Programmer Tool on nRF Connect For Desktop - Can't write without erasing

RE: Programmer Tool on nRF Connect For Desktop - Can't write without erasing

jsantosrico — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:33:50 GMT

Ok, fair enough. If it's something that could be added somehow to a future update, and there's a process for these requests, please, tell me how to do it. I mean, I'm new to Nordic and I don't know enough about the toolchain, but I can't see how "erasing only the sectors about to be written", which is something that can be commonly done with other Cortex-based chips with a JLink and you have a CLI tool to do, couldn't be done with a GUI.

RE: Programmer Tool on nRF Connect For Desktop - Can't write without erasing

Simonr — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:24:02 GMT

The Write operation is only meant to be used for the bootloader I believe, and not for J-Link, so I think this is correct, as the operation called before flashing files to an nRF device is a recover in order to make sure write protection is disabled. I'm afraid the Programmer app can't just write with the J-Link, but you could use the nRF Command Line Tools directly.

Best regards,

Simon