NRF_LOG printing through RTT does not print

[Erik Zilliacus]

Hi,

I have just recently started to develop an NRF52832 chip with Keil uVision 5.

My setup is the following:

PCA10028 Development kit connected to Feather NRF52832 bluefruit LE with SWD cable to debug pins

SDK 12.3.0

I have managed to develop and flash to the chip successfully during the course of one week without problems, but I haven't managed to get printing to the J-Link RTT viewer to work yet.

I am using the NRF_LOG functions to print simple test strings but nothing shows up on the RTT viewer. What I've done so far:

- Modified the sdk_config.h: (NRF_LOG_BACKEND_SERIAL_USES_RTT 1 , and NRF_LOG_ENABLED 1)

- With the J-Link RTT viewer: connected to USB port of Development kit successfully (SWD 4000 kHz). See picture below.

- Flashed a simple blink program just for testing NRF_LOG functionality (blinking works as it should, but no printing):

int main(void)
{
	NRF_LOG_INIT(NULL);
	char string_on_stack[] = "stack";
	NRF_LOG_INFO("%s",nrf_log_push(string_on_stack));
	NRF_LOG_DEBUG("TESTING");

	/* Configure board. */
    bsp_board_leds_init();
	  uint32_t err_code;
	while(true){
			for (int i = 0; i < LEDS_NUMBER; i++)
		{

			NRF_LOG_INFO("%s",nrf_log_push(string_on_stack));
			bsp_board_led_invert(i);
			nrf_delay_ms(500);

		}
	}
	
}

I have followed the SDK documentation and tutorials trying to troubleshoot the problem without success. I am a beginner so I suspect I am missing something trivial. 

[Olivier G.]

Hi Erik !

I was looking at this thread because i'm using Segger Embedded Studio with the same setup as yours (SDK 12.3.0 with PCA10028) and no log output was coming out from the TWI example i'm using. 

I found in the file sdk_config.h at line 550 -> NRF_LOG_BACKEND_SERIAL_USES_RTT 0. I put it to 1 and it started printing logs on SES output terminal.

Maybe if you're still using your setup you started with and you do this slight modification, it would start printing ???

And Martin, a question for you. We can't use SDK v15 with PCA10028 right ? If I'm not mistaken, inside the documentation for each Softdevice in the infocenter, it is written for SDK 15.0.0 : 

Supported boards:
- PCA10040
- PCA10040E (nRF52810 emulation on PCA10040)
- PCA10056
- PCA10059 (support in selected examples)
- Dynastream's D52DK1 (only for ANT examples)

So PCA10028 is not supported.

[Yuvaraj V]

Hi Olivier,

I'm also faceingthe same issue, in my custom board also don't print anything.

I'm using SES, thats why i'm asking to you.

In my sdk_config.h file it's not available -  NRF_LOG_BACKEND_SERIAL_USES_RTT 0. What i want to do?

Regards,

Yuvaraj

[Martin Lesund]

You can copy it from another "sdk_config.h" that has this, or simply add it yourself.

[Dheeraj]

Hi,

I am facing the same issue while trying to print env_sensors value i.e Humid, Temp, Pressure, Air quality of data type "double" (defined in env_sensor.h) using printk() statement for PCA20035 also does'nt print anything on terminal.

I have also tried replacing the printk() with NRF_LOG_INFO and getting an error that "NRF_LOG_INFO" is not available. 

How to resolve this issue?

Regards,
Dheeraj

[Martin Lesund]

Hi Dheeraj,

That question is unrelated to this case.

The application mentioned here is using the nRF5x SDK and you are talking about the Thingy:91 which runs on the nRF Connect SDK and that uses other ways of logging.

If you are using SES IDE please open "project --> Configure the nRF Connect SDK project" and use the filter system at the top right to enable the correct logging options for what you need. 

If you are using the command line you can go into your build folder and use the command 'ninja menuconfig' to change the configurations.

If you need more details or support with regard to this, please make a new devzone ticket, thank you.

Best regards,

Martin L.