softdevice hex file disappears

[robinvice]

Occasionally, when trying to program a softdevice in nrfgo studio, it can't find the softdevice hex file. It was there during the last several programming sessions, but now it's gone.

This has happened about 20 times in the last few months.

I can copy it back into the folder where it normally resides, and all works well again.

Does anyone know why this happens and how I can stop it from happening in the future?

I'm using nRFGo Studio version 1.21.2.10 and using softdevice s132_nrf52_3.0.0_softdevice.hex. Also using Keil uVision v5.22.0.0. Target device is nRF52832.

Thanks, robin

[Matt]

Can it be due to git checkout that your folder containing the hex file is deleted and then restored? I never have this softdevice disappearing problem in my setup and I use nRFGo studio often.

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Hi robin! I talked to some colleagues at Nordic and some of them have had similar problems that you mentioned. It looks like there is a bug in Keil that leads to this problem. Check out this devzone case. Hopefully that will help solve your problem!