NER52 DK not detected on Visual Studio

[nrfXX]

Hello,

I just bought a nRF52 DK board (PCA10040, 3.0.0, 3023.22, 1050315142). It has a N5340 MCU near the micro USB port, and on the other end, it has a N52832 MCU. I have followed the method of integrating everything from the "nRF Connect SDK Fundamentals" tutorial. When I connect the board to the Windows 10 PC, Visual Studio shows "1050315142" as the connected device, but I was not able to find any board or MCU of that name in the build configuration page.

When I tried to add the build configuration for the blinky tutorial, I tried to add nef52840_nrf5284, nRF52832 MDK, nRF52dk_nrf52832, and a few other boards, but none of them worked. In the video tutorial, under the connected devices section, the actual model number of the MCU was visible, but I am only able to see the "1050315142" number. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can you please assist?

Thak you. 

selected a different board on the build configuration section:

[AHaug]

Hi,

Since you're using the nRF52DK you need to use the "nrf52dk_nrf52832" build target when building your firmware. It should look like this for this exercise in the fundamentals course where you select "nrf52dk_nrf52832" instead of the showcased "nrf52833dk_nrf52833":

It is important that you build your firmware for the board you're using, otherwise you will not be able to program your device. 

Visual Studio shows "1050315142" as the connected device, but I was not able to find any board or MCU of that name in the build configuration page.

This number is simply an identifier that represents this specific device, i.e the one you have connected. If you inspect your board you will find that this number is printed on the white sticker on the board. If you plug in another board you will see that it has a different ID.

Here's for instance A: a nRF52DK (same revision as you mention) and B: a nRF52833DK (older revision that does not use a nRF5340 as the debug interface).

Could you try to program your device with firmware built for the nRF52DK (build target "nrf52dk_nrf52832"), program your device with this successful built firmware and 

To ensure that the build is successful we recommend that you remove the build folder from the project directory to ensure that the build is completely new.

Kind regards,
Andreas