Extracting the nRF chip on PCB

[Badred]

Hello,

We would like to extract the SoC to be used in our customized PCB design to communicate with a phone app via BLE. I wonder if there is a module that can be integrated automatically to a PCB with the possibility of easy-use programming? thank you.

If you need any clarifications, let me know.

Regards, Badr Eddine

[Wojtek]

I am not sure I understand correctly, but if you need something to easily program nRF5x on the PCB board delivered to Your client, I would use DAPLINK. Cheap solution, just one additional chip, possibility to update firmware by usb.

[Badred]

@Wojtek Is it piece of hardware of software? Can you please provide anylinks. I was refering is to use only the SoC which has the bluetooth and the microcontroller inside our own PCB.

[Wojtek]

Daplink/SWDAP is the microcontroller with possibility of programming the chip by SWD. Other (probably better for you) solution if you want firmware update over-the-air is the bootloader provided by Nordic. It is described here, but it is quite outdated. You can find examples in newest SDK and more info on infocenter

[Badred]

is there any available schematic for it so I can directly design it as part of my PCB?

[Wojtek]

For daplink? There are schematics available on github, just google for swdap/daplink (daplink is the name of the firmware i think, SWDAP is the name for the hardware)...