Nordic Beacon Kit (PCA20006)

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	32MHz
Flash	256KB
RAM	32KB
Vendor	Nordic

Configuration

Please use nrf51_beacon ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:nrf51_beacon]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = nrf51_beacon

You can override default Nordic Beacon Kit (PCA20006) settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest nrf51_beacon.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:nrf51_beacon]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = nrf51_beacon

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = nrf51822

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 32000000L

Uploading

Nordic Beacon Kit (PCA20006) supports the following uploading protocols:

• blackmagic

• cmsis-dap

• jlink

• nrfjprog

• stlink

Default protocol is jlink

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:nrf51_beacon]
platform = nordicnrf51
board = nrf51_beacon

upload_protocol = jlink

Debugging

Debugging - “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).

Nordic Beacon Kit (PCA20006) 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
Black Magic Probe
CMSIS-DAP	Yes
J-LINK	Yes	Yes
ST-LINK

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.