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JLinkARM DLL reported an error.

Hello, 

I am attempting our custom hardware based on an nRF52 chip.

nrfjprog returns the following error message:

ERROR: JLinkARM DLL reported an error. Try again. If error condition
ERROR: persists, run the same command again with argument --log, contact Nordic
ERROR: Semiconductor and provide the generated log.log file to them.

And the following log file:

[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] nrfjprog --eraseall --log
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] nrfjprog version 10.12.1
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - open_dll
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ nRF0x0] - Load library at C:\Program Files\Nordic Semiconductor\nrf-command-line-tools\bin\JLINKARM_UNKNOWN_NRFJPROG.dll.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ nRF0x0] - Library loaded, loading member functions.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ nRF0x0] - Member functions succesfully loaded.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Logger callback at 0x7ff64eec56f0 registered in Segger backend logger.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Logger callback at 0x7ff64eec56f0 registered in JLink logger.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_open_dll_tagged_callback
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - open_dll
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - No J-Link DLL path was provided. Attempting to auto detect.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Load library at C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGGER\JLink\JLink_x64.dll.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Library loaded, loading member functions.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Member functions succesfully loaded.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - dll_version
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Segger dll version 6.88.c loaded.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - set_core_data
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - enum_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_enum_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - enum_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_enum_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_get_num_emus
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - connect_to_emu_with_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_connect_to_emu_with_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - connect_to_emu_with_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_enum_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_get_num_emus
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_connect_to_emu_with_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_connect_to_emu_without_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Segger logging enabled.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Firmware: J-Link V11 compiled Nov 12 2020 10:07:08
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Decompressing FW timestamp took 107 us
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Hardware: V11.00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] S/N: 601006064
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] OEM: SEGGER
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Feature(s): RDI, FlashBP, FlashDL, JFlash, GDB
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] TELNET listener socket opened on port 19021
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] WEBSRV Starting webserver
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] WEBSRV Webserver running on local port 19080
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 9.682ms returns "O.K."
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_GetHWStatus(...)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.467ms returns 0
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_ExecCommand("SetRestartOnClose = 0", ...).
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.004ms returns 0x01
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_ExecCommand("DisableFlashDL", ...).
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.003ms returns 0x00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_ExecCommand("ExcludeFlashCacheRange 0x0-0xFFFFFFFF", ...).
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.003ms returns 0x00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_SetHookUnsecureDialog
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_SetHookUnsecureDialog(...)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.013ms returns 0
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_TIF_Select(JLINKARM_TIF_SWD)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 1.706ms returns 0x00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_SetSpeed(2000)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.391ms
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_GetSN()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.005ms returns 601006064
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_load_core_data
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_ExecCommand("CORESIGHT_SetIndexAHBAPToUse = 0", ...).
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.002ms returns 0x00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_ExecCommand("device = Cortex-M4", ...).
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] XML file found at: C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGGER\JLink\JLinkDevices.xml
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGGER\JLink\JLinkDevices.xml evaluated successfully.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Device "CORTEX-M4" selected.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] Device "CORTEX-M4" selected.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 34.338ms returns 0x00
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - read_connected_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_read_connected_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - read_connected_emu_snr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_IsOpen()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.006ms returns 0x01
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - read_device_family
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_read_device_family
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_IsOpen()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.006ms returns 0x01
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_Lock()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - read_debug_port_idr
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - read_debug_port_register
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_read_debug_port_register
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - coresight_configure
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_CORESIGHT_Configure()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 100.223ms returns 0
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_select_debug_port_register
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - Select AP 255, DP Bank 0, AP Bank 255
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_CORESIGHT_WriteAPDPReg(DP reg 0x02, 0x00000000)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.985ms returns -1
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - JLinkARM.dll reported "-1", an unknown error.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_abort_debug_action
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Attempting to clear any configuration errors in debug port before closing connection.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_CORESIGHT_WriteAPDPReg(DP reg 0x00, 0x0000001F)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 1.071ms returns -1
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - JLinkARM.dll reported "-1", an unknown error.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.074ms
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [ nRF0x0] - close_dll
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [nRFUnknown] - Just_close_dll
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - close
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - disconnect_from_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_IsOpen()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.027ms returns 0x01
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_disconnect_from_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_device
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_IsConnected()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.065ms returns FALSE
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_is_debug_region_powered
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_read_debug_port_register
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - is_connected_to_emu
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_IsOpen()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.027ms returns 0x01
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_Lock()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_select_debug_port_register
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - Select AP 255, DP Bank 0, AP Bank 255
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_CORESIGHT_WriteAPDPReg(DP reg 0x02, 0x00000000)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 1.062ms returns -1
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - JLinkARM.dll reported "-1", an unknown error.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - ---just_abort_debug_action
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - Attempting to clear any configuration errors in debug port before closing connection.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_CORESIGHT_WriteAPDPReg(DP reg 0x00, 0x0000001F)
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.896ms returns -1
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_HasError()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [Backend] - JLinkARM.dll reported "-1", an unknown error.
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] - 0.073ms
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [ info] [ JLink] - [Info ] [JLink ] JLINK_Close()
[2021-Jan-13 09:28:00] [debug] [Backend] - Segger Backend closed.

I am using:

Windows 10 (64 bit)
Segger J-Link Plus v11.0
nrfjprog version 10.21.1
JLinkARM.dll version 6.88c

What could I try to resolve this issue?

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