SDK 1.5.0 development issues

[KentOverton]

Hi.

I'm developing an application in the following environment.

Windows 10

NRF Connect V3.61

Toolchain Manager v0.9.1

SDK v 1.5.0

Segger v 5.34a

I've a number of issues that are making my life difficult and any help would be greatly appreciated.

My target MCU is a nRF5340 - to which end I've acquired a nRF53-DK. I'm unable to run any of the bluetooth samples in the SDK - I can't find any documentation on how to load the appropriate radio software - so I'm testing on a nRF52-DK (the one with the nRF 52832) using the S140 Stack.

I'd like to expose the pre-assigned GPIO ports on the board. Clearly the LED's and Buttons are connected via hardware, but UART and NFC Ports should be available.  There is some commentary on this site about using 'overlay' files, but I could find no documentation.

I'm currently working with the peripheral_uart sample program.  I want to implement power management and add support for I2C and ADC. 

When I go to 'Configure Project' (Segger Project->Configure nRF Connect SDK Project -> Device Drivers ) and try to add I2C and ADC support, when I select "CONFIGURE" I get a failure (cannot find python version 3 in the PATH).

I can find no Nordic documentation on power management at all. The only sample I could find that implements power management is peripheral_lbs, which compilesand runs on my nRF52DK. I am attempting to do power measurements - but it's difficult on the PCA10040 board (you have to solder bridge SB11 or SB12).

Any help you can offer on any of these issues would be greatly appreciated.

[Øyvind]

Hello,

 

I can't find any documentation on how to load the appropriate radio software

Did you follow the answer you got from my colleague Carl Richard in your previous ticket #266628?

It is also recommended to read through the "Getting started with nRF Connect SDK" blogpost and the "Adding a peripheral to an NCS Zephyr project". Note that the Getting Started with nRF Connect SDK blogpost is not up to date (currently at NCS v1.4.0), but does give several pointers. 

 

There is some commentary on this site about using 'overlay' files, but I could find no documentation.

nRF Connect SDK is a more advanced SDK that uses the Zephyr OS to introduce more advanced features. The NCS documentation is found in this link. When downloading the SDK, Zephyr is included as a Git fork, and the documentation is available in the bottom left corner, by clicking on the drop-down menu:

All boards that Zephyr supports are found in the Supported Boards under the Zephyr documentation. Board files are defined using the Devicetree, see the Board Porting guide and read the "Input files" under Introduction to devicetree to get a better overview on how overlay files work.

 There are several .overlay files in NCS that you can use as an example.

cannot find python version 3 in the PATH

 Can you please include a screenshot of this issue? Does SES output anything in the Output window? If so, please include this as well. 

 

I can find no Nordic documentation on power management at all.

 Power management is handled by the Zephyr OS, therefor the documentation is found under Power Management in the Zephyr docs. Note that nRF5340 DK (and nRF52 DKs) documentation is found in our Infocenter, also linked to in the Working with nRF53 series.

Let me know if anything is unclear. 

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[KentOverton]

Oyvind,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I didn't see the reply from Carl until this morning. I must have missed the notification - I apologize.

I can't thank you enough for your help.

Kent Overton

[Øyvind]

Kent, 

That's what we're here for :) 

Kind regards,
Øyvind