nRF Connect SDK Tutorial

[persimmon]

I am using  nRF Connect SDK Tutorial - Part 1 | NCS v1.4.0.

I am using MacOS and nRF Connect SDK v1.6.1.

a. The JlinkExe executes but JLinkRTTClientExe doesn't show any message

b. the command $west build -b nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp_ns produces:

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...

west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')

I don't know why west doesn't recognize its install directory, even though I have the following env variables set correctly

>echo $ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT  

gnuarmemb

>echo $GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH  

/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.6.1/toolchain

I used $west init but compiler generates error message.

Does this tutorial actually work?

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi Persimmon

If do not have a reason for installing NCS manually, I would recommend the nRF Connect for Desktop, and its function Toolchain manager.
Otherwise, let me know, and I will help you with the manual install.

Regards,
Sigurd Hellesvik

[persimmon]

Thank you for the offer. But I did use nRF connect for desktop (on Mac) and still West gives me the output I mentioned.  

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi

In the toolchain manager, after installing your preffered version of NCS, select the options menu, and "Open Terminal."
When the terminal opens, try to type:

west update

Can you post a copy or screenshot of the result from this command?
(If you copy in code, it is easier to read if you use the Insert->Code in this editor)

Regards,
Hellesvik

[persimmon]

west update seems okay. west build is not working.

/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.6.1 -> west update                                     

=== updating zephyr (zephyr):

HEAD is now at a62ea8fa29 [nrf fromlist] net: openthread: remove unneded Kconfig dependency

=== updating openthread (modules/lib/openthread):

HEAD is now at f460532d4 Merge pull request #41 from kkasperczyk-no/ot_upmerge

=== updating mcuboot (bootloader/mcuboot):

HEAD is now at 02afea3 [nrf fromtree] cmake: fix for issue with path length on windows

=== updating nrfxlib (nrfxlib):

HEAD is now at c5efbc8 doc: update changelogs for 1.6.1

=== updating trusted-firmware-m (modules/tee/tfm):

HEAD is now at cb1e6c2f [nrf fromlist] partitions: crypto: introduce option to disable RNG ...

=== updating tfm-mcuboot (modules/tee/tfm-mcuboot):

HEAD is now at 4aa516e Bump versions for v1.7.2

=== updating matter (modules/lib/matter):

HEAD is now at f2143619 [nrf toup] reduce command parameters length

Synchronizing submodule url for 'third_party/nlio/repo'

Synchronizing submodule url for 'third_party/nlassert/repo'

Synchronizing submodule url for 'third_party/pigweed/repo'

=== updating cjson (modules/lib/cjson):

HEAD is now at 50bdddd [nrf fromlist] Add more CS versions of cJSON_Add functions

=== updating cmock (test/cmock):

M vendor/unity

HEAD is now at 9d09289 Merge pull request #346 from ThrowTheSwitch/reapply_329

=== updating unity (test/cmock/vendor/unity):

HEAD is now at 74cde08 Merge pull request #540 from numaru/master

=== updating mbedtls-nrf (mbedtls):

HEAD is now at e483a77c8 Merge pull request #816 from ARMmbed/development

=== updating nanopb (modules/lib/nanopb):

HEAD is now at df0e92f Publishing nanopb-0.4.2

=== updating Alexa-Gadgets-Embedded-Sample-Code (modules/alexa-embedded):

HEAD is now at face92d Update firmware.options signature_size from 48 to 65

=== updating mbed-cloud-client (modules/lib/pelion-dm):

HEAD is now at 7e45d92 Merge pull request #84 from PelionIoT/release-4.9.1

=== updating cddl-gen (modules/lib/cddl-gen):

HEAD is now at 24f1b2b module: leverage external module definition

=== updating memfault-firmware-sdk (modules/lib/memfault-firmware-sdk):

--- memfault-firmware-sdk: fetching, need revision 0.21.1

From github.com/.../memfault-firmware-sdk

 * tag               0.21.1     -> FETCH_HEAD

HEAD is now at 2ad18e1 Memfault Firmware SDK 0.21.1 (Build 241141)

=== updating cmsis (modules/hal/cmsis):

HEAD is now at c3bd209 DSP: fix compiler warning on inline attribute

=== updating canopennode (modules/lib/canopennode):

HEAD is now at 468d350 Merge pull request #2 from vestas-wind-systems/update_to_v1_3_master

=== updating civetweb (modules/lib/civetweb):

HEAD is now at e6903b80 civetweb: WebSockets support for Zephyr

=== updating fatfs (modules/fs/fatfs):

HEAD is now at 1d1fcc7 fat_fs: Expose _VOLUMES to Kconfig

=== updating hal_nordic (modules/hal/nordic):

HEAD is now at 74b3b21 drivers: nrf_802154: Update the IEEE 802.15.4 component

=== updating hal_st (modules/hal/st):

HEAD is now at b52fdbf sensor/stmemsc: Align stmemsc i/f to v1.03

=== updating libmetal (modules/hal/libmetal):

HEAD is now at 39d049d lib: update libmetal to release v2021.04.0 + VERSION path fix

=== updating lvgl (modules/lib/gui/lvgl):

HEAD is now at 31acbaa3 lv_font: Fix compiler warning when compressed fonts are disabled (#1880)

=== updating mbedtls (modules/crypto/mbedtls):

HEAD is now at 711fe7f Check if feature macro is defined before define it

=== updating mcumgr (modules/lib/mcumgr):

HEAD is now at 5c5055f snapshot: Update mcumgr to commit e64f5060bd from upstream

=== updating net-tools (tools/net-tools):

HEAD is now at f49bd13 net-capture: Listen captured traffic and save to pcap file

=== updating open-amp (modules/lib/open-amp):

HEAD is now at 6010f05 lib: update open-amp lib to release v2021.04.0

=== updating loramac-node (modules/lib/loramac-node):

HEAD is now at 2cee5f72 LoRaMac: query minimum tx datarate

=== updating segger (modules/debug/segger):

HEAD is now at 7cbc844 config: Add lock/unlock macro for no multithreading

=== updating tinycbor (modules/lib/tinycbor):

HEAD is now at 40daca9 zephyr: Remove TINYCBOR from interface libraries

=== updating tinycrypt (modules/crypto/tinycrypt):

HEAD is now at 3e9a49d cmake: Fix conditional in root CMakeLists.txt

=== updating littlefs (modules/fs/littlefs):

HEAD is now at 9e4498d lfs_util: fix log declaration when logging is disabled

=== updating mipi-sys-t (modules/debug/mipi-sys-t):

HEAD is now at 75e6715 zephyr: move platform.h to zephyr tree

=== updating nrf_hw_models (modules/bsim_hw_models/nrf_hw_models):

HEAD is now at a47e326 HW_models: NRF_RTC: Fix compare event missed when interrupt disabled

=== updating TraceRecorderSource (modules/debug/TraceRecorder):

HEAD is now at d988988 zephyr: do not check for rtt mutex

=== updating edtt (tools/edtt):

HEAD is now at 7dd56fc Add FIXME note to handle incorrect LL/CON/MAS/BV-27-C implementation

~/git/nrf5340-hello-world ─> west build -b nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp_ns    

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...

west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi

The west build command should be set by Zephyr.
Maybe ZEPHYR_BASE environment variable is not set.
Try to

echo $ZEPHYR_BASE

This should be "/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.6.1/zephyr".
If this is not the case, try

export ZEPHYR_BASE=/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.6.1/zephyr

Regards,
Sigurd Hellesvik