Use nRF5 SDK on nRF52832 Breakout Board through serial programming

RE: Use nRF5 SDK on nRF52832 Breakout Board through serial programming

akash — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:01:08 GMT

I am also using SDK to debug the sparkfun breakout board. Using the SWD and SWDCLK we can pass the data in breakout board. I am using SES instead of ARMGCC since eclipse is complex.

RE: Use nRF5 SDK on nRF52832 Breakout Board through serial programming

Matt — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:22:01 GMT

You should be able to use armgcc to compile your application and generate a bin file, and pass that bin file to the Sparkfun serial bootloader for flashing into the nRF52. I say "should" since I have not used the Sparkfun breakout board before...

RE: Use nRF5 SDK on nRF52832 Breakout Board through serial programming

jakelstr — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:24:16 GMT

Sorry, I'm brand new to this board and Bluetooth 4.0 in general. Sparkfun made reference to JTAG programming, so that's what I said. I guess what I'm referring to is connecting this breakout board to Nordic's own dev kit for programming. (I don't have a dev kit.)

As for what I mean by "commands available in the SDK", just for totally random example, the function "uint32_t ble_bas_battery_level_update" appears as part of the "Battery Service Module" in the SDK... Is there a way that I can write programs using the SDK, but still program the device using SparkFun's serial bootloader? For example can I use ARMGCC to compile a program and somehow get it into the device over serial? Or do I cross some sort of line into needing to use SWD programming for it to work?

RE: Use nRF5 SDK on nRF52832 Breakout Board through serial programming

Matt — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:05:41 GMT

There is no JTAG programming for nRF52, only SWD programming :) Not sure what you meant by "commands available in the nRF5 SDK", can you elaborate on that? I believe the SWD and SWDCLK are available in the SparkFun breakout board; you may need some soldering work though.