Recomended debugging interface

[Thomas]

I am starting a new development and want to select an appropriate debugger. I am using Keil uVision Pro version.

I a previsous project I was using ULINK2 and was hoping to use ST-LINKv3 as that is quite good and fast with STM chips. But I am unable to make ST-LINK work with the Nordic chip.

Also having in mind the new nRF Connect SDK....

I do not want to purchase a new debugger for use with nRF chip just to discover that it does not work (like ST-LINK).

Do Nordic reccomend a specific debugger?

Segger J-LInk BASE, PRO, J-Trace. Keil, 

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

We use Segger J-links on our DK's and we have some SW tools that use J-link. If you don't want to use DK's then you can use J-link Lite.

-Amanda H.

[Thomas]

I do not find anything from Segger called J-Link lite....

A little bit of comparison between possibilities would be really nice.

As I wrote I do not want to purchase yet another interface that does not work and Segger does not specifically list nRF52 as a supported device (though they list the Cortex).

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas said:

I do not find anything from Segger called J-Link lite....

Please see https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/j-link-lite/overview/ 

 

Thomas said:

A little bit of comparison between possibilities would be really nice.

 Please contact the tool vendor. 

 

Thomas said:

As I wrote I do not want to purchase yet another interface that does not work and Segger does not specifically list nRF52 as a supported device (though they list the Cortex).

 nRF52 has ARM Cortex -M4 CPU inside. I have checked your history cases, and it seems you have nRF52833DK. If so, you can use the Debug output P19 to debug the external boards with nRF51 or nRF52 System on Chip (SoC)s. If you don't want to use the debugger on DK then you can consider that.

-Amanda H.

[Thomas]

I found the j-link lite from your link thank you. Just going to the Segger site does not really lead to it and it is not on their comparison chart.

Anyway I purchased a J-link pro - hoping it will work...;-)

[Amanda Hsieh]

You can search on Devzon with J-link pro. There are some use cases. I think it could work. 

-Amanda H.