Stephen Hibbs

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8 years, 9 months ago.

Bootloader Doesn't seem to be bundled

In trying to use this device with FOTA, I would like to bundle my application first into a hex file that includes the softdevice, the application, and the bootloader, and then have the ability for OTA updates later on.

When I used the FOTA initial image that can be found here - https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/Nordic-nRF51822-FOTA/ , uploaded it to my custom board, and then inspected it in the nrfgo studio, I was able to see Softdevice 7.0.0, Application starting at 0x16000, and bootloader starting at 0x32000. So all good.

However, when I compile my app using "default" or "App with Bootloader" options, I get the softdevice bundled in, but no bootloader. Though when I compule using App with Bootloader, the file is 2K larger, which is interesting. I get the same result when compiling using the BLE_Default_App (

Import programBLE_Default_APP

BLE FOTA APP

Last commit 10 Oct 2014 by Yihui Xiong

as well, so I'm pretty sure this isn't an issue with my project.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks, Steve

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