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What is the supported ways of programming Thingy:91

Jesper Tiberg

Hi,

I just got the brand new Thingy:91 and would like to program it with an application earlier developed for the nrf9160 DK.

Further I'd like to use the Link Monitor applicaton in nRF Connect.

There is not a lot of info about the :91 (probably only a few folks has got it - and it's currently vacation times - at least in Sweden and Norway :-)

I was informed a couple of months back that the Thingy:91 was programmable via USB. Is this really the case, or do I need to go through the DK (like this: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/35364/nordic-thingy-52-nrf52840-dk/135974#135974) ?

Unfortunately I don't have that cable and would like to test things out before waiting a week to receive it.

USB

The Thingy:91 shows up as "Bus 003 Device 026: ID 1915:520f Nordic Semiconductor ASA" and registers /dev/ttyACM0 and /dev/ttyACM1.

The nRF9160 DK shows up as "Bus 003 Device 023: ID 1366:1055 SEGGER".

Is there some nRF-specific driver available?

NFC/Bluetooth

The stock firmware does not advertise on BLE and NFC is not enabled (does not show up when scanning with NFC reader like Thingy:52).

The Thingy:52 could be DFUed via BLE, but I guess that's out of the question for now.

Getting started guide

The getting started page nordicsemi.com/thingy91 is not (yet) available.

So... basically I'm in the dark as of now.

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    Hi

    Do you have nRF9160 DK? and 10pin cable 

    Just connect from THINGY:91 to nRF9160DK (Debug out), then on SES: Target/Connect J-Link then Download zephyr/merged.hex. Done

    Hope it can help you 

    Regards, 

    Hoang Nguyen

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    Hi Jesper, 

    I am afraid that you will need a nRF9160 DK and the 10-pin SWD cable to program the Thingy:91. 

    We do not have a USB bootloader on the nRF52840 that supports updating the application firmware on the nRF9160 yet. 

    The same thing goes for BLE. 

    So you will unfortunately have to wait until you get the cable.

    Best regards

    Bjørn

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    @bjorn-spockeli

    I'm at the same point as well. Although I do have the DK, but trying to figure out what this board is running and verify that it is working. all I see is a blinking blue/white light. but How to get the sim registered? see the data? modify the code. 

    When do we expect the nordicsemi.com/thingy91 site to be online. I'm assuming all my questions would be answered here. 

    When will the code for the board be online? or is this running the asset tracker code, or something else.

    is this simply asset_tracker but compiled via -DBOARD=nrf9160_pca20035 ? 

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    Thanks for your replies!

    I've ordered a cable which hopefully will show up in a couple of days :-)

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    Sashi said:
    How to get the sim registered? see the data? modify the code. 

    You should be able to register the SIM on the nrfcloud.com site on you have done that and added the Thingy:91 to your account you should be able to see the data. 

     

    Sashi said:
    When do we expect the nordicsemi.com/thingy91 site to be online. I'm assuming all my questions would be answered here. 

     The official release is expected in the end of August. 

    Sashi said:

    When will the code for the board be online? or is this running the asset tracker code, or something else.

    is this simply asset_tracker but compiled via -DBOARD=nrf9160_pca20035 ? 

     Correct, the Thingy:91 is running the asset tracker example from the nRF Connect SDK compiled for pca20035.

    Best regards

    Bjørn

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