Flashing nRF9160 DK from a browser using Web USB or WebSerial

[jonathanberi_golioth]

Hello! I'm interesting in developing a tool for a client that would allow them to flash an nRF9160 DK from their browser. The common way this is achieved is a Chrome/Chromium browser and either Web USB or WebSerial. Segger has a Web USB example on their wiki and since the DK has a Segger OB chip, I was wondering if it was possible to use a library from Segger and/or Nordic to assist in the flashing process. You can see example of such a tool from another vendor here. Thanks!

[Elfving]

Hello Jonathan,

This is something we've looked into for some time now, but it is tricky. Solutions out there like the ones mentioned are pretty unstable and work only on a very limited selection of browsers and the break often as browsers are updated. We do not have anything available unfortunately, and making this is not a priority for us right now so we cannot promise anything for the future, and especially not for the 9160 modem as this requires special handling from a programmer.

Regards,

Elfving

[jonathanberi_golioth]

Ah, okay, that's unfortunate. I've been able to use this technique very reliably for the last year or so on Chrome & Edge, which is %68 of the global browser market, with the other vendors tool linked above.

I hope the priority changes!

[Elfving]

I see. Thanks for letting us know that there is a demand for this!

Regards,

Elfving