RE: How to flash examples to Dongle?

Hung Bui — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:27:32 GMT

Hi Michail,

If you want to update an application that doesn't require the softdevice, you can just use -sd-req 0x00. You don't need to provide any softdevice hex file. Then you can update the .zip normally.

RE: How to flash examples to Dongle?

qm3ster — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:03:05 GMT

Ok, so the Dongle is actually PCA10059.
PCA10056 also uses the same nRF52840 SoC but is not the dongle.
Hence, I got the blinking working by flashing `\examples\peripheral\blinky\hex\blinky_pca10059_mbr.hex` with the nRF Connect Programmer graphical app.
This also worked for some other examples, like the BLE hexes that include a SoftDevice.

But I can't do the same with the nrfutil, because:

I haven't been able to make a "dfu package" that doesn't require any SoftDevice. So if I make one from the blinking example, it demands the soft device be installed. And if I `dfu` it when the requires SoftDevice is available, it just puts the `blinky` `--application` after the SoftDevice, which makes it not work. So, how can I make a `package.zip` that doesn't require any soft device?
When doing the same with a BLE example, it puts most of the `hex`'s contents, including a second copy of the SoftDevice, after the existing SoftDevice. Hence, once again the example doesn't work. How would I make it update just the Application sector from the `hex`?
It is definitely possible, because loading this `hex` in Programmer graphical application shows me the different sectors separately. (But possibly not implemented yet)