nRF54L15 bare-metal: radio test sample availability and west build missing after pip install/uninstall

[_maibi]

I maintain an nRF52840 project on the legacy nRF5 SDK and am migrating to an nRF54L15 Bare Metal project.

I could not find a bare-metal “radio test” example, so I’m bootstrapping using Zephyr’s samples/radio_test. I successfully built and flashed from the nRF Connect terminal, then started testing to port my existing modules.

Problem: west does not work from a normal Windows CMD. I installed west via pip to make it available there. After doing so, trying to build gives:

west: unknown command "build"

I then ran pip uninstall west. Since then, even the toolchain’s bundled west lacks the build command and all builds fail with the same error.

Toolchain path and behavior:

C:\ncs\toolchains\b8b84efebd\opt\bin\Scripts\west.exe

Running west --help from that path does not list build.

Actions already tried:

• Removed the pip-installed global west.

• Deleted and reinstalled the toolchain with Toolchain Manager.

• Deleted downloaded toolchains and reinstalled.

• Same result: no west build.

Questions

1. Is it correct that there is currently no bare-metal radio test example for nRF54L15? If one exists, please point me to it.

2. How can I restore west build? What should I reset so the toolchain’s west exposes the Zephyr extension commands again?

   • Global pip west is removed.

   • Toolchain was reinstalled.

   • west --help from the toolchain path still shows no build.

I searched but could not find a definitive solution. Any guidance is appreciated.

[Turbo J]

West build command needs both toolchain and NCS SDK correctly set up. Those build scripts originate from the Zephyr stuff inside the SDK.

[_maibi]

Hello, thanks for the answer.
After reinstalling the SDK, builds run normally.

I have two follow-up questions:

1. When I open the VS Code nRF Connect terminal and run
   west build --build-dir .../radio_test_1/build_1 --domain radio_test_1
   it works. It does not work from other terminals. What environment preparation is required to run the same command from a regular terminal?

2. Is there a bare-metal “radio test” sample available?

[SwRa]

Hi Maibi

_maibi said:

What environment preparation is required to run the same command from a regular terminal?

 If you want to build and program your application from the command line, refer: https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-latest/page/nrf/installation/install_ncs.html#set_up_the_command-line_build_environment 

_maibi said:

Is there a bare-metal “radio test” sample available?

No.. The samples currently available can be found here: https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/nrf-bm-latest/page/samples.html 

Best Regards,

Swathy