nRF Connect VS Code extension no connected devices

[julien.h]

Hello,

I recently installed the nRF Connect extension for VS Code on my Mac M1. I am unable to see my connected board as part of the nRF Connect extension.

Setup

• nrfjprog version: 10.14.0 external
• JLinkARM.dll version: 7.54c
• M1 Macbook

Something odd I noticed is when I ran the nrfjprog command in the terminal I get:

nrfjprog --version --log
ERROR: [SeggerBackend] - The J-Link library does not support execution inside rosetta 2. Try executing with arch -arch arm64 nrfjprog...
ERROR: An internal error has occurred, please try again.

If I run with the suggested option then it completes successfully:

arch -arch arm64 nrfjprog -v
nrfjprog version: 10.14.0 external
JLinkARM.dll version: 7.54c

I am then also able to see the serial number of the debugger connected:

arch -arch arm64 nrfjprog --ids
683511319

Am I missing something in my VS Code setup? Is there a known issue with the VS Code extension on M1 mac?

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

What is the extension version number? Is it 2021.8.579 as the figure? 

Regards,
Amanda

[julien.h]

Hi Amanda,

The version is v2021.9.314 

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

It looks like a bug. We will look into this. Thanks for the report. 

-Amanda

[Dee Roberts]

Hi julien.h,

Thanks for this report. It looks like you're using a version of VS Code compiled for Intel processors. Running this on an M1 machine causes VS Code, and all child processes launched by the extension, to be run inside the Rosetta 2 translation environment. As the error message you received states, nrfjprog isn't compatible with this environment.

Please try uninstalling your current VS Code installation, and instead install the Universal version. That will prevent nrfjprog running inside Rosetta 2, so the connected devices should appear.

Kind regards,

Dee

VS Code Team

[julien.h]

Hi Dee,

Thank you for the answer. I was indeed running the x86 version. I installed the ARM version of VS Code now. However, I am still unable to find the device in VS Code. I still it connected when running "nrfjprog" tool direclty.

Here is the VS Code version I am running:

Version: 1.60.2 (Universal)
Commit: 7f6ab5485bbc008386c4386d08766667e155244e
Date: 2021-09-22T11:59:27.195Z
Electron: 13.1.8
Chrome: 91.0.4472.164
Node.js: 14.16.0
V8: 9.1.269.39-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 20.2.0

Kind regards