Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

Drewster — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:54:14 GMT

Thank you for the help, Kristin!

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

Drewster — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:36:13 GMT

Figured this one out - when using Keil, do not run a build on the soft-device. Doing so will wipe out the old hex, and since the the flash target was never meant to be compiled, it won't generate a new one. If you've done the same thing I have, just put a replacement hex file in the folder and flash it, then build and flash your application.

www.nordicsemi.com/.../115611

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

Drewster — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:22:30 GMT

I understand that it's a hex file, however I was underthe impression I still needed to run a build in Keil and then load it.

In any case.. uVision still won't load the soft device. I get Error: Flash Download failed - could not load file.

It appears the hex file is in the SDK - could you let me know what I should be seeing here? I'm also trying to use nRFgo (which isn't clear on how to load the softdevice) and nrfjprog

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

FormerMember — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:48:58 GMT

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean by "try to compile the softdevice". Anyway, the normal way to do it is to program the application and the softdevice separately:

1) Program the softdevice using nRFgo studio or nrfjprog from cmd. The softdevice is a pre-compiled hex-file and nothing needs to be done to it before programming it.

2) Program the application.

Does that work on your side?

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

Drewster — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:43:31 GMT

I don't get any errors opening the project, and the application layer "nrf52832_xxaa" compiles fine, however when I try to compile the soft device (flash_s132_nrf52_4.0.2_softdevice) I get the following error. Attempting to dig for "nordic_common.h" and adding it to the include path just makes one more header not come up.. and then another, etc. etc. which is what originally led me to try Keil's pack installer.

I'm running uVision V5.23.0.0 by the way

......\main.c(53): error: #5: cannot open source input file "nordic_common.h": No such file or directory #include "nordic_common.h" ......\main.c: 0 warnings, 1 error "............\components\softdevice\s132\hex\s132_nrf52_4.0.2_softdevice.hex" - 1 Error(s), 0 Warning(s). Target not created. Build Time Elapsed: 00:00:00

RE: Difficulty getting s132 SoftDevice working with UART example (uVision)

FormerMember — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:58:05 GMT

To make the BLE examples in SDK 13.1 work "out-of-the-box", S132 v.4.0.x should be used.

When opening an example in the SDK, it should not be necessary to add the required files, they are already included in the project (also when using the arm5_no_packs version). Was there any errors when opening the project?