NCS 2.7 Create new board wizard

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I want to make a board that's compliant with the new hardware model definitions. ( HWMv2) 
 
 When I make a new board with 2.7 using the "create new board" wizard.

it doesnt appear in the list when I want to add it as a build configuration. 
 Its not in this dropdown

also the files generated for the board look a bit strange. See zip attached 
 For example, the compatible in the dts file isn't the board name, it's "custom-board-name" 
 when I look at the files, I cannot see what's different to make it HWMv2 compliant Avilon840.zip

Charlie · Accepted Answer

Hi Jason, 
 Thanks for checking with us. Let me comment on your questions one by one. 
 it doesnt appear in the list when I want to add it as a build configuration. 
 Its not in this dropdown 
 It is a bit confusing, your second picture does show your custom board "avionv4" on the dropdown list and chosen as default board. Do I missunderstand your problem? 
 also the files generated for the board look a bit strange. See zip attached 
 For example, the compatible in the dts file isn't the board name, it's "custom-board-name" 
 when I look at the files, I cannot see what's different to make it HWMv2 compliant 
 The "custom-board-name" in the compatible field sounds likely a placeholder and it should be replaced with your actual board name. I will report to our developer to see if this is intented. 
 The main differences for HWMv2 compliance are in the file structure and naming conventions. According to the Board Porting Guide , HWMv2 introduces support for multi-core, multi-arch AMP SoCs, multi-SoC boards, and removes arbitrary uses of Kconfig and folder names.For nRF52840 customer board, which is singal-core, single SoC on board, this is proberly not easy to see dramatic change. You can refer to Migrating to the current hardware model and Zephyr borads folder to learn more about it. 
 Best regards, 
 Charlie

NCS 2.7 Create new board wizard

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