Programming nRF51822 and Questions about Dev Kit Usage

RE: Programming nRF51822 and Questions about Dev Kit Usage

Orlando Hoilett — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:31:39 GMT

How supportive are you guys of CrossWorks for ARM IDE? http://www.rowley.co.uk/arm/

RE: Programming nRF51822 and Questions about Dev Kit Usage

Michael Dietz — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:32:26 GMT

Yes, when you make your custom PCB it will only contain an nRF51 chip. notice on the dev board that there is a Debug out port. All you will need is a SEGGER connector. Connect one end to the Debug out port and the pin header on your custom pcb. Now your custom PCB will be programmed with the Atmel chip on the dev board (when voltage sensed on debug out port the target switches from the nrf51 on the dev kit to the nrf51 on your custom pcb) www.segger.com/jlink-6-pin-needle-adapter.html

RE: Programming nRF51822 and Questions about Dev Kit Usage

Orlando Hoilett — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:51:41 GMT

Awesome. Thank you for your comments. I fixed the link. Here it is also.

https://youtu.be/LdY2m_bZTgE

RE: Programming nRF51822 and Questions about Dev Kit Usage

Michael Dietz — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:45:26 GMT

Hi,

Yes the Atmel chip is the interface MCU that allows us to flash the device as well as provides a USB to UART converter so we can talk to the terminal. This is provided on board to make your life easier in early development. Once you move to your own custom PCB or a 3rd party module you will probably use an external programmer (i.e. www.segger.com/jlink-lite-cortexm.html)

You will see that this board we provide doesn't have an interface MCU. (www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF51822-Bluetooth-Smart-Beacon-Kit) For this you would by a flasher like the one I listed above and connect it to the 6 pin header when you want to flash your device. This 6 pin header can be broke off (if you are using a bootloader or no longer need to flash your device) to make the chip smaller.

We support Keil uVision (best support with our examples), GCC (you can use eclipse IDE or just vim etc..), IAR as well as mbed. Also pyOCD will work with our chip.

The youtube link your provided didnt work.