Eclipse + nRF Packs

[Konrad Traczyk]

Hi,

Did anyone used Eclipse with Nordic Semiconductor packs downloaded with GNU ARM Packs Manager? I've downloaded the packs, but the project does not see(include) them. Do I need to include them manually?

[Stian Røed Hafskjold]

The pack manager is in experimental state and for the moment, inspecting the content of the packs and download it to a specified location is all that can be done. You still have to include the files you need manually. And, the example projects in packs does only support the Keil MDK. For now I think you are better off using the nRF SDK, and the makefiles included in each of the projects. To see how you can do that, follow this tutorial: devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../

Maybe someone else in this forum has had better luck using the pack manager in Eclipse than me.

[retrostately]

3 years later and we're still having to rely on makefiles.  This has to be the biggest negative side to developing with Nordic: If you don't have the money to develop with Keil or IAR, you are stuck with the most crude support imaginable for GCC/Eclipse/etc.  I was hoping it would get better by now.

[Daniel Wang]

retrostately you are wrong, there is support for Segger Embedded Studio

Nordic Semiconductor adds Embedded Studio IDE support for nRF51 and nRF52 SoC development

SEGGER Embedded Studio IDE now free for Nordic SDK users

"The agreement signed between SEGGER and Nordic Semiconductor entitles Nordic customers to use Embedded Studio with any ARM Cortex-M based device in the popular nRF series of wireless SoCs without any charges being accrued."

Embedded Studio is a powerful C/C++ IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for microcontrollers. It is specifically designed to provide users with everything needed for professional embedded C programming and development: An all-in-one solution providing stability and a continuous workflow for any development environment.