Implement Radio Test example in Eclipse

[Beldramma]

Hi,

I am trying to test the radio example from Eclipse. So i took one of my projects on SDK15.2 that works with the NRF52832, I cloned it and renamed it. 

The arborescence is like that : 

Radio_test

/.settings

/Debug

/Device

/Project

/Release

/SDK

/system

So I deleted files in Project and replaced them by files from the examples.

I have also added the "cli" library in SDK/components/libraries/, because I hadn't it. Then I have added this path like that : "../SDK/components/libraries/cli", in Project, Properties, in Includes from GNU ARM Cross Assembler and GNU ARM Cross C Compiler for both configurations, Debug and Release.

I have also added the sdk_config.h and and ble_app_template_gcc_nrf52.ld in my Project directory. 

I have added also the experimental_libuarte library in SDK, and added it in the same way as before. I did that also for cli/uart.

Finally, in my main.c file, I have added #define CLI_EXAMPLE_LOG_QUEUE_SIZE (4) before NRF_CLI_UART_DEF call. Is it the good thing to do ?

Now i have some errors, with nrf_libuarte_async.c and nrf_libuarte.c, from the experimental_libuarte library, because of unresolved Symbols.

I have also some errors, with two headers, nrf_timer.h from SDK/modules/nrfx/hal and nrfx_timer.h from SDK/modules/nrfx/drivers/include which have some undeclared define. 

I think all these errors are connected, but don't know why.

Thanks for your help,

 

[Vidar Berg]

Hi,

Are you getting any build errors, or are the errors only shown in the code editor? It can be difficult to get Eclipse to correctly resolve all symbols. It doesn't necessarily indicate that something is wrong with your setup. But have you considered Segger embedded studio? It's free to use with nordic devices and it is also cross-platform.

[Beldramma]

Hi,

No I haven't considered it before, it seems interesting. I will try it. Is this example working for a custom board with a NRF52832 chipset ? I mean, it's not a pca10040 development board...

[Vidar Berg]

Hi,

A "pca10040" configuration will run the 52832 but you will likely have to change the default board pinout and also change to the internal RC clock (32.768 kHz RC oscillator (LFRC))  if you don't have a 32KHz crystal mounted on your board. 'CLOCK_CONFIG_LF_SRC' setting in sdk_config.h is what controls the clock source in the radio test example.

See the "Using the SDK with other boards" section in the SDK getting started guide for instructions on how to use your own board header file.

[Beldramma]

Ok, thanks, where must we define the BOARD_CUSTOM ?

[Vidar Berg]

It must be defined in the pre-processor list shown by the screenshot below. Remember to remove the existing BOARD_PCA10040 symbol as well.