Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

brooksp — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:33:03 GMT

Thank you so much, this fixed my build issues!

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

Didrik Rokhaug — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:43:07 GMT

Hi, and sorry for the late reply.

As Terje mentioned, we are a bit short on staff due to summer vacations.

There seems to be a typo in the build steps.

When you generate the build files, you should instruct CMake to go two folders up, to find the root of the project.

The command then becomes:

cmake -G Ninja -DCOMPILE_CONNECTIVITY=1 -DCONNECTIVITY_VERSION=1.0.0 ../..

Note the the ".." at the end has been changed to "../..".

I'll check with the pc-ble-driver team if this indeed is a typo, and will try to get it fixed.

Best regards,

Didrik

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

brooksp — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:53:25 GMT

I was able to load the Dongle firmware (I used the s140 v6 hex instead), but the port didn't enumerate as a Bluetooth endpoint unfortunately. I think I'll need to wait to hear back on how to build the firmware from source.

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

tesc — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:43:43 GMT

Hi,

You might try with connectivity_4.1.1_usb_with_s132_5.1.0.hex, although I do suspect it is built for the nRF52840 Dongle, not the DK, and therefore there may be some compatibility issue there. Might be worth a try, though.

Regards,
Terje

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

brooksp — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:05:33 GMT

Thank you for the info, Terje.

I think I'm assuming that I need to update the default firmware, but maybe you can help confirm/deny that assumption: I'm trying to use the nRF USB port on the nrf52840 DK, not the "normal" debug/J-Link USB port. Is that possible with the default firmware?

I've circled the "nRF USB" port in red below:

RE: Issues building pc-ble-driver hex files

tesc — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:51:23 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for reporting the issues that you are seeing. I'll report internally and check if we have a solution, but please note that we are in the middle of summer vacation season in Norway and things might take some time.

If you do not need to modify the default connectivity firmware, you can check the tagged releases on github. There are precompiled hex files in the /hex/sd_api_vX folders, where X is the SoftDevice API version.

Regards,
Terje