PCA10100 Power Profiler

RE: PCA10100 Power Profiler

Simonr — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 06:45:13 GMT

That should be correct. You don't have a jumper cable on the P22 header while the PPK is connected, right? Does the PPK work on other DKs than the PCA10100? Please make sure the following switches are in these positions:

nRF52833 DK:

nRF-power source (SW9) set to VDD
VEXT->nRF (SW10) set to OFF
SW6 set to DEFAULT

PPK:

DUT select (SW2) set to DK
Power select (SW4) set to DK (Reg. should be fine as well).
COM (SW3) set to DK

Have you gotten the message "The PPK needs to be programmed" when connecting to nRFConnect with the PPK mounted on the DK? Make sure to press Yes here to ensure that the PPK gets the correct firmware flashed to it. LED2 on the PPK should be lit when powering the board on if this is done correctly

Best regards,

Simon

RE: PCA10100 Power Profiler

Junior — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:57:45 GMT

Hi, i have cut the solder bridge SB40 as shown here

However when running the PPK i get this error message now.

10:50:30.445 Average started

10:50:30.449 Corrupt data detected, please check connection to PPK.

10:50:30.488 Average stopped

RE: PCA10100 Power Profiler

Simonr — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:32:28 GMT

The documentation for the PPK has not yet been updated to reflect support on the latest additions to the nRF5 DK family, but as you can see in the Power Profiler Kit site on the Infocenter, it states that the PPK measures power consumption for a connected nRF5 Development Kit or any external board. So even though the documentation doesn't state this, the nRF52833 is compatible with the PPK as well. I tested it here on my end just now and can confirm that the measurements look good.

Best regards,

Simon