VNG VBLUNO51

Hardware

Platform Nordic nRF51: 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.

Microcontroller

NRF51822

Frequency

16MHz

Flash

128KB

RAM

32KB

Vendor

VNG

Configuration

Please use vbluno51 ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:vbluno51]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = vbluno51

You can override default VNG VBLUNO51 settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest vbluno51.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:vbluno51]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = vbluno51

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = nrf51822

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 16000000L

Uploading

VNG VBLUNO51 supports the next uploading protocols:

  • cmsis-dap

  • mbed

Default protocol is cmsis-dap

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:vbluno51]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = vbluno51

upload_protocol = cmsis-dap

Debugging

PIO Unified Debugger - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

VNG VBLUNO51 has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don’t need to use/buy external debug probe.

Compatible Tools

On-board

Default

CMSIS-DAP

Yes

Yes

Frameworks

Name

Description

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.

Zephyr

The Zephyr Project is a scalable real-time operating system (RTOS) supporting multiple hardware architectures, optimized for resource constrained devices, and built with safety and security in mind.