Migrate from SDK 6.1 to 9.0 under Eclipse/GCC

[JohnBrown]

I'm looking to migrate from SDK 6.1 to SDK 9.0, using GCC and Eclipse. Any pointers would be welcome. Also, I'm hoping to start using the OTA DFU. Once again, if there are any tutorials or blogs that simplify the process I'd love to hear about them.

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Have you seen this answer?

[JohnBrown]

Thanks, that would seem to suggest that, having dowloaded MCP 3.9 in order to prepare the zip file for the DFU, I now need to revert to an older MCP version in order to use it!

Would I be be better off trying to move to SDK 7 and SoftDevice 8, as Nguyen suggests? What are the impications of trying to use SDK 7 and SD 8 with a rev 2 chip?

[Øyvind Karlsen]

The PAN(Product Anomaly Notification) workarounds that were included for revision 2 are no longer included in the more recent SDKs, this means that you can get a slew of errors. Troubleshooting could be hard. You could go for SDK 9 and attempt to include the PAN workarounds yourself.

[JohnBrown]

Thanks. I think the 2.4 version of the PAN is more relevant to my case, as the chips are QFAAG20. Having looked at the PAN, I think most of the anomalies will not affect my app, so maybe I'll give SDK 7 a try.

[Øyvind Karlsen]

You are right that the 2.4 version is more relevant, things went a bit quickly when linking just then =P.

Do give a try and report your findings, good luck.