Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

RE: Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

tesc — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:09:02 GMT

Thank you for sharing!

RE: Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

leonwj — Thu, 31 May 2018 12:08:46 GMT

hello,

Apologies for being late to the 'party' on this... however both the current quick_start_demo.py and the proposed quick_start_demo_nrf52840.py scripts only support environments with single type NRF52 boards.

I did change the quick_start_demo.py script a little while back to support environments regardless of the make up of devkit boards.

soft_dev_hex52832    =  cwd + "./bin/softdevice/s132_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex"
provisioner_hex52832 =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_provisioner_nrf52832_xxAA_s132_6.0.0.hex"
client_hex52832      =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_client_nrf52832_xxAA_s132_6.0.0.hex"
server_hex52832      =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_server_nrf52832_xxAA_s132_6.0.0.hex"

soft_dev_hex52840    =  cwd + "./bin/softdevice/s140_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex"
provisioner_hex52840 =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_provisioner_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"
client_hex52840      =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_client_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"
server_hex52840      =  cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_server_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"

Needless to say it's based upon determining the type of board 52832 or 52840 and then flashing the requisite hex files accordingly (see attached quick_start_demo-v2.py script)

def board_type_get(device_id):
    if (device_id[2] == "2"):
        return "52832"
    elif (device_id[2] == "3"):
        return "52840"
    else:
        return "00"

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../0131.quick_5F00_start_5F00_demo_2D00_v2.py

Regards,

RE: Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

tesc — Wed, 30 May 2018 14:12:22 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for sharing! Making a copy named quick_start_demo_nrf52840.py and change those four lines would be a very quick and easy way to support a set of nRF52840 DKs.

Regards,
Terje

RE: Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

Lukas_Simma — Mon, 28 May 2018 21:41:46 GMT

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../4810.quick_5F00_start_5F00_demo_5F00_nrf52840.py

Add file to scripts\quick_start\quick_start_demo_nrf52840.py
(4 lines at Line 164 are changed)

soft_dev_hex52 = cwd + "./bin/softdevice/s140_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex"
provisioner_hex52 = cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_provisioner_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"
client_hex52 = cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_client_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"
server_hex52 = cwd + "./bin/otime/light_switch_server_nrf52840_xxAA_s140_6.0.0.hex"

In the documentation add a small note.

Best regards,
Lukas

RE: Its unclear that precompield BLE Mesh 2.0.1 demo does not run on nf52840 develboard

tesc — Tue, 22 May 2018 15:53:21 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for reporting this issue, it is highly appreciated.

I have notified the team of this bug. It should either be stated clearly that the script only supports nRF52832 DK, or the script should be improved to support also the nRF52840. Exactly as you write, both nRF52832 and nRF52840 are supported. You can mix and match as much as you would like if you program the boards manually.

Regards,
Terje