How to set up debug and flash options for nRF Connect for VS Code with CMSIS-DAP adapter

[Golovin Sergey]

Hi!

We are using a custom debugger adapter compliant with CMSIS-DAP. it's working fine with West and openocd. I wondering what should I do to have the ability to flash my device and to start the debugging session in nRF Connect for VS Code using a CMSIS-DAP compatible adapter.

[JONATHAN LL]

custom debugger adapter

What debugger are you using, can you provide a link or a name?

Regards,
Jonathan

[Golovin Sergey]

Yes, sure.

www.i-syst.com/.../idap-link

[JONATHAN LL]

Hi, 

So you can replace the entire debug server mechanism with custom fields in launch.json:
https://nrfconnect.github.io/vscode-nrf-connect/guides/debug_custom.html 

Using the serverpath and serverArgs fields it is possible to change the debugger. It should then work with VS Code but it can be missing some functionality, like the thread awareness is part of the JLink debug server, so the thread view and call stack won't work as expected unless the debug server is zephyr aware.

Regards,
Jonathan