adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

RE: adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

ruth — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:46:56 GMT

many thanks

ruth

RE: adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

Joakim Jakobsen — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:05:22 GMT

Ah, I'm glad to hear that you were able to solve it!

Happens to us all! Good luck with your project, and be sure to let us know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Joakim

RE: adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

ruth — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 08:34:20 GMT

hi joakim,

ah ha - i've progressed.

i must apologise for not reading the tutorial carefully enough, in my haste. I re-read it this morning and realised my mistake was not loading the hex of the softdevice as well.

as it says "You must add the SoftDevice hex in addition to the application hex file before you press "Write" in cases where the Dongle currently does not have any SoftDevice or if the SoftDevice version does not match the requirement of your application. " !!!

I added the softdevice hex and the application loaded onto the dongle successfully.

so, thanks for the tutorial - note to self 'read the documentation carefully' !!

and thanks for your support

very embarrassed

ruth

RE: adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

ruth — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:59:54 GMT

oh sorry, i keep typing too soon! - i have located the S.140 6.1.1's ID in it's release notes, as suggested in your tutorial, apologies for not reading the tutorial carefully enough first time round. The ID is 0xB6

I recompiled the ble_app_blinky_pca10059_s140 example, just to make sure that this will still load and run, before I start to make changes to the code

The original hex, that comes with the examples, loads and runs OK.

when I try to load the recompiled version, made with segger studio and v.15 of the SDK which comes with S.140 v6.1.1 in it's components, nrfconnect requests 'please select the softdevice reuired by the application firmware' it does not list 140 6.1.1 so I type in the ID 0x00b6

I now get error messages:

the long error message at the end of the log is

DFU failed: Error message for known extended error code from DFU target: The array of supported SoftDevices for the update does not contain the FWID of the current SoftDevice.

i also made a hex file for the ble_app_blinky_c (i.e. central) using the modifications in your tutorial, to convert the make process for pca10056 to that for pca10059, the rsulting hex file gave the same errors when i tried to load itwith nrfconnet.

please could you suggest what i'm doing wrong,

with many thanks, again

ruth

RE: adapt a ble example to run on an nRF52840 dongle.

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:28:05 GMT

Hi.

We do have a nRF52840 Dongle programming tutorial that you can take a look at.

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/short-range-guides/b/getting-started/posts/nrf52840-dongle-programming-tutorial

This should provide you with the information you need. If you still have further questions, please let me know.

Best regards,
Joakim