nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Mahendra Tailor — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:52:06 GMT

Hi Didrik

You are a hero!

That solves the problem.

Simple and makes sense, but a brickwall if you are using it for the first time.

If you want I can post a new clean case with the screen shot and then you can answer similarly and I will respond that it works.

I bet there will be others who will see this problem too and having a clean case with the problem and solution will save you guys time when the next person hits the same wall.

Let me know and I will post a new case

Thank you once again.

PS
If it is of any help, I used to work at Laird and also has had to deal with support for 20 years and I know how frustrating it can be :-)

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Didrik Rokhaug — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:13:28 GMT

Sorry, I see now that I had a typo in my last reply. I meant to say the board directory, not the build folder. Sorry for the confusion.

Have you tried to change the board directory?

Also, if you could point me to the place where it says that you should use the nrf9160_pca10090 directory, that would be of great help, as I can't seem to find it in the guide you linked.

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Mahendra Tailor — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:59:14 GMT

FYI
I have now created a new user account on my Win 10 Pro pc and I get the same problem there too.

I am now wasting too much time trying the same things and expecting a different outcome.

I will see if I can install manually as per your guide.

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Didrik Rokhaug — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:57:26 GMT

In your screenshot, the board directory is set to <your NCS folder>/v1.3.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca10090.

Try to set it to <your NCS folder>/v1.3.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160dk_nrf9160 instead.

Looking through the guide, I can not see anywhere it says that you should choose nrf9160_pca10090.

Edit: This comment originally had a typo. I originally wrote "build directory", while I meant "build directory". This comment has been edited to fix the typo.

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Mahendra Tailor — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:44:40 GMT

I am confused with your question. I have never used Zephyr before.

I am literally following the getting started guide and in there there is no instruction about using any board folder.

Are you saying that there is a step missing in the guide that I need to go to a specific folder? If so it does not compute because I am hitting this roadblock in the SES IDE and given I have prior experience of that IDE I have been following your guide and that is where I see the screenshot I have provided when i started this thread.

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Didrik Rokhaug — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:07:09 GMT

Are you still using the nrf9160_pca10090 board folder?

Or did you change to the nrf9160dk_nrf9160 board folder?

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Mahendra Tailor — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:56:11 GMT

Hi again
I have just reinstalled it all and I can confirm that i still get an empty "Board Name" field and I cannot get the cursor in that field to even type anything. That dropbox does not do anything either

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Mahendra Tailor — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:59:22 GMT

The field 'Board Name' does not even allow anything to be typed in.

However I am trying the install again, but this time I will run the install as an admin to see that field allows anything to be typed in

RE: nrf9160 DK - building and programming a sample application

Didrik Rokhaug — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:45:09 GMT

Hi.

In NCS v1.3 the names of the boards were changed.

You can see the list of the board names here: https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/gs_programming.html#board-names

For the nRF91DK, the name is nrf9160dk_nrf9160.

Remember to choose the non-secure version of the board (the name ends on 'ns') if you want to use the modem.

Best regards,

Didrik