Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:45:17 GMT

Thanks, it's working.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Sigurd — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:30:40 GMT

Did you flash the SoftDevice ? You can find the SoftDevice in nRF5_SDK_12.2.0_f012efa\components\softdevice\s132\hex

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Sigurd — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:28:45 GMT

SoftDevice S132 v.2 is compatible with SDK 11. See this compatibility matrix for more details.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 06:24:25 GMT

which SDK version APIs are compatible with softdevice "s132_nrf52_2.0.1_softdevice.hex"

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 05:47:31 GMT

Even after using ble_app_uart example from "nRF5_SDK_12.2.0_f012efa\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_uart\pca10040\s132\arm5_no_packs" my device is not visible on nRF Toolbox app. Sharing Steps:

Opened Project in Keil("nRF5_SDK_12.2.0_f012efa\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_uart\pca10040\s132\arm5_no_packs")
Build and flashed binary into my TAIYO-YUDEN EYSHCN
Started debugging using keil to run flashed binary
Opened nRF Toolbox app->UART->Connect(searching for "Nordic_Uart" )

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Sigurd — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:21:25 GMT

Yes, there are multiple examples regarding this, the best one is maybe the ble_app_uart example. You can use this example with the nRF Toolbox app.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:55:19 GMT

Thanks For your reply, I did it already... now looking for app which can send and receive message from nRF Android app. Now I have two SDKs (11 and 13). There are multiple examples regarding this. Final objective of mine is... I will connect this BLE-Device with another development board which will send/receive data over UART. And this BLE-Device will send data to mobile phone and can take commands from phone. So currently I am working on to send Data or receive data to phone or receive command from phone using this BLE. Later we will connect with our development board.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Sigurd — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:40:08 GMT

You can download S132 V2.0.1 from here. It can also be found in SDK 11, in the in the folder SDK_folder\components\softdevice\s132\hex. Note that the size of the SoftDevice .hex file is not the same as the actual binary that is loaded onto the chip. The .hex file contains additional metadata about where to load the file, the length of the file, the type of stuff being loaded, etc.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Roger Clark — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:38:38 GMT

I'm not sure its possible to update the SD again if you've overwritten it with a non-bootloader version.

As far as I could tell by reading the product spec, it looked like the board just has a USB to Serial converter on it, not an SWD interface See www.yuden.co.jp/.../TY_BLE_EYSHCN__EVBManual_V1_0_20160317.pdf

page 2

"Serial UART interface and power supply are possible with one USB cable."

In which case, if you replaced the SD + Serial bootloader with just an SD, there would be no bootloader to upload anything else via the USB to serial connector.

The manual also states

"And this board has the SWD connector terminal for software development."

Which means you will need to connect an external SWD programmer e.g. JLink or one of the many other SWD programmers that are available, in order to upload anything else onto the board

BTW. Unless you actually want to develop with the module on that board, I don't really see why anyone would buy it. The cost is very high for a module + USB to Serial chip.

You would be better off buying a development kit from Nordic, as the price is almost the same but the Nordic DK's come with a JLink compatible SWD programmer

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

endnode — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:39:19 GMT

You can download any SoftDevice version from Nordic's web site, they are also attached with nRF5x SDK releases. The point is: SoftDevice itself is useless until you develop (= write source code and compile/link into binary) some "application" and flash it on top of SoftDevice. And because you can easily flash both SoftDevice and Application at the same time it doesn't matter what you have in the flash are at this moment. The reason why some vendors ship modules/chips with stack flashed in is that it can safe you some time during production (you just need to flash application binary) but for debugging/prototyping development it's useless.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:25:33 GMT

Ok. But in current situation I need s132_nrf52_2.0.1_softdevice.hex, because by mistake I have overwritten with s132_nrf52_3.1.0_softdevice.hex. I downloaded one(s132_nrf52_2.0.1_softdevice.hex) from devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../c78ef12cb5441592e6d68af1f93779a2 ,but when I am trying to flash It's giving error "invalid softdevice, start address is not 0x00" . It seems, need to find correct softdevice compatible for this device. Because provided CD with the device also not having any firmware as a backup.

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

endnode — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:00:11 GMT

Hi Amit,

It seems that SoftDevice is flashed. Where is the problem? What do you expect from the module with BT stack only? The vendor is pretty clear in special note (g) that you should write the application yourself.

Cheers Jan

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

AmitChauhan — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 06:56:26 GMT

www.digikey.com/.../60677

TAIYO-YUDEN EYSHCNZXZ

RE: Unable to flash s132 on nRF52832

Roger Clark — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 06:48:42 GMT

Please post a link to the exact product you are using