nRF51822 without buying DK/EK?

[Ricardo Nunes]

I'm looking for information to start developing BLE slaves with nRF51822, but I can't find any datasheets/SDK. Do I need to buy the Development Kit in order to have that? Is Segger programmer required? It looks like it's programmed/debuged through SWD, I already have a programmer that I use for other Cortex M0 boards (LPCXpresso)

[Ole Morten]

Normally, you'd have to buy some kit to get a product key and a programmer/debugger, and I do think you'd be better off doing that. However, I know that some other guys here have been working on getting things up and running without a J-Link, for example as discussed here.

I do think you'd make your life easier by getting a Development Kit or Evaluation Kit, and it's the only way to get official access to the softdevice and SDKs.

[Ole Morten]

Unfortunately, this is the way it currently is, and there isn't much I can do about it in the short term at least. :-/