How to Program the BluChip

There are a number of available programming IDEs and debuggers capable of programming the BluChip.  Below you will find examples and descriptions for some of the more common use cases.

Quickstart - Use Keil and the J-Link debugger available with the explorer kit.

Available Programmers/Debuggers

• J-Link - The J-Link debugger is the option included in the BluChip Explorer Kit.

**Licensing: J-Link EDU Mini may only be used for non-commercial educational purposes.

Available IDEs

• Keil uVision - Keil provides the evaluation version free of charge with a license that is valid in perpetuity, however, programs are limited in size.

• Visual Studio via VGDB - Visual Studio Community is available free of charge and VGDB trial licenses last 30 days and subscriptions are reasonably priced.

Currently we recommend programming the BluChip using Keil uVision with the J-Link EDU debugger included in the Explorer kit.  This provides a straight forward and inexpensive way to begin programming your bluchip.

• J-Link and Keil Tutorial

In the future we will add tutorials for using J-Link and Visual Studio.

Useful Documentation and Links

• BluChip Schematic

• BluChipM4 Schematic

• BluChip Pin Reference

• BluChip Explorer Kit Schematic

  • BluChip Explorer Example Code

• Taiyo Yuden EYSGJNZWY

• Nordic NRF51822

  • SDK - Examples are currently using NRF5 SDK v10.0

  • Product Specification

  • Nordic Developer Zone