What is next stage after buying SOC(NRF5340)? How can I evaluate it?

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Hello Nordic community, 
 We are a software development team. We can directly work on development kits but as a initiative we are trying to buy SOC and do others steps manually. We have almost zero knowledge working directly with SOC evaluation. 
 What is the next step after buying SOC(NRF5340 - For LE audio feature)? How can I evaluate it? Is it possible to use SOC along with raspberry pi or any other boards? How can I solder it? Do we need to create separate micro controller with circuit which can handle Nordic SOC based on its specification sheet? Is there any documentation for stack communication or API details through which SOC can be interacted? 
 Any video or tutorial displaying how we can evaluate SOC availble? Please add any information which might be related to SOC evaluation. 
 Thanks in advance 
 Regards, Bala

Karl Ylvisaker · Accepted Answer

Hello Bala, 
 We are a software development team. We can directly work on development kits but as a initiative we are trying to buy SOC and do others steps manually. We have almost zero knowledge working directly with SOC evaluation. 
 Thank you for this preface, this is good for me to know for when I write my reply. 
 What is the next step after buying SOC(NRF5340 - For LE audio feature)? How can I evaluate it? Is it possible to use SOC along with raspberry pi or any other boards? How can I solder it? Do we need to create separate micro controller with circuit which can handle Nordic SOC based on its specification sheet? Is there any documentation for stack communication or API details through which SOC can be interacted? 
 In general, we would recommend that you use one of our Development Kits to evaluate the SoC for your application, so that you see what it can do and that it is a good fit for your application before you start creating your own custom hardware for it. After the initial evaluation and development of the firmware for your application on the DK the next step would be to create custom hardware for your application. This would include schematics, PCB design and production, and then finally testing of your application on your new board. Usually, you might go a few rounds back and forth with your firmware and hardware design before everything works as intended, and you may then send the device for certification and eventually also for mass production. This is the reason why we create the Development kits in the first place - so that you do not have to go through the process of hardware design in order to start developing the firmware for your application. You can trust that the SoC executing the program on your DK will be the same as the SoC you purchase and mount on your custom hardware. You can pair the nRF SoC up with any other MCU that you intend to use in your design too. The nRF SoC can be interacted with through all of its available interfaces, like listed in the Product Specification. Please know that we can review your schematics for the nRF device before you send it to be produced - just open a private DevZone ticket for this purpose and share your schematics there. Please do not hesitate to ask if anything still should be unclear, or if you have got some followup questions! :) Best regards, Karl

What is next stage after buying SOC(NRF5340)? How can I evaluate it?

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