Bare Metal v1.0.0 is the first supported release of this product, demonstrating a set of samples for the nRF54L15 DK with build targets supporting the following SoCs:
- nRF54L15
- nRF54L10 (emulated on the nRF54L15 DK)
- nRF54L05 (emulated on the nRF54L15 DK)
The supported DK version is nRF54L15 DK v1.0.0.
This release includes two versions of the SoftDevice - a Bluetooth® LE stack to be used on the nRF54L15 DK:
- S115 - Support for peripheral role only
- S145 - Support for both peripheral and central role, as well as more connections
Highlights
The overall software maturity status of nRF Connect SDK Bare Metal option v1.0.0 is supported unless stated differently for individual features or components.
This makes it suitable for product development using nRF54L15, nRF54L10, and nRF54L05 Wireless SoCs, including the nRF54L15 DK targets.
Added the following features as supported:
- The S115 SoftDevice, which was part of Bare Metal v0.9.0 as experimental, is now supported. For information about the qualification of this SoftDevice variant, refer to the nRF54L15 Compatibility Matrix, or respective pages for nRF54L105 and nRF54L10. Updates to the compatibility matrices will be published in the upcoming weeks.
- The S145 SoftDevice, a new variant that enables central and multirole operation, has been added as supported. For information about the qualification of this SoftDevice variant, refer to the nRF54L15 Compatibility Matrix, or respective pages for nRF54L105 and nRF54L10. Updates to the compatibility matrices will be published in the upcoming weeks.
- MCUBoot (IRoT)/DFU:
- CRACKEN/KMU is now supported.
- Possible to be configured as IRoT for your applications.
- Available in two variants: debug and size-optimized.
- New samples and libraries. Refer to the changelog for detailed information.
- Bare Metal v1.0.0 uses nrfx 4.0.0. For migration of nrfx drivers, see the nrfx 4.0 migration guide. Details from the nrfx 3.0 migration guide might be required when migrating from nRF5.
Added the following features as experimental:
- NFC Type 4 Tag and Type 2 Tag libraries, including samples.
- Bluetooth LE Central functionality as part of samples and libraries utilizing the S145 SoftDevice.
Note:
While the S145 SoftDevice has supported maturity, its overall integration in the SDK is experimental.
The release tag for the Bare Metal manifest repository is v1.0.0. Check the west.yml file for the corresponding tags in the project repositories.
To use this release, install it using nRF Connect for VS Code extension by following the instructions in Installing the nRF Connect SDK Bare Metal option.
Alternatively, check out the tag in the manifest repository, run west config manifest.path nrf-bm, and then west update.
This release of Bare Metal is based on nRF Connect SDK v3.2.0.
More details can be found on the Release Notes for nRF Connect SDK Bare Metal option v1.0.0 page.