NRF52840 dongle light-switch example need help

[Di-sheng]

Dear Nordic Team!

I am verifying my tools chain for nrf52840 Mesh  project development by mesh light-switch example. I have 4 PCA10056 and make them to 1 provisioner, 1 client and 2 serves and they works. I need more serve to text. I want make my other 4 pca10059 to serve. As you know, the example is for PCA10056. Is there some one have the serve project code for PCA10059, So that I can make a mesh system with more node and test my tools chain can program pca10059 correct.

Thanks,

 Dison 

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

I suggest that you take a look at this blog-post: 

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

It should contain information about how to modify examples to fit the nRF52840 Dongle. 

You also can teste the project that Bjørn provided in that other DevZone thread, on the Dongle.

-Amanda H.

[Di-sheng]

Hi Amanda Hsieh

Thanks for your reply.

I have read those link in your reply.

Form the tutorial, I can set up the SEGGER for PCA10059, but I donot konw how to modify the GIO to match the PCA10059 board from PCA10056 project, Would you like give the detail about every thing I need modify the light-switch project.

For the link to Bjor's post, I also try the project which download for the link.  As required, I unpack to the folder (\nrf5_SDK_for_Mesh_v4.0.0_src\examples\light_switch), and then open the project with Segger, but the project does not compile, I get the following error, please help me analyze which I am wrong and how I can correct them.

Thanks,

Dison

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi Dison, 

Di-sheng said:

Would you like give the detail about every thing I need modify the light-switch project.

Update the Preprocessor Definitions by removing BOARD_PCA10056 and inserting BOARD_PCA10059. The project will link the C:\Users\amhs\Downloads\nRF5_SDK_16.0.0_98a08e2\components\boards\pca10059.h. Please also see nRF52840 Dongle/Buttons and LEDs. 

Di-sheng said:

As required, I unpack to the folder (\nrf5_SDK_for_Mesh_v4.0.0_src\examples\light_switch),

 Did you follow Bjørn's instructions: Just unzip it in the light switch folder of the mesh SDK v3.1.0., change the board from BOARD_PCA10056 to BOARD_PCA10059 & inserting the code inside simple_hal.c?

-Amanda H.

[Di-sheng]

Hi Amanda 

Yes, I followed Bjorn's instructions except for replacing mesh SDK3.1 with mesh SDK4.0. Is the mesh SDK4.0 not fully compatible with mesh SDK3.1, or are there specific requirements for this example project?

I download nRF5_SDK_15.2.0_9412b96 for this project.

About modify board from PCA10056 to PCA10059, Please see below 2 pictures:

About the inserting the code inside simple_hal.c, I did the two block codes inserting to the simple_hal.c.

Please see the picture below

But  the project did not past the complie yet with a error :expected identifier or '(' before 'if'

Is there something wrong I did?

Please give me a link for download mesh SDK3.1 if you think the mesh SDK3.1 is improtent for the  project building. I did not find the mesh SDK3.1 download websit.

Would you like give me some instruction for modify the light_switch_serve_nrf52840_xxaa_s140_7_0_1.em project for PCA10059 which is depend on the MESH SDK 4.0 and nRF5_SDK_16 so that I can get familiar with Mesh SDK4.0 and Segger development environment as soon as possible .

Thanks,

Dison

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

Please follow Bjorn's instruction to use mesh SDK3.1 download from here. 

If you want to use MESH SDK 4.0, I would suggest you refer to this tutorial to modify the project for BOARD_PCA10059. 

-Amanda H.