nrf51822 with BL600

[sowmya]

Hello,

Now I am using nrf51822 with PCA10004 EK board. And the custom board we are using is BL600-SA module. As BL600 can be used with nrf SDK and softdevice, Can I use the same SDK 9.0 and softdevice 8.0 on BL600 module without any change? Does it work?

If anyone worked on BL600 kindly reply.

Regards, Sowmya

[MartinBL]

Hi. PCA10004 is a 2nd revision nRF51 IC and, according to this thread, so is the BL600. If you look at the Compatibility Matrix you will find that neither boards are actually compatible with SDK 9 or Softdevice 8. However, since the PCA10004 and the BL600 are both built around the exact same IC revision, nRF51822-QFAA-G0, your application should work equally well on both boards.

PS: Note that Nordic does not recommend using incompatible SDKs, SoftDevices and IC revisions. Here is why.

EDIT: 2nd revison ICs is actually tested and found to be compatible with SoftDevice 8.0.0.

[sowmya]

Hello Martin, Thanks for the link. But PCA10004 EK is having the revision 2.2.0 but my SDK is 9.0. As per the compatibility matrix nRF51 IC with rev 2.0 is not compatible.

But in my case, the sdk and stack is working. Or is it like it compatible with rev 2.0 and later?

Regards, Sowmya

[MartinBL]

Your PCA10004 EK is version 2.2.0 but the IC on the kit is version 2. As I have stated in the link above it might work for you, but it is no guarantee that it will work in all cases.