Is it possible to use Serial DFU without softdevice

[Joe]

I think the answer is mostly no. My application is similar to the Gazell sample projects, it does not use Softdevice. What are the steps to make my application to be compatible with the softdevice so that I can use the serial DFU.

I have gone through the SDK 14.2 BLE and Serial DFU examples, they are working and I used the Blinky project as the app for testing. I see there is a "blank" version and a "s132" version. If I incorporate the differences in the ld file and makefile, is that sufficient to bring my app to be compatible with the software device?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[run_ar]

Actually, you do not need the Softdevice, only the MBR. You could take a look at the thread sdk to find a standalone MBR (same as is used with Softdevice). Description here.

[Joe]

Thanks a lot! I will study the note.