Hi,
I have nRF9160-DK kit and its environment is set such as nRF Connect SDK and Segger Embedded Studio.
I want to build a simple application from scratch for example toggling LEDs on the board or anything else.
I have tried some sample application supplied with and they are running fine.
Could you provide any tutorial or documentation which shows how to build application from scratch for nRF9160-DK?
Thanks,
Aakash.
I have figured out how to control LEDs of the board. See following:
This tutorial targets windows 10 based application development for nRF9160-DK board. This is my way of making this application. I am new with this board and there might be better/official way of developing application for this board. This tutorial does not require sim card activation.
Environment Setup:
It is expected that your environment is set by installing the nRF Connect for Desktop application and following Getting Started Assistant from the installed application.
Link for the nRF Connect for Desktop:
http://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/gs_ins_windows.html
Once installed, download the Getting Started Assistant from add/remove apps tab and follow the steps carefully.
The following link is helpful during setting-up an environment for the nRF9160-DK board:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Development-Tools/nRF-Connect-for-desktop
Once the environment is set, you should try running the sample applications provided with the installation to verify everything is working properly.
Actual Tutorial:
In this tutorial, a led blinking application is developed with same sample folder structure provided in \ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160 folder.
First, create a folder in above mentioned directory and name is blink_leds or anything you would like (\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\blink_leds).
Then, create another folder inside blink_leds folder and name it src (\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\blink_leds\src). Inside the src folder, our main main.c programme is saved. Main.c programme is provided at the end of this document.
After that, copy these three files, CMaleLists.txt, prj.conf and sample.yaml, from provided sample files (e.g. \ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\at_client) and paste it into blink_leds folder.
Now open these files and replace the content of these files with this:
For CMakeList.txt:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.1)
include($ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE}/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
project(NONE)
target_sources(app PRIVATE src/main.c)
For prj.conf:
CONFIG_GPIO=y CONFIG_SERIAL=n
For sample.yaml:
sample:
name: blink_leds Sample
tests:
sample.blink_leds:
tags: LED gpio
filter: DT_GPIO_LEDS_LED0_GPIO_CONTROLLER
depends_on: gpio
harness: led
platform_whitelist: nrf9160_pca10090
tags: ci_build
Save these files and open the SEGGER Embedded Studio. In SEGGER, click on File → Open nRF Connect SDK Project. This gives you following window and set the parameters by navigating to your folder and as shown in the picture.
After that, click on Build → Build zephyr/zephyr.elf to generate .elf file and then click Build → Build and Run to flash the board. It should work. All these LEDs should toggle on and off with 1 second interval.
//This code is adapted and modified from the Blinky sample project.
#include <zephyr.h>
#include <device.h>
#include <gpio.h>
#define LED_PORT0 LED0_GPIO_CONTROLLER
#define LED_PORT1 LED1_GPIO_CONTROLLER
#define LED_PORT2 LED2_GPIO_CONTROLLER
#define LED_PORT3 LED3_GPIO_CONTROLLER
#define LED0 LED0_GPIO_PIN
#define LED1 LED1_GPIO_PIN
#define LED2 LED2_GPIO_PIN
#define LED3 LED3_GPIO_PIN
/* 1000 msec = 1 sec */
#define SLEEP_TIME 1000
void main(void)
{
int cnt = 0;
struct device *dev0, *dev1, *dev2, *dev3;
dev0 = device_get_binding(LED_PORT0);
dev1 = device_get_binding(LED_PORT1);
dev2 = device_get_binding(LED_PORT2);
dev3 = device_get_binding(LED_PORT3);
/* Set LED pin as output */
gpio_pin_configure(dev0, LED0, GPIO_DIR_OUT);
gpio_pin_configure(dev1, LED1, GPIO_DIR_OUT);
gpio_pin_configure(dev2, LED2, GPIO_DIR_OUT);
gpio_pin_configure(dev3, LED3, GPIO_DIR_OUT);
while (1) {
/* Set pin to HIGH/LOW every 1 second */
gpio_pin_write(dev0, LED0, cnt % 2);
gpio_pin_write(dev1, LED1, cnt % 2);
gpio_pin_write(dev2, LED2, cnt % 2);
gpio_pin_write(dev3, LED3, cnt % 2);
cnt++;
k_sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
}
}