Nordic nRF51¶

platform = nordicnrf51

The Nordic nRF51 Series is a family of highly flexible, multi-protocol, system-on-chip (SoC) devices for ultra-low power wireless applications. nRF51 Series devices support a range of protocol stacks including Bluetooth Smart (previously called Bluetooth low energy), ANT and proprietary 2.4GHz protocols such as Gazell.

For more detailed information please visit vendor site.

Packages ¶

Name	Description
framework-arduinonordicnrf5	Arduino Wiring-based Framework (Nordic NRF5 Core)
framework-mbed	mbed Framework
tool-openocd	OpenOCD
tool-sreccat	Merging tool
toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi	gcc-arm-embedded

Warning

Linux Users:

Install “udev” rules file 99-platformio-udev.rules (an instruction is located inside a file).

Raspberry Pi users, please read this article Enable serial port on Raspberry Pi.

Windows Users:

Please check that you have a correctly installed USB driver from board manufacturer

Frameworks ¶

Name	Description
Arduino	Arduino Wiring-based Framework allows writing cross-platform software to control devices attached to a wide range of Arduino boards to create all kinds of creative coding, interactive objects, spaces or physical experiences.
mbed	The mbed framework The mbed SDK has been designed to provide enough hardware abstraction to be intuitive and concise, yet powerful enough to build complex projects. It is built on the low-level ARM CMSIS APIs, allowing you to code down to the metal if needed. In addition to RTOS, USB and Networking libraries, a cookbook of hundreds of reusable peripheral and module libraries have been built on top of the SDK by the mbed Developer Community.

Name

Description

Arduino

Arduino Wiring-based Framework allows writing cross-platform software to control devices attached to a wide range of Arduino boards to create all kinds of creative coding, interactive objects, spaces or physical experiences.

mbed

The mbed framework The mbed SDK has been designed to provide enough hardware abstraction to be intuitive and concise, yet powerful enough to build complex projects. It is built on the low-level ARM CMSIS APIs, allowing you to code down to the metal if needed. In addition to RTOS, USB and Networking libraries, a cookbook of hundreds of reusable peripheral and module libraries have been built on top of the SDK by the mbed Developer Community.

Boards ¶

Note

You can list pre-configured boards by platformio boards command or PlatformIO Boards Explorer
For more detailed board information please scroll tables below by horizontal.

BBC ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`bbcmicrobit`	BBC micro:bit	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb
`bbcmicrobit_b`	BBC micro:bit B(S130)	Nordic nRF51		NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb

BluzDK ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`bluz_dk`	BluzDK	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

Delta ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`delta_dfcm_nnn50`	Delta DFCM-NNN50	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb
`dfcm_nnn40`	Delta DFCM-NNN40	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

JKSoft ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`wallbot_ble`	JKSoft Wallbot BLE	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	128 Kb	16 Kb

Nordic ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`nrf51_dk`	Nordic nRF51-DK	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb
`nrf51_dongle`	Nordic nRF51-Dongle	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb
`nrf51_mkit`	Nordic nRF51822-mKIT	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	128 Kb	16 Kb

OSHChip ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`oshchip`	OSHChip	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

RFduino ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`rfduino`	RFduino	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	128 Kb	8 Kb

RedBearLab ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`redBearLab`	RedBearLab nRF51822	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb
`redBearLabBLENano`	RedBearLab BLE Nano 1.5	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

SeeedStudio ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`seeedArchBLE`	Seeed Arch BLE	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	128 Kb	16 Kb
`seeedArchLink`	Seeed Arch Link	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb
`seeedTinyBLE`	Seeed Tiny BLE	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb

Switch Science ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`hrm1017`	Switch Science mbed HRM1017	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb
`ty51822r3`	Switch Science mbed TY51822r3	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

VNG ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`vbluno51`	VNG VBLUNO51	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	128 Kb	32 Kb

Waveshare ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`waveshare_ble400`	Waveshare BLE400	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

ng-beacon ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`ng_beacon`	ng-beacon	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	32 MHz	256 Kb	32 Kb

y5 design ¶

ID	Name	Platform	Debug	Microcontroller	Frequency	Flash	RAM
`nrf51822_y5_mbug`	y5 nRF51822 mbug	Nordic nRF51	Yes	NRF51822	16 MHz	256 Kb	16 Kb

Articles ¶

Aug 28, 2016 - Tom Parker Using the BBC micro:bit with PlatformIO

Examples ¶

All project examples are located in PlatformIO repository Examples for Nordic nRF51 platform.