RE: How to set up custom board file in nRF9160?

Yusuke — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:32:12 GMT

solved.

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/49719/how-to-create-a-custom-board-file-for-the-nrf9160

RE: How to set up custom board file in nRF9160?

Simon — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:49:20 GMT

I did not modify the device tree in any way, if I remember correctly. Try using the board-folder in the zipped file as Jeff Seaman provided in this thread, and then follow the steps I explained in the same thread.

When you have that working, you can modify the config and dts files of the board, according to your own needs.

Best regards,

Simon

RE: How to set up custom board file in nRF9160?

Yusuke — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:55:20 GMT

OK. I set the ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT-variable by this

<under th hello_world project directory>
$ set ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb
$ set GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=c:\gnuarmemb

reference: https://wiki.makerdiary.com/nrf52832-mdk/zephyr/

However, I still get some errors. Reading the post, it seems that you need to fix device tree in spm project. How should I fix that? Any advice?

C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\hello_world>west build -b nrf9160_pca20190ns
source directory: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\hello_world
build directory: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\hello_world\build (created)
BOARD: nrf9160_pca20190ns (origin: command line)
-- Using application from 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world'
Zephyr version: 1.14.99
-- Found PythonInterp: C:/Python37/python.exe (found suitable version "3.7.4", minimum required is "3.4")
-- Selected BOARD nrf9160_pca20190ns
-- Found west: C:/Python37/Scripts/west.exe (found suitable version "0.6.0", minimum required is "0.5.6")
-- Cache files will be written to: C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local/.cache/zephyr
-- Loading C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca20190/nrf9160_pca20190ns.dts as base
-- Overlaying C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/dts/common/common.dts
Parsing Kconfig tree in C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/Kconfig
Loaded configuration 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca20190/nrf9160_pca20190ns_defconfig'
Merged configuration 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world/prj.conf'
Configuration saved to 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world/build/zephyr/.config'
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.3.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.3.1
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: C:/gnuarmemb/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe
-- Performing Test toolchain_is_ok
-- Performing Test toolchain_is_ok - Success
Including module: nrf in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf
-- Using application from 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/spm'
Zephyr version: 1.14.99
Changed board to secure nrf9160_pca20035 (NOT NS)
-- Loading C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca20190/nrf9160_pca20190.dts as base
-- Overlaying C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/dts/common/common.dts
Parsing Kconfig tree in C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/Kconfig
Loaded configuration 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca20190/nrf9160_pca20190_defconfig'
Merged configuration 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/spm/prj.conf'
Configuration saved to 'C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world/build/spm/zephyr/.config'
Including module: nrf in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf
Including module: nffs in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\fs\nffs
Including module: segger in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\debug\segger
Including module: mbedtls in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\crypto\mbedtls
Including module: mcuboot in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\mcuboot\zephyr
Including module: mcumgr in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\lib\mcumgr
Including module: tinycbor in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\lib\tinycbor
Including module: nrfxlib in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrfxlib
Including module: nffs in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\fs\nffs
Including module: segger in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\debug\segger
Including module: mbedtls in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\crypto\mbedtls
Including module: mcuboot in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\mcuboot\zephyr
Including module: mcumgr in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\lib\mcumgr
Including module: tinycbor in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\modules\lib\tinycbor
Including module: nrfxlib in path: C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrfxlib
Running Partition Manager...
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world/build
[38/283] Building C object spm/zephyr/CMakeFiles/spm_zephyr.dir/C_/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c.obj
FAILED: spm/zephyr/CMakeFiles/spm_zephyr.dir/C_/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c.obj
C:\gnuarmemb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe -DBUILD_VERSION=v1.14.99-ncs2-495-ga8933a2ead01 -DKERNEL -DMBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE=\"nrf-config.h\" -DNRF9160_XXAA -DUSE_PARTITION_MANAGER=1 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D__ZEPHYR__=1 -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/kernel/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/arch/arm/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/include/drivers -Ispm/zephyr/include/generated -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf91 -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/lib/libc/minimal/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/cmsis/Include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/drivers/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/hal -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/mdk -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/. -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_cc310_mbedcrypto/include/mbedtls -Ispm/zephyr/modules/nrfxlib/nrf_security/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/mbedtls/include -IC:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/mbedtls/include/mbedtls -isystem c:/gnuarmemb/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.3.1/include -isystem c:/gnuarmemb/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.3.1/include-fixed -Os -nostdinc -imacros C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/hello_world/build/spm/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h -ffreestanding -fno-common -g -mthumb -mcpu=cortex-m33 -mfpu=fpv5-sp-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-format-zero-length -Wno-main -Wno-pointer-sign -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Werror=implicit-int -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-pie -fno-pic -fno-strict-overflow -fno-reorder-functions -fno-defer-pop -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mabi=aapcs -march=armv8-m.main+dsp -mcmse -std=c99 -MD -MT spm/zephyr/CMakeFiles/spm_zephyr.dir/C_/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c.obj -MF spm\zephyr\CMakeFiles\spm_zephyr.dir\C_\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf\subsys\spm\spm.c.obj.d -o spm/zephyr/CMakeFiles/spm_zephyr.dir/C_/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c.obj   -c C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c: In function 'spm_config_peripherals':
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:293:24: error: 'NRF_UARTE2' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'NRF_UARTE0'?
   PERIPH("NRF_UARTE2", NRF_UARTE2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_UARTE2_NS),
                        ^
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:93:23: note: in definition of macro 'NRFX_PERIPHERAL_ID_GET'
  (uint8_t)((uint32_t)(base_addr) >> 12)
                       ^~~~~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:293:3: note: in expansion of macro 'PERIPH'
   PERIPH("NRF_UARTE2", NRF_UARTE2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_UARTE2_NS),
   ^~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:293:24: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
   PERIPH("NRF_UARTE2", NRF_UARTE2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_UARTE2_NS),
                        ^
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:93:23: note: in definition of macro 'NRFX_PERIPHERAL_ID_GET'
  (uint8_t)((uint32_t)(base_addr) >> 12)
                       ^~~~~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:293:3: note: in expansion of macro 'PERIPH'
   PERIPH("NRF_UARTE2", NRF_UARTE2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_UARTE2_NS),
   ^~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:301:22: error: 'NRF_PWM1' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'NRF_PWM0'?
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM1", NRF_PWM1, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM1_NS),
                      ^
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:93:23: note: in definition of macro 'NRFX_PERIPHERAL_ID_GET'
  (uint8_t)((uint32_t)(base_addr) >> 12)
                       ^~~~~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:301:3: note: in expansion of macro 'PERIPH'
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM1", NRF_PWM1, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM1_NS),
   ^~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:302:22: error: 'NRF_PWM2' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'NRF_PWM1'?
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM2", NRF_PWM2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM2_NS),
                      ^
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:93:23: note: in definition of macro 'NRFX_PERIPHERAL_ID_GET'
  (uint8_t)((uint32_t)(base_addr) >> 12)
                       ^~~~~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:302:3: note: in expansion of macro 'PERIPH'
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM2", NRF_PWM2, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM2_NS),
   ^~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:303:22: error: 'NRF_PWM3' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'NRF_PWM2'?
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM3", NRF_PWM3, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM3_NS),
                      ^
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:93:23: note: in definition of macro 'NRFX_PERIPHERAL_ID_GET'
  (uint8_t)((uint32_t)(base_addr) >> 12)
                       ^~~~~~~~~
C:/Users/user1/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/subsys/spm/spm.c:303:3: note: in expansion of macro 'PERIPH'
   PERIPH("NRF_PWM3", NRF_PWM3, CONFIG_SPM_NRF_PWM3_NS),
   ^~~~~~
[43/283] Building C object spm/zephyr/CMakeFiles/spm_zephyr.dir/drivers/clock_control/nrf_power_clock.c.obj
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
ERROR: command exited with status 1: 'C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE' --build 'C:\Users\user1\nRF9160\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\hello_world\build'

RE: How to set up custom board file in nRF9160?

Yusuke — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:22:00 GMT

Hi, Simon. Thank you for a reply.

I overlooked the post. I followed the instruction that you suggested and got this error. How can I solve this?

$ west build -b nrf9160_pca20190ns
source directory: /Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/custom_board_file_test
build directory: /Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/custom_board_file_test/build (created)
BOARD: nrf9160_pca20190ns (origin: command line)
-- Using application from '/Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/nrf/samples/nRF9160/custom_board_file_test'
Zephyr version: 1.14.99
-- Found PythonInterp: /Users/fukuharayuusuke/.pyenv/shims/python (found suitable version "3.7.2", minimum required is "3.4") 
-- Selected BOARD nrf9160_pca20190ns
-- Found west: /Users/fukuharayuusuke/.local/bin/west (found suitable version "0.6.0", minimum required is "0.5.6")
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/fukuharayuusuke/Library/Caches/zephyr
CMake Error at /Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/cmake/extensions.cmake:1320 (message):
  Assertion failed: Zephyr toolchain variant invalid: please set the
  ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT-variable
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake:54 (assert)
  /Users/fukuharayuusuke/nRF9160/ncs/zephyr/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake:495 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:9 (include)

RE: How to set up custom board file in nRF9160?

Simon — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:52:50 GMT

Have you seen this thread?

Best regards,

Simon