Release Notes for nRF Connect SDK Bare Metal option v0.7.0

Bare Metal v0.7.0 is an early release demonstrating a first set of samples for the nRF54L15 DK with build targets supporting the following SoCs:

It also includes a prototype version of the S115 SoftDevice - a proprietary Bluetooth® LE stack to be used on the nRF54L15 DK.

IDE and tool support

nRF Connect extension for Visual Studio Code is the recommended IDE for Bare Metal v0.7.0. See the Installing the nRF Connect SDK Bare Metal option section for more information about supported operating systems and toolchain.

Supported boards

Changelog

The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.

SDK installation

  • The default way for installing Bare Metal is now through an archive file. The file contains a source mirror of the Git repositories required to get started with the SDK. For more details, see Getting the code.

S115 SoftDevice

  • Updated the S115 SoftDevice version to s115_9.0.0-2.prototype. The SoftDevice now comes in three variants to support different SoCs of the nRF54L family: nRF54L15, nRF54L10, and nRF54L05.

    See the s115_9.0.0-2.prototype release notes document for more detailed information.

Samples

Bluetooth samples

Peripheral samples

  • Added the following samples:

Known issues and limitations

  • Some issues are observed when using iPhone as the peer during testing of the Bluetooth samples.

  • Some issues are observed when using Linux with the Bluetooth Low Energy app in nRF Connect for Desktop as the peer during testing of the Bluetooth samples.

  • Bluetooth LE pairing and bonding is not supported.

  • The samples are not optimized for power consumption.

Documentation

  • Refactored sample documentation to make it more detailed and user friendly.

  • Introduced major updates to the Installation instructions.