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9 years, 5 months ago.

nRF51822 firmware update

I did follows the instruction to update new firmware (version 0.216) into my nRF51822-mKIT. How can I find out the firmware was updated successfully? I'm expecting that nRF51822-mKIT home page activated from mbed.html in the device file should not notice the "firmware update", if it's not required.

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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 a NRF51 DK, one connected to my pc I have a drive named Jlink inside 3 files Readme.txt Segger.html and User Guide.html how is possible to see the firmware verrsion and how to update it?

posted by Fabio Parigi 14 Apr 2015

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Rohit Grover
9 years, 5 months ago.

once you plug in your Nordic board over USB you'll find a virtual filesystem appear on your system. Within this filesystem, you'll find a file called 'mbed.htm' (or similar). If you view the contents, you'll find the version of the interface firmware listed:

For my board, it shows up as something like:

Quote:

<!\-\- mbed Microcontroller Website and Authentication Shortcut \-\-> <!\-\- Version: 0200 Build: Mar 26 2014 13:22:20 \-\-> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://mbed.org/device/?code=107002001FE6E019E2190F91"/> <title>mbed Website Shortcut</title> </head> <body></body> </html>

The interesting thing above is: Version: 0200 Build: Mar 26 2014 13:22:20

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I have a NRF51 DK, one connected to my pc I have a drive named Jlink inside 3 files Readme.txt Segger.html and User Guide.html how is possible to see the firmware verrsion and how to update it?

posted by Fabio Parigi 14 Apr 2015