Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

[Kampino]

Hello,

I have developed an application for my NRF52 DK and I want to port it to an NRF52832-QFAB-R which has a reduced amount of storage. I have changed the parameter "Target Device" in the "Debugger" options to "nRF52832_xxAB" and rebuild the code, but I got some error messages:

There are some linker errors, obviously because the sections are outside of the memory. So I have changed "Linker->Memory Segments:

FLASH1 RX 0x00000000 0x00040000;RAM1 RWX 0x20000000 0x00008000

And "Linker->Section Placement Macros":

FLASH_PH_START=0x0
FLASH_PH_SIZE=0x40000
RAM_PH_START=0x20000000
RAM_PH_SIZE=0x8000
FLASH_START=0x26000
FLASH_SIZE=0x1a000
RAM_START=0x20002bd0
RAM_SIZE=0x5430

But the error still exists. What is missing here?

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

There are some strange things here. I assume you are using SDK 17.0.2 If so, FLASH1 should be FLASH. Other than that most things look good. You can see an working example by taking the ble_app_hrs example project (<SDK_17.0.2>\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_hrs\pca10040\s132\ses\ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject) and modifying it like this:

diff --git a/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject b/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
index 998f065..e102a5b 100644
--- a/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
+++ b/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
       arm_linker_stack_size="8192"
       arm_linker_treat_warnings_as_errors="No"
       arm_simulator_memory_simulation_parameter="RWX 00000000,00100000,FFFFFFFF;RWX 20000000,00010000,CDCDCDCD"
-      arm_target_device_name="nRF52832_xxAA"
+      arm_target_device_name="nRF52832_xxAB"
       arm_target_interface_type="SWD"
       c_user_include_directories="../../../config;../../../../../../components;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_advertising;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_dtm;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_racp;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ancs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ans_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_bas;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_bas_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_cscs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_cts_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_dfu;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_dis;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_gls;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hids;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hrs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hrs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hts;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ias;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ias_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lbs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lbs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lls;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_nus;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_nus_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_rscs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_rscs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_tps;../../../../../../components/ble/common;../../../../../../components/ble/nrf_ble_gatt;../../../../../../components/ble/nrf_ble_qwr;../../../../../../components/ble/peer_manager;../../../../../../components/boards;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic_fifo;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic_flags;../../../../../../components/libraries/balloc;../../../../../../components/libraries/bootloader/ble_dfu;../../../../../../components/libraries/bsp;../../../../../../components/libraries/button;../../../../../../components/libraries/cli;../../../../../../components/libraries/crc16;../../../../../../components/libraries/crc32;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cc310;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cc310_bl;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cifra;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/mbedtls;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/micro_ecc;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/nrf_hw;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/nrf_sw;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/oberon;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/optiga;../../../../../../components/libraries/csense;../../../../../../components/libraries/csense_drv;../../../../../../components/libraries/delay;../../../../../../components/libraries/ecc;../../../../../../components/libraries/experimental_section_vars;../../../../../../components/libraries/experimental_task_manager;../../../../../../components/libraries/fds;../../../../../../components/libraries/fstorage;../../../../../../components/libraries/gfx;../../../../../../components/libraries/gpiote;../../../../../../components/libraries/hardfault;../../../../../../components/libraries/hci;../../../../../../components/libraries/led_softblink;../../../../../../components/libraries/log;../../../../../../components/libraries/log/src;../../../../../../components/libraries/low_power_pwm;../../../../../../components/libraries/mem_manager;../../../../../../components/libraries/memobj;../../../../../../components/libraries/mpu;../../../../../../components/libraries/mutex;../../../../../../components/libraries/pwm;../../../../../../components/libraries/pwr_mgmt;../../../../../../components/libraries/queue;../../../../../../components/libraries/ringbuf;../../../../../../components/libraries/scheduler;../../../../../../components/libraries/sdcard;../../../../../../components/libraries/sensorsim;../../../../../../components/libraries/slip;../../../../../../components/libraries/sortlist;../../../../../../components/libraries/spi_mngr;../../../../../../components/libraries/stack_guard;../../../../../../components/libraries/stack_info;../../../../../../components/libraries/strerror;../../../../../../components/libraries/svc;../../../../../../components/libraries/timer;../../../../../../components/libraries/twi_mngr;../../../../../../components/libraries/twi_sensor;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/audio;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/cdc;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/cdc/acm;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/generic;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/kbd;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/mouse;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/msc;../../../../../../components/libraries/util;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/ac_rec_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/ble_oob_advdata_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/le_oob_rec_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ac_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_oob_advdata;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_pair_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_pair_msg;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/common;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ep_oob_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/hs_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/le_oob_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/generic/message;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/generic/record;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/launchapp;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/parser/message;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/parser/record;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/text;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/uri;../../../../../../components/nfc/platform;../../../../../../components/nfc/t2t_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/t2t_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/apdu;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/cc_file;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/hl_detection_procedure;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/tlv;../../../../../../components/softdevice/common;../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/headers;../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/headers/nrf52;../../../../../../components/toolchain/cmsis/include;../../../../../../external/fprintf;../../../../../../external/mbedtls/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_cc310/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_oberon;../../../../../../external/nrf_oberon/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_tls/mbedtls/nrf_crypto/config;../../../../../../external/segger_rtt;../../../../../../external/utf_converter;../../../../../../integration/nrfx;../../../../../../integration/nrfx/legacy;../../../../../../modules/nrfx;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/drivers/include;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/hal;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/mdk;../config;"
-      c_preprocessor_definitions="APP_TIMER_V2;APP_TIMER_V2_RTC1_ENABLED;BLE_STACK_SUPPORT_REQD;BOARD_PCA10040;CONFIG_GPIO_AS_PINRESET;FLOAT_ABI_HARD;INITIALIZE_USER_SECTIONS;MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE="nrf_crypto_mbedtls_config.h";NO_VTOR_CONFIG;NRF52;NRF52832_XXAA;NRF52_PAN_74;NRF_CRYPTO_MAX_INSTANCE_COUNT=1;NRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=7;S132;SOFTDEVICE_PRESENT;"
+      c_preprocessor_definitions="APP_TIMER_V2;APP_TIMER_V2_RTC1_ENABLED;BLE_STACK_SUPPORT_REQD;BOARD_PCA10040;CONFIG_GPIO_AS_PINRESET;FLOAT_ABI_HARD;INITIALIZE_USER_SECTIONS;MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE="nrf_crypto_mbedtls_config.h";NO_VTOR_CONFIG;NRF52;NRF52832_XXAB;NRF52_PAN_74;NRF_CRYPTO_MAX_INSTANCE_COUNT=1;NRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=7;S132;SOFTDEVICE_PRESENT;"
       debug_target_connection="J-Link"
       gcc_entry_point="Reset_Handler"
       macros="CMSIS_CONFIG_TOOL=../../../../../../external_tools/cmsisconfig/CMSIS_Configuration_Wizard.jar"
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
       linker_printf_fmt_level="long"
       linker_scanf_fmt_level="long"
       linker_section_placement_file="flash_placement.xml"
-      linker_section_placement_macros="FLASH_PH_START=0x0;FLASH_PH_SIZE=0x80000;RAM_PH_START=0x20000000;RAM_PH_SIZE=0x10000;FLASH_START=0x26000;FLASH_SIZE=0x5a000;RAM_START=0x20002bd0;RAM_SIZE=0xd430"
+      linker_section_placement_macros="FLASH_PH_START=0x0;FLASH_PH_SIZE=0x40000;RAM_PH_START=0x20000000;RAM_PH_SIZE=0x8000;FLASH_START=0x26000;FLASH_SIZE=0x1a000;RAM_START=0x20002bd0;RAM_SIZE=0x5430"
       
-      linker_section_placements_segments="FLASH RX 0x0 0x80000;RAM1 RWX 0x20000000 0x10000"
+      linker_section_placements_segments="FLASH RX 0x0 0x40000;RAM1 RWX 0x20000000 0x8000"
       project_directory=""
       project_type="Executable" />
       <folder Name="Segger Startup Files">

You also need to reduce the size a bit, for instance by setting NRF_LOG_ENABLED to 0 in sdk_config.h.