Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

AndreasF — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 07:50:55 GMT

Hi.

That is not quite correct, Segger is indeed free to use with Nordic products, but it is not free to use with other products (unless those products provide license).

The issue is that we unfortunately do not have any support for Segger on the Thingy 52. Since we don't have any example projects for the Thingy SDK in Segger, you will unfortunately have a really hard time trying to create one.

GCC is also free to use, and it can be used with Seggers standalone debugger for free, which is named Ozone 🙂

Best regards,

Andreas

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

GaryS — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:36:32 GMT

Just found out that Segger is free and Keil is not - you didn't mention that part 🙂

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

GaryS — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:47:32 GMT

OK thanks - will give it a whirl.

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

AndreasF — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:40:32 GMT

Hi.

Yes, you should use Keil.

You can also use GCC, but GCC does not have any debugger, for that you can use Ozone.

Best regards,

Andreas

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

GaryS — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:26:30 GMT

[quote userid="73423" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/41968/running-code-on-thingy52-using-segger-running-on-a-mac/163078"]First off all, which SDK are you using? The Thingy SDK?[/quote]

Yes - I'm using thingy_sdk_v2.1.0

OK, seems like I should be using Keil IDE instead of Segger then if my goal is to run code on a Thingy - would you agree?

RE: Running code on Thingy52 using Segger running on a Mac

AndreasF — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:54:05 GMT

Hi.

First off all, which SDK are you using? The Thingy SDK?

[quote user=""]Build, load, run and debug the Thingy App on the Thingy device using Segger IDE. Is it possible to do this without a huge amount of effort? [/quote]

We do not have any support for SEGGER on the Thingy unfortunately.

[quote user=""]If I can't do (1) using Segger, next best would be to compile using Gcc + Make + the NRF command line tools. [/quote]

You can either use GCC or Keil 5. If you choose GCC you can use Ozone to debug. Keil 5 has built in debugging.

If you want to program and debug the Thingy you either have to use the onboard debugger on your nRF52840 DK or an external debugger, and connect the Thingy to one of these two.

Best regards,

Andreas