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New Generation nRF51822s

The new generation of nRF51822's have a few neat new features, particularly the automatic power management piece, that I would like to potentially leverage in our project. Is there somewhere I can go to order a development board or dongle or something that I could be sure had the new chip on it so I could test our code? I can't imaging the update would break our existing firmware, but I can imagine myself messing up the implementation of the new stuff without a bit of trial and error.

Thanks! Jeremy

  • Are you talking about the new nRF52 series, the nrf52832? Since you say automatic power management it seems like you are.

    The preview dev boards were available 2 minutes after the launch a few weeks ago, you can get them from whoever your usual supplier is. Just type nRF52 into the product search box of whichever one you use.

  • I was referring to the new 51822 chips where we should now be able to set the dc/dc converter to operate in automatic mode.

    So any dev board I pick up from a supplier should be using the new chip? Do they recall to eliminate any old stock when a new version becomes available?

  • Ah I misunderstood as the new nRF52 does have a big new feature all about automatic power management (over the whole chip). The nRF51-DK and nRF51-dongle have the 3rd revision chip on them, the older development boards (which have been marked not recommended for some time) have the rev 2 chip on them.

    No - nothing gets recalled - just a new model (in this case the DK and Dongle) were introduced, the old ones are still out there.

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