Problems building Direction_finding_central sample

[johan_1234]

Hi, I recently installed the last version of the SDK v2.5.2 and when I try to build the sample direction_finding_central  I am getting the following error

I am running this command to build

west build -b nrf52833dk_nrf52833 -- -DCONF_FILE=prj.conf

the other sample, direction_finding_peripheral builds without problems, and other samples also.

Is there a special configuration for building this sample?

I will need the AoA mode only, however as I understand there is no need to use the overlay for this.

On VsCode I get this warning



I think this may be related since the callback cte_report_cb in the conn.h has a condition that only enables if the CONFIG_BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX=y

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[PaKa]

Is this by any chance trying to use the SoftDevice Controller? This doesn't support reception of CTE. If you need to receive CTE and you want to qualify the product then you should use nRF Connect SDK 2.1.0 as that is the only one with a valid QDID for the receiver side, and you must use the Zephyr controller.

[johan_1234]

I am using the Zephyr controller as far as I know. I tried building the sample using the toolchain and SDK v2.1.0 but run into the same issue.

What I need is to receive I/Q samples using AoA mode. Is there maybe a better sample to get this?

C:\ncs\zephyr\samples\bluetooth\direction_finding_central>west build -b nrf52833dk_nrf52833 -- -DCONF_FILE=prj.conf
-- west build: generating a build system
Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central
-- Using NCS Toolchain 2.1.0 for building. (C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/cmake)
-- Found Python3: C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/bin/python.exe (found suitable exact version "3.8.2") found components: Interpreter
-- Cache files will be written to: C:/ncs/zephyr/.cache
-- Zephyr version: 3.1.99 (C:/ncs/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "0.14.0", minimum required is "0.7.1")
-- Board: nrf52833dk_nrf52833
-- Found host-tools: zephyr 0.14.1 (C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found dtc: C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/bin/dtc.exe (found suitable version "1.4.7", minimum required is "1.4.6")
-- Found toolchain: zephyr 0.14.1 (C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found BOARD.dts: C:/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52833dk_nrf52833/nrf52833dk_nrf52833.dts
-- Found devicetree overlay: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/boards/nrf52833dk_nrf52833.overlay
-- Generated zephyr.dts: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_unfixed.h: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_unfixed.h
-- Generated device_extern.h: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/include/generated/device_extern.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/dts.cmake

warning: BT_DF (defined at C:/ncs/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth/host/Kconfig:636,
subsys/bluetooth\host/Kconfig:636) was assigned the value 'y' but got the value 'n'. Check these
unsatisfied dependencies: (((!BT_CTLR || BT_CTLR_DF_SUPPORT) && BT_HCI_HOST && BT_RPC_STACK) ||
((!BT_CTLR || BT_CTLR_DF_SUPPORT) && BT_HCI_HOST && BT_HCI && BT)) (=n). See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_BT_DF and/or look up BT_DF in the
menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer, Setting Configuration Values,
and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be helpful too.


warning: BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX (defined at C:/ncs/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth/host/Kconfig:661,
subsys/bluetooth\host/Kconfig:661) was assigned the value 'y' but got the value 'n'. Check these
unsatisfied dependencies: (((!BT_CTLR || BT_CTLR_DF_CTE_RX_SUPPORT) && BT_DF && BT_HCI_HOST &&
BT_RPC_STACK) || ((!BT_CTLR || BT_CTLR_DF_CTE_RX_SUPPORT) && BT_DF && BT_HCI_HOST && BT_HCI && BT))
(=nParsing C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/Kconfig
Loaded configuration 'C:/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52833dk_nrf52833/nrf52833dk_nrf52833_defconfig'
Merged configuration 'C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/prj.conf'
Configuration saved to 'C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to 'C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
). See http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX and/or
look up BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development
Primer, Setting Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual
might be helpful too.


warning: BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_REQ (defined at C:/ncs/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth/host/Kconfig:675,
subsys/bluetooth\host/Kconfig:675) was assigned the value 'y' but got the value 'n'. Check these
unsatisfied dependencies: ((BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX && BT_DF && BT_HCI_HOST && BT_RPC_STACK) ||
(BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_RX && BT_DF && BT_HCI_HOST && BT_HCI && BT)) (=n). See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_REQ and/or look up
BT_DF_CONNECTION_CTE_REQ in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer,
Setting Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be
helpful too.

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 10.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 10.3.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc.exe
-- Configuring done (17.3s)
-- Generating done (0.3s)
-- Build files have been written to: C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build
←[92m-- west build: building application
[1/220] Generating include/generated/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 3.1.99 (C:/ncs/zephyr), build: v3.1.99-ncs1
[51/220] Building C object CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj
FAILED: CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj
C:\ncs\toolchains\v2.1.0\opt\zephyr-sdk\arm-zephyr-eabi\bin\arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc.exe -DKERNEL -DNRF52833_XXAA -DUSE_PARTITION_MANAGER=0 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D__PROGRAM_START -D__ZEPHYR__=1 -IC:/ncs/nrf/drivers/mpsl/clock_control -IC:/ncs/zephyr/include/zephyr -IC:/ncs/zephyr/include -IC:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/include/generated -IC:/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf52 -IC:/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/common/. -IC:/ncs/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth -IC:/ncs/nrf/include -IC:/ncs/nrf/lib/multithreading_lock/. -IC:/ncs/nrf/subsys/bluetooth/controller/. -IC:/ncs/modules/hal/cmsis/CMSIS/Core/Include -IC:/ncs/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx -IC:/ncs/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/drivers/include -IC:/ncs/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/mdk -IC:/ncs/zephyr/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/. -IC:/ncs/modules/debug/segger/SEGGER -IC:/ncs/modules/debug/segger/Config -IC:/ncs/zephyr/modules/segger/. -IC:/ncs/modules/crypto/tinycrypt/lib/include -IC:/ncs/nrfxlib/mpsl/include -IC:/ncs/nrfxlib/mpsl/include/protocol -IC:/ncs/nrfxlib/softdevice_controller/include -isystem C:/ncs/zephyr/lib/libc/minimal/include -isystem c:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/10.3.0/include -isystem c:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/10.3.0/include-fixed -Os -imacros C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/build/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h -ffreestanding -fno-common -g -gdwarf-4 -fdiagnostics-color=always -mcpu=cortex-m4 -mthumb -mabi=aapcs -mfp16-format=ieee --sysroot=C:/ncs/toolchains/v2.1.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/arm-zephyr-eabi -imacros C:/ncs/zephyr/include/zephyr/toolchain/zephyr_stdint.h -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-format-zero-length -Wno-main -Wno-pointer-sign -Wpointer-arith -Wexpansion-to-defined -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Werror=implicit-int -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-pie -fno-pic -fno-reorder-functions -fno-defer-pop -fmacro-prefix-map=C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central=CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR -fmacro-prefix-map=C:/ncs/zephyr=ZEPHYR_BASE -fmacro-prefix-map=C:/ncs=WEST_TOPDIR -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -std=c99 -nostdinc -MD -MT CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj -MF CMakeFiles\app.dir\src\main.c.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj -c C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/src/main.c
C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/src/main.c:283:3: error: 'const struct bt_conn_cb' has no member named 'cte_report_cb'
  283 |  .cte_report_cb = cte_recv_cb,
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/src/main.c:283:19: warning: initialization of '_Bool (*)(struct bt_conn *, struct bt_le_conn_param *)' from incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(struct bt_conn *, const struct bt_df_conn_iq_samples_report *)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
  283 |  .cte_report_cb = cte_recv_cb,
      |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~
C:/ncs/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/direction_finding_central/src/main.c:283:19: note: (near initialization for 'bt_conn_cb_conn_callbacks.le_param_req')
[64/220] Building C object zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/lib/os/fdtable.c.obj
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: 'C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE' --build 'C:\ncs\zephyr\samples\bluetooth\direction_finding_central\build'

[PaKa]

Start with a sample from the nRF folder, these are what we build and test against.

[Zihao]

Hello,

I am encountering the same issue. The problem appears to be related to the build process rather than hardware, as it occurred during building and resulted in failure. Specifically, when using nRF Connect SDK for VSCode (version v2.5.1), I encountered the error while building the existing Sample (Direction finding central) without flashing the program to any hardware.

Furthermore, my environment configuration seems to be correct as I can run all the demos in Bluetooth Low Energy Fundamentals without any issues. Are there any additional docs or solutions available that could help me?

[Elfving]

Hello Yang,

So this is the default sample, without anything modified? What board are you building it for?

Regards,

Elfving

[Zihao]

Yes, I built the default Direction_finding_central without anything modified and then I got this error. My target board is nRF52833DK with an antenna array designed by Nordic.

Regards,

Zihao

[Elfving]

I just tried it on my side to be sure, and it works well here. There can typically be something wrong with someone's installation, eg. files missing from the SDK. But that would typically make other samples have issues building as well. And that is not something you've noticed right?

In the toolchain manager, could you try running "update SDK" and "update toolchain" from the NCS version drop-down menu?

Maybe the path length is an issue, could you try placing it a few folders up, in eg. ncs/nrf/, and see if that makes a difference?

I assume you also haven't modified the nRF52833Dk board files, but in case those have been modified in some way, could you try building it for nRF5340DK as well?

This is the way the 52833dk dts file, and the overlay for aoa is supposed to look:

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2019 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

/dts-v1/;
#include <nordic/nrf52833_qiaa.dtsi>
#include "nrf52833dk_nrf52833-pinctrl.dtsi"
#include <zephyr/dt-bindings/input/input-event-codes.h>

/ {
	model = "Nordic nRF52833 DK NRF52833";
	compatible = "nordic,nrf52833-dk-nrf52833";

	chosen {
		zephyr,console = &uart0;
		zephyr,shell-uart = &uart0;
		zephyr,uart-mcumgr = &uart0;
		zephyr,bt-mon-uart = &uart0;
		zephyr,bt-c2h-uart = &uart0;
		zephyr,sram = &sram0;
		zephyr,flash = &flash0;
		zephyr,code-partition = &slot0_partition;
		zephyr,ieee802154 = &ieee802154;
	};

	leds {
		compatible = "gpio-leds";
		led0: led_0 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			label = "Green LED 0";
		};
		led1: led_1 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 14 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			label = "Green LED 1";
		};
		led2: led_2 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			label = "Green LED 2";
		};
		led3: led_3 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			label = "Green LED 3";
		};
	};

	pwmleds {
		compatible = "pwm-leds";
		pwm_led0: pwm_led_0 {
			pwms = <&pwm0 0 PWM_MSEC(20) PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED>;
		};
	};

	buttons {
		compatible = "gpio-keys";
		button0: button_0 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 11 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;
			label = "Push button switch 0";
			zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_0>;
		};
		button1: button_1 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 12 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;
			label = "Push button switch 1";
			zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_1>;
		};
		button2: button_2 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 24 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;
			label = "Push button switch 2";
			zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_2>;
		};
		button3: button_3 {
			gpios = <&gpio0 25 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;
			label = "Push button switch 3";
			zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_3>;
		};
	};

	arduino_header: connector {
		compatible = "arduino-header-r3";
		#gpio-cells = <2>;
		gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0xffffffc0>;
		gpio-map-pass-thru = <0 0x3f>;
		gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio0 3 0>,	/* A0 */
			   <1 0 &gpio0 4 0>,	/* A1 */
			   <2 0 &gpio0 28 0>,	/* A2 */
			   <3 0 &gpio0 29 0>,	/* A3 */
			   <4 0 &gpio0 30 0>,	/* A4 */
			   <5 0 &gpio0 31 0>,	/* A5 */
			   <6 0 &gpio1 1 0>,	/* D0 */
			   <7 0 &gpio1 2 0>,	/* D1 */
			   <8 0 &gpio1 3 0>,	/* D2 */
			   <9 0 &gpio1 4 0>,	/* D3 */
			   <10 0 &gpio1 5 0>,	/* D4 */
			   <11 0 &gpio1 6 0>,	/* D5 */
			   <12 0 &gpio1 7 0>,	/* D6 */
			   <13 0 &gpio1 8 0>,	/* D7 */
			   <14 0 &gpio0 17 0>,	/* D8 */
			   <15 0 &gpio0 19 0>,	/* D9 */
			   <16 0 &gpio0 20 0>,	/* D10 */
			   <17 0 &gpio0 21 0>,	/* D11 */
			   <18 0 &gpio0 22 0>,	/* D12 */
			   <19 0 &gpio0 23 0>,	/* D13 */
			   <20 0 &gpio0 26 0>,	/* D14 */
			   <21 0 &gpio0 27 0>;	/* D15 */
	};

	/* These aliases are provided for compatibility with samples */
	aliases {
		led0 = &led0;
		led1 = &led1;
		led2 = &led2;
		led3 = &led3;
		pwm-led0 = &pwm_led0;
		sw0 = &button0;
		sw1 = &button1;
		sw2 = &button2;
		sw3 = &button3;
		bootloader-led0 = &led0;
		mcuboot-button0 = &button0;
		mcuboot-led0 = &led0;
		watchdog0 = &wdt0;
	};
};

&adc {
	status = "okay";
};

&uicr {
	gpio-as-nreset;
};

&gpiote {
	status = "okay";
};

&gpio0 {
	status = "okay";
};

&gpio1 {
	status = "okay";
};

&uart0 {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-uarte";
	status = "okay";
	current-speed = <115200>;
	pinctrl-0 = <&uart0_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&uart0_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

arduino_serial: &uart1 {
	current-speed = <115200>;
	pinctrl-0 = <&uart1_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&uart1_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

arduino_i2c: &i2c0 {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-twi";
	status = "okay";
	pinctrl-0 = <&i2c0_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&i2c0_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

&i2c1 {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-twi";
	/* Cannot be used together with spi1. */
	/* status = "okay"; */
	pinctrl-0 = <&i2c1_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&i2c1_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

&pwm0 {
	status = "okay";
	pinctrl-0 = <&pwm0_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&pwm0_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

&spi0 {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-spi";
	/* Cannot be used together with i2c0. */
	/* status = "okay"; */
	pinctrl-0 = <&spi0_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&spi0_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

&spi1 {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-spi";
	status = "okay";
	pinctrl-0 = <&spi1_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&spi1_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

arduino_spi: &spi3 {
	status = "okay";
	cs-gpios = <&arduino_header 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* D10 */
	pinctrl-0 = <&spi3_default>;
	pinctrl-1 = <&spi3_sleep>;
	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
};

&ieee802154 {
	status = "okay";
};

&flash0 {

	partitions {
		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <1>;

		boot_partition: partition@0 {
			label = "mcuboot";
			reg = <0x00000000 0xC000>;
		};
		slot0_partition: partition@c000 {
			label = "image-0";
			reg = <0x0000C000 0x37000>;
		};
		slot1_partition: partition@43000 {
			label = "image-1";
			reg = <0x00043000 0x37000>;
		};
		storage_partition: partition@7a000 {
			label = "storage";
			reg = <0x0007A000 0x00006000>;
		};
	};
};

zephyr_udc0: &usbd {
	compatible = "nordic,nrf-usbd";
	status = "okay";
};

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2022 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

&radio {
	status = "okay";
	/* This is a number of antennas that are available on antenna matrix
	 * designed by Nordic. For more information see README.rst.
	 */
	dfe-antenna-num = <12>;
	/* This is a setting that enables antenna 12 (in antenna matrix designed
	 * by Nordic) for Rx PDU. For more information see README.rst.
	 */
	dfe-pdu-antenna = <0x0>;

	/* These are GPIO pin numbers that are provided to
	 * Radio peripheral. The pins will be acquired by Radio to
	 * drive antenna switching when AoA is enabled.
	 * Pin numbers are selected to drive switches on antenna matrix
	 * designed by Nordic. For more information see README.rst.
	 */
	dfegpio0-gpios = <&gpio0 3 0>;
	dfegpio1-gpios = <&gpio0 4 0>;
	dfegpio2-gpios = <&gpio0 28 0>;
	dfegpio3-gpios = <&gpio0 29 0>;
};

Regards,

Elfving

[Zihao]

Thank you for your reply.
1) Well, I didn't notice anything wrong when I building and flashing other BLE samples.
2) And I updated the SDK and toolchain, but it didn't work.
3) I copied the direction finding central sample from "C:\ncs\v2.5.1\nrf\samples\bluetooth" to "D:\AoAAoD", so I felt this is few enough.
4) Actually, I modified the nRF52833DK board files before. I don't think it really matters because I just changed the gpio numbers for buttons like:

--------------------------------

    buttons {

        compatible = "gpio-keys";

        button0: button_0 {

            gpios = <&gpio0 24 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;

            label = "Push button switch 0";

            zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_0>;

        };

        button1: button_1 {

            gpios = <&gpio0 25 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;

            label = "Push button switch 1";

            zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_1>;

        };

        button2: button_2 {

            gpios = <&gpio0 11 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;

            label = "Push button switch 2";

            zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_2>;

        };

        button3: button_3 {

            gpios = <&gpio0 12 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>;

            label = "Push button switch 3";

            zephyr,code = <INPUT_KEY_3>;

        };

--------------------------------

I copied the code you gave me to the overlay and dts file of nRF52833DK board but it didn't work.
However, when I try building it for nRF5340DK, it works very well. So this error occurs only build for nRF52833DK.