The board 'nrf5340pdk_nrf5340_cpuapp' is deprecated and will be removed in version v2.6.0

[Learner]

Hello,

When I am loading my project into SES I get the following warning message.

CMake Warning at C:/Zypher/v1.5.0-rc1/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt:1354 (message):

WARNING: The board 'nrf5340pdk_nrf5340_cpuapp' is deprecated and will be
removed in version v2.6.0

Note, I am using our own board based on the nRF5340 SoC but until now I have continued to select the nRF5340pdk_nrf5340cpuapp board because that is the board I started the software development on before our own board was ready and it seems to work.

How should we proceed when we upgrade to versions that do not support the nrf5340pdk?

Switch to nrf5340 dk?

or 

Should we create our own dedicated board?

how to go about creating our own board?

Kind regards

Mohamed

[Simon]

The NCS v1.5.0 is the latest release supporting nRF5340 PDK, so if you're continuing to use the PDK I would recommend you to stick with NCS v1.5.0. If you're going to use NCS v1.6.0 or any newer future releases, I would recommend you to get an nRF5340 DK.

In ncs v1.5.0 the nRF53 PDK is deprecated, but still supported. Meaning that it will no longer be present in newer releases.

What engineering version do you have? If it's engineering A use nrf5340pdk_* (if NCS version <= NCS v1.5.0), and if it's a newer versions (v 0.11.0 or higher) use 

nrf5340dk_*.

Best regards,

Simon

[Learner]

Hi Simon,

Thank you for your reply.

Simon said:

What engineering version do you have?

I am assuming you are referring to our proprietary board which is built around the nRF5340 SoC. It is a newer version.

On a slightly separate subject, why is the NCS version v2.50 while Zephyr version that based on NCS v2.50 is 1.50. It seems zephyr version is 1 below that of NCS. Is this right?

Kind regards

Mohamed

[Simon]

Learner said:

On a slightly separate subject, why is the NCS version v2.50 while Zephyr version that based on NCS v2.50 is 1.50. It seems zephyr version is 1 below that of NCS. Is this right?

 Check out this answer: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/72153/nordic-connect-sdk-v-1-5-0-still-zephyr-2-4-99