How to upgrade nRF5 SDK samples to include pca10059

[Anthony Harrison]

We are fast-tracking into development using the nRF5 SDK samples and nRF52840 dongles, however have discovered so far that only the Blink sample supports the said dongle.

Where can I find a guide that shows us how to upgrade these samples ourselves with pca10059 folders with subordinate atrefacts?

For us it is very important that the samples include the full range of development boards you offer!

Also, is it on Nordic's roadmap to upgrade the sameples to support all developemnt boards, including the nRF52840 dongle?

In addition, what is the latest development dongle board that Nordic offers, and is this supported by trhe SDK samples?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

We have a nRF52840 Dongle Programming Tutorial which should be useful. This describes how to port pca10056 projects to pca10059.

As @awneil mention, the dongle is not intended for firmware development, as it does not contain an on-board debugger. Only a few select examples contains projects for the dongle, where it makes sense to support the dongle. Supporting nRF52840 Dongle in all examples will most likely not happen, as this would cause many customer to start out with the Dongle as their development platform (due to the low price of the dongle), and then running into trouble when the need for debugging occurs.

Best regards,
Jørgen

[Anthony Harrison]

Thanks so much!

This is very useful information indeed, we're now doing our development on the nRF5 DK, so the above will be very useful for porting from that to the dongle.

Kind regards,

Anthony