I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

JuP0 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:23:33 GMT

For anyone landing here from a search: this works on embedded Linux today —
and note that pc-nrf-dfu-js has been archived since 2022.

We built a small Go CLI for this, primarily for our own production test
benches:

github.com/.../ed-nrfdfu

It talks to BlueZ over D-Bus and runs Nordic Secure DFU over BLE from the
terminal. Single static binary, no runtime and no system dependencies — you
copy one file onto the target and run it. We publish linux/amd64 and
linux/arm64 builds.

ed-nrfdfu --mac "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF" --dfuPath firmware.zip
ed-nrfdfu --bleName "MyDevice_DFU" --dfuPath firmware.zip

Where it fits: it does the job on a production bench, running unattended in
a script. It is an experimental tool though, not a certified production
component — but it is Apache 2.0, so it is meant to be forked and adapted
rather than taken as is.

If you are tight on flash, it compresses well:

CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w"
upx --best --lzma ed-nrfdfu

That takes it from ~15 MB down to ~3 MB here. Worth knowing that UPX
decompresses into RAM at startup, so it trades memory for flash — usually
the right trade on a board with more RAM than storage, not always.

One prerequisite: it expects the device to already be advertising in
DFU/bootloader mode. It does not trigger the buttonless transition from
application firmware.

Linux/BlueZ is what we run daily; the macOS and Windows backends are
implemented but not yet validated on real hardware.

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

chunfantasy — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:58:07 GMT

Hi, pc-nrf-dfu-js only support serial DFU, if you need BLE DFU, I suggest you to use pc-ble-driver-js.

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

johnny — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:12:47 GMT

if you need get more information ,please tell me .

Sincerely,

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

Simon — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:49:48 GMT

Have you been able to figure this out?

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

johnny — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:35:39 GMT

is generic BLE HW

RE: I need use DFU on Linux embeded , how can I do ?

Stian Røed Hafskjold — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:38:44 GMT

Hi, do you have a nRF52840 dongle or DK connected to the Linux embedded system to do the OTA or is it generic BLE HW?