RE: SDK 3.X.X and west flashing with nrfutil and nrfjprog

Menon — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:12:42 GMT

Hello,

nRF command line tools has been replaced by nrfutil. See the section on nRF Command Line Tools. You can follow this Academy course to set up the environment for working with the nRF Connect SDK.

Kind regards,
Abhijith

RE: SDK 3.X.X and west flashing with nrfutil and nrfjprog

MarkusK — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:37:48 GMT

Ok, I think a get it a little bit. But for installation process its still a little bit confusing.
Actually this nrfutil tool seems to be right. Its Version v8.0 (Version number is not standing at the download page):
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Util

In Windows I had to download it, place it in a folder and than manually adding it to the PATH-variable. Afterwards I had manually to run the command:
nrfutil install device

So a folder .nrfutil in my user directory is created. And then I could use it in VS Code with the button Flash without an error message.

Is this really the way it should be?
So at all:
-install Segger Software
-install nrf Tools
-install nrf Connect for Desktop
-install VS Code
-install VS Code Extension for nrf Connect
-install toolchain 3.0.2
-install SDK 3.0.2
-download nrf util and place it in a place which is included in the PATH variable
-execute nrfutil install device

Afterwards the blinky example did work. Is this really the right way? Looks like getting more complicated. Or did I something wrong?

Regards
Markus