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10 years ago.

Got nRF51822 mKIT today. Where is the product key needed to register with Nordic?

I got my mKIT today. It came in an antistatic bag. The bag contained the mKIT board, some sample of the nRF51822 chips. And a business card that said to login into the www.nordic.semi.com MyPage to add a product key.

Where is the product key? On-line they suggest it is on the box. There was no box. Just the antistatic bag. The label on the bag just says the model number nRF51822-mKIT, Revision 1.0.0 and the datecode 2014.14.

No product key! How do we get the product key? I don't see anything on the board itself that looks like a serial number or product key.

So, I plugged the board into my USB port to see if perhaps it is there. There I found a mbed.htm file similiar to the orginal MBED boards. Clicking on it, I was immediatedly taken to the mbed site and the board was added to my platforms on MBED site.

But, what I really want is access to the stuff we are suppose to be able to get off the Nordic site once we own a product.

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The nRF51822-mKIT is a low cost ARM mbed enabled development board for Bluetooth® Smart designs with the nRF51822 SoC. The kit gives access to all GPIO pins via pin headers …

I have the same issue. I received mine today as well

...kevin

posted by Kevin Braun 11 Apr 2014

Same issue here - ordered from Mouser, but no sign of a product code

posted by Alan Kitchen 14 Apr 2014

Hi! Same issue here, Purchased from Avnet in Australia.

posted by George Sutherland 17 Apr 2014

4 Answers

Adolph Seema
9 years, 11 months ago.

Click on support in your "My Page" and create a new support case asking for the product key. They will send you the product key. And you can add it to your "My Keys" or when a popup comes asking for it when you try to download locked source code.

Noritaka Kamiya
10 years ago.

Same issue, there are no product keys.

Ned Konz
10 years ago.

Are you sure you need a key? I registered the product ("My Products") and found the hardware design files including a schematic in Downloads.

Noah Shibley
10 years ago.

I don't have a product key either. I opened a support ticket, but no feedback yet.

Registering the product does give you access to the mkit hardware design files, however it doesn't give you access to the nrf-sniffer application, or the bluetooth softdevice. Is it possible this software is only available for people who purchased the EK or DK kits?

I notice if you click on the mkit downloads there is only the design files listed. However if you click on the EK or DK kits all the various software files are listed with red locks.

I think im afraid to say you are correct! ,We need to purchase the EK or DK kits to be able to get to nrf-sniffer app. or the BLE softdevice stack.

posted by Nishant Sood 29 Apr 2014