Use of nrfxlib nRF 802.15.4 Radio Driver with SDK 15.0.3 on nrf52811

[Marcel]

Hello, Im a little confused about the nRF Connect SDK ecosystem. 

Currently Im using SES with cloned nRF SDK 15.0.3 for nrf52811, however I would like to start using https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrfxlib/nrf_802154/doc/api.html API, which takes me to the whole software ecosystem chain. 

Can you suggest whether it is possible to use this part of the libraries as an extension to the plain SDK 15.0.3 or are nrfxlibs tied to the Zephyr RTOS ecosystem?

Could you siggest a way to import the 802.15.4 libs into an older SES solution or maybe suggest a SES project / solution file from the SDK 15.0.3 (or later possibly) that would take advantage of access to the nrfxlibs APIs?

Thanks, 

Marcel

PS: I have amanged to open a SES project from Toolchain Manager for nRF Connect SDK, but Im unsure what to do next - how to access the main() in these examples. 

[mrono]

Marcel said:

Could you siggest a way to import the 802.15.4 libs into an older SES solution

The older 802.15.4 driver is still available here:

https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF-IEEE-802.15.4-radio-driver/releases

And documentation for it is still on Nordic's InfoCenter.

I don't think the nrfxlib stuff can be used with the old nRF5 SDK, but I haven't really checked.

[Marcel]

Yeat that link just says:

This project has been moved to https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-nrfxlib/tree/master/nrf_802154

Which brings me back to nrfxlib 

[mrono]

Yes, but in the releases section there are downloads for the last versions of the old driver.

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

As mrono says the old driver is still available for download in the releases section, https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF-IEEE-802.15.4-radio-driver/releases, and the documentation and API is on Infocenter: nRF IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver v1.10.0.

If you want to use the driver with nRF5 SDK you must use version 1.10.0 or earlier, as after this version the driver is no longer standalone but a component of nRF Connect SDK.

Best regards,

Marte

[mrono]

Marte Myrvold said:

If you want to use the driver with nRF5 SDK you must use version 1.10.0 or earlier

I just had another look. Actually, there might be a problem here. Only versions 1.10.0 and 1.9.0 are available for download. Yet the release notes for 1.9.0 say this:

MPSL is a required dependency for dynamic multiprotocol operations. Dynamic multiprotocol with a SoftDevice is no longer supported.

So can you still get an 802.15.4 -driver that works with a softdevice? I'm still using 1.8.x because of this issue, but it seems that is no longer available at all?