Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:03:54 GMT

Ok, glad to hear that you managed to get it to work.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:41:42 GMT

I will not solve this again. It works for me after small changes. Somebody can have same problem as me. Still Your ansver and comments was very helpful.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:25:29 GMT

No, the bootloader I sent is for the S110 ( bootloader_single_bank_sdk_v7_1.zip\bootloader\pca10028\dual_bank_ble_s110\arm). Just extract it in the examples\dfu and you should be able to compile it and flash it to your device.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:21:40 GMT

Booloader witch you sent...I don't know if you made some changes, but I have downloaded from Nordic page with the same name.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:59:46 GMT

Do you mean the one I sent you or the bootloader that's already on the device that you want to update?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:57:49 GMT

NO. I using S110. But original bootloader is for S310.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:31:01 GMT

You're using the S310 SoftDevice? If yes then you'll have to perform steps mentioned in this answer.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:23:08 GMT

Keil... I used older MCP as you told me. This figured problem wih uploading, but then I had problem wih starting of application. There is no definition of S310 in keil settings, so I didn't find it and I expected that it works for S110.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:04:47 GMT

Are you using gcc or Keil? I only modified the Keil project. The second problem, using the nrfutil tool bundled with Master Control Panel v3.9.0 or v3.8.0?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:38:28 GMT

It didn't work on board with nrf51822_xxAB, but problem wasn't memory settings. Problem was that preprocessor directives set starting address of application for SoftDevice S310, not for S110 (0x16000). Second problem was that ZIP-file which I changed as you recommand me.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:29:55 GMT

So it works?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:43:33 GMT

I had changed memory settings.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:08:16 GMT

I adjusted the memory setings so its compatible with a nRF51822_xxAB, even though the PCA10028 has a QFAC variant. So, then I you got the same error REMOTE DFU OPERATION FAILED using the deufol17.zip image?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:40:54 GMT

It didn' work for me. I didn't test it on PCA10028. I have tested on board with nRF51822_xxAB.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:23:48 GMT

I have tested the single bank bootloader(created using the approach above) on a PCA10028 with the given memory settings and I did not see any issues with the deufol17.zip image I attach you the hex file to my answer if you like.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:37:10 GMT

Hmm, I did not have any issues. Could you download the non-packs version of SDK v7.1 and implement the needed modifications? Also I assume that you're still using the deufol17.zip as the update image?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 09:20:35 GMT

I tried it in past and now. I get error REMOTE DFU OPERATION FAILED. I only switched from dfu_dual_bank to dfu_single_bank in pack. Memory settings is same as your. I found out, that Dual Bank bootloader doesn't work for nrf51822_xxAB too. The error is same. I have softdevice 7.1.0.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:27:58 GMT

I did some testing and it is possible to convert the dual bank bootloader using S110 v7.0 in SDK v7.1 to a single bank bootloader the same way as in SDK v9.0. Thus, you do not have to migrate to SDK v9.0 and S110 v8.0. I will edit my answer and list the necessary changes.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:37:17 GMT

SDK9 means that I will have to overwrite whole application and I will have less space for application, because SoftDevice is bigger.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:29:45 GMT

The bootloader you're referring to has not been maintained in 2 years so I strongly recommend that you move to SDK v9.0.0 if possible, where you can convert the dual bank bootloader to a single bank bootloader by replacing one .c file.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:41:11 GMT

I have used bootloader SingleBankBLE witch I have downloaded here github.com/.../nrf51-dfu-single-bank-ble

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:11:48 GMT

If your application does not use the LEDs, then I suspect that the bootloader throws an error somewhere and ends up in its error handler, which lights all the leds indicating an error. Could you attach the hex file and .zip file you generated to the question so that I can try to reproduce the behavior.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 11:08:56 GMT

Not yet, but I don't have settup for low level of optimalization. I get strange behavior after I flashed application. All LED blinking (I don't use led in my app), but It doesn't advertise and I can't operate with nrf51822xxAB anymore. I have to Recover it.

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:43:41 GMT

Are you able to debug the bootloader and check if it reaches the bootloader_app_start(DFU_BANK_0_REGION_START) statement at the end of main?

RE: Does single bank bootloader in SDK7.1 support ZIP-file ?

Jackxl — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:38:00 GMT

OK.Thank you. I get no error now. But I can't start application which I flashed by bootloader now.