Vector catch seen when programming NRF52832 BLE examples

[Willybood]

I've recently setup SEGGER embedded studio to program an NRF52832 board and have had issues running the BLE examples.

I've been mostly working with the ble_sdk_app_beacon_main code, and all of my attempts to debug it or any other project has led to to the code stopping before it reaches main with a vector catch error.

By reading the memory using the NRF connect programmer I can see that the memory and SoftDevice has seemingly been written correctly. The memory address position matches that in the FLASH_START macro, which suggests the rest of them are correct (but if there is anything there that you think would be worth changing, for instance the RAM_START macro, let me know).

I've been able to flash some pre-programmed hex files and have seen the device acting normally, which suggests this is a software issue. Is there anything in my setup I may have missed or something I need to change?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Willybood]

I've now tried it with the 17.0.2, 16.0.0, and the 15.3.0 SDKs with the same results.

[Willybood]

I just tried on a different PC just in case and I saw the same thing.

I built this using the settings for the pca10040, although I'm attempting to flash a custom NRF52832 board. Is there something I need to adjust for it, or something I need to ask for from the manufacturer?

[Jared]

Hi,

The pre compiled hex files that works, are they ble examples?

Have you modified the example code that you try to flash?

 

Willybood said:

I built this using the settings for the pca10040, although I'm attempting to flash a custom NRF52832 board. Is there something I need to adjust for it, or something I need to ask for from the manufacturer?

 You also need to configure a custom board file for your board.

regards

Jared 

[Willybood]

It turns out the manufacturer had sent me the wrong schematic. The board uses a NRF52810, not a NRF52832.

After adjusting for that module it's working fine. This ticket can be closed.

Thanks for taking a look regardless.