Which dev environment for my nRF52 DK?

[Bret Foreman]

Guys,

I'm stuck.

As we determined in ticket ID 300239, the nRF Connect SDK does not support my version 3.0.0 of the PCA10040 DK.

And as we determined in ticket ID 300238, Nordic is not supporting the sdk_config.h files for SES 5.42a. Specifically, there is no information for how to combine the configs for the different subsystems of the chip.

Assuming I'm starting from scratch, what should be my DK and SDK choices so I can get unblocked?

Regards,

Bret

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

As we determined in ticket ID 300239, the nRF Connect SDK does not support my version 3.0.0 of the PCA10040 DK.

Sorry to make you misunderstand. nRF52DK v3.0.0 can be supported both by NCS and nRF5 SDK. For NCS, you could use VS Code. For nRF5SDK, you could use the following tools:

 - ARM: MDK-ARM version 5.25   
 - GCC: GCC ARM Embedded 9.2020-q2.major
 - IAR: IAR Workbench 7.80.4
 - SES: SES 5.42a

Regards,
Amanda H

[Bret Foreman]

Did you read ticket 300239 where the support engineer says that the SDK for my nRF52 DK is not supported by VS Code? I don't understand how you can be saying otherwise.

[Bret Foreman]

Did you read in ticket 300238 how the sdk_config.h file for SES 5.42a is not supported? How can you be recommending that tool?

[Amanda Hsieh]

Is it this case https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/support-private/support/300239?

If so, it doesn't mention nRF52 DK is not supported by VS Code in that case. I said that nRFSDK v17.1.0 doesn't support VS code in that case.

-Amanda H.

[Bret Foreman]

But which SDK version should I use such that it supports both my PCA10040 DK and VS Code?

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

My colleague doesn't say that. He means the sdk_config.h does not list all the configs in the examples. When you develop a custom application, you would need to add some required config into the sdk_config.h.  

If you want to develop with VS Code, you could use NCS. 

-Amanda H.