issue: with nordic thingy91 (PCA20035) & nRF DK (PCA10090)

[Akash Kamble]

Hello,

I am new to nordic thingy:91 I have a hardware of nordic thingy:9160 (PCA20035), but I do NOT have nRF connect DK (PCA10090).

I am planing to perform development activity on "Asset tracking" application. 

But from the sources available, I got to know that nRF Development Kit (PCA10090) is necessary to work on development activities.

Could please let me know, why can't I develop application without nRF DK (PCA10090)..? 

What is the difference between Nordic Thingy 91 (PCA20035) and nRF DK (PCA 10090)...?

Thanks for your help.  

[ketiljo]

You need a debugger/programmer that is ARMv8 compatible. The nRF91-DK is, but the other nRF52 DK series are only ARMv7 and can't debug the ARM cortex M33 in the nRF9160. 

If course, you can use any Jlink debugger/programmer that is ARMv8 compatible.