NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

EvanJohnson — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:50:54 GMT

Hey Zsnave,

Ideas about getting CLI functioning on the PCA_10059? Or around this? I noticed the same.

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

Einar Thorsrud — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:37:02 GMT

Hi,

Please create a new question as this question not directly related to the topic in this thread.

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

parallelko — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:02:55 GMT

Dear Einar

I want to use nRF62840 dongle as complite hardware for comunication with other device via USB. So could you please specify correct pin assignement for tranmit data throu USB controller on chip?

#define CDC_ACM_COMM_INTERFACE 0
#define CDC_ACM_COMM_EPIN NRF_DRV_USBD_EPIN2

#define CDC_ACM_DATA_INTERFACE 1
#define CDC_ACM_DATA_EPIN NRF_DRV_USBD_EPIN1
#define CDC_ACM_DATA_EPOUT NRF_DRV_USBD_EPOUT1

is this string defines pin configuration for USB?

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

zsnave — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:36:27 GMT

Well, not quite. That "USB CDC ACM Example" only runs properly on the PCA10056. When it is adapted to the PCA10059 the CLI functionality disappears.

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

softorchestra — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:09:05 GMT

Yes, I believe mine says that (PCA10056). I use the 10056 build when I flash it.

The 51 DK I had was a PCA10028 as I recall.

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

Einar Thorsrud — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 06:01:25 GMT

Hi Alan,

If you are using a DK, you should see a white sticker on the largest IC on the board. The first line tells you the type of card. For instance, on the nRF52840 DK you should see "PCA10056". For the nRF52840 Dongle there is a white sticker on the PCB itself, and the top line reads "PCA10059".

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

Einar Thorsrud — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 05:57:31 GMT

You can implement a Virtual COM port (CDC ACM USB) on the nRF52840 dongle, as is done with the USB CDC ACM Example. Note that in this case you are not actually using the UART peripheral on the nRF52840 dongle at all, only USB.

If you use the DK instead, this has a onboard debugger which can also do USB-UART bridging, so that you can actually use the nRF52840 UART peripheral (useful at least if you are using the DK to develop an application that will use UART in the end).

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

softorchestra — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:20:35 GMT

Einar,

I'm not using the dongle, I have the DK AFAIK, it's a small card like the 51.

I haven't looked at this project in a while, but will be getting back to it soon.

Is there are part number on the board so I can be sure?

Alan

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

Eric — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:26:50 GMT

Does this mean you can't send UART messages over the USB port of the nRF52840 dongle?

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

Einar Thorsrud — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:33:09 GMT

Hi,

Generally, you need to adapt the example to the specific board you are using to get correct pin assignment etc. You can see how to do that under Using the SDK with other boards. However, for the nRF52840 dongle there is no UART connected to the PC, other than the virtual COM port that is used for programming via Serial DFU (USB).

You should consider the nRF52840 DK instead if you want to develop firmware for the nRF52840. The nRF52840 dongle is primarily intended to be used together with nRF Connect for desktop, and is not well suitable as a development board. This is primarily because it lacks an onboard debugger.

RE: NRF52840 Dongle PCA10059 UART issues

softorchestra — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 11:44:33 GMT

The short answer is there is no pca10059 directory in that sample, so you shouldn't expect it to work on the PCA10059.

The long answer is, anything is possible.