Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

caleb.fink — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:18:36 GMT

Will AI be implemented into using the the docs? For example will there be a chat-GPT (or other LLM) assistant to search or query these documents? I think this would be helpful and go far in helping developers find the relevant info most efficiently.

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

Xenoamor — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:39:58 GMT

Will PDF now be the only way to read the documentation for a specific nRF5x device now? I find the infocenter.nordicsemi.com/ implementation to be much easier and faster to navigate as I can see only the relevant section and I don't have to deal with large header/footers and page breaks

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

kjkearney — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:29:50 GMT

I like the update overall. Seems to modernize the UI without a loss of information density like many "modern" UI updates seem obsessed with.

My one gripe is that the progress bar on the top of the screen that fills as you scroll through an article feels obtrusive, distracting, and redundant. I already have a progress bar for the page: my scrollbar.

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

Adam Varga — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:44:51 GMT

I think this change was much needed, as it's really challenging to keep up with the ocean of information that Nordic is providing now being in different locations. Please consider some feedback though:

Infocenter (nRF5 SDK) has to move to Docs as well, it's a no-brainer. You cannot call Docs a "central" location if it doesn't include the Infocenter.
Having different logins for different Nordic sites is super annoying and seems quite unnecessary. Please merge all into 1 Nordic account (Academy, Devzone, Docs, etc...), or at least allow Google login.
I know this is not the right forum for this, but: I've been working with the nRF5 SDK for around 8 years now, and started using the NCS in the past 6months or so. I don't know if I'm alone with this or not, but it feels really unfamiliar and oftentimes confusing. I know that Zephyr brings a ton of constraints, but the organization of the information is something I just cannot comprehend. You have 'Applications', 'Samples', then 'Samples and Demos' under Zephyr, and there are some libraries that are only mentioned in relation, or under a particular application. I'd love to hear other's thoughts, but I think this illogical structure can be found in other parts of Nordic's decisions, for example, the separated locations for information. I'd love to see a more focused thinking, and way of organization across the board. But maybe this is just me.

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

NewtoM — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:09:17 GMT

I am a bit scared. In all the past years, https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/ turned out to be the best source of information. Yes, it looks and feels like early 2000s, but it does exactly what I need: lists all relevant information to all Nordic building blocks. Honestly, I don't care if the new site is mobile-friendly or has unique icons for the technologies and chip families. I only care if the information I am looking for is to be found within seconds with a few clicks or not. And I am afraid that using this metric, the new site will perform worse.

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

Dom O — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:12:15 GMT

Will *all* the content from previous websites be copied-over?

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

Tom — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:24:51 GMT

Where do I find the nRF5 SDK documentation on docs.nordicsemi.com?

RE: Introducing TechDocs: Nordic's single source for all technical documentation

Johnny Nguyen — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:01:50 GMT

Quite handy to consolidate it together.