there is a "Debug out" Port on the DK. By this Debug out port, it should be possible to program your custom design. For programming the bare chip, you must have special equipment. So there should be a debug/SWD Port on your custom PCB.

Hope that helps.

Regards BTProgrammer

[Øyvind Karlsen]

There's a blogpost that outlines the use of the Debug out port to program the beacon kit with nRF51 DK.

OTA is possible with a custom design, but you need some way to flash a bootloader onto the chip at first.