RE: Programming NRF51822 Beacon Kit via DFU & OTA

rvaessen — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:16:36 GMT

Thank you, Stefan.

RE: Programming NRF51822 Beacon Kit via DFU & OTA

Stefan Birnir Sverrisson — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:42:03 GMT

Thank you for your questions

According to the Beacon firmware download page, the firmware that resides on the beacon kit is most likely S110 7.1.0, bootloader from SDK 7.1.0, and the beacon application. You will have to use ble_app_beacon app from SDK 7.2.0, or any other SDK that is compatible with softdevice S110 7.1.0. Check the nRF51 compatibility matrix to see what SDKs are compatible with S110 7.1.0.
In order for the LEDs to work on the Beacon hardware, you would only need to define a PCA20006 preprocessor symbol. You can see how that is modified in Keil on this thread. Hopefully you can find where to modify this in Crossworks.

Bootloader for SDK 7.1.0 requires init file to be uploaded with a new application. You would need to generate an init file for your application as described in the guide provided on this thread from 2.1.2015. Then you can upload the new application with the nRFToolbox DFU app available on App Store. Follow the instructions given there when you press the questionmark.