Using QEMU with a nRF5340/nRF9160 project (Cortex-M33)

[MarioDLH]

Hi.

I'm trying to emulate my project, which is intended to run in either nRF9160 or nRF5340 boards (both using Arm Cortex-M33 processor), using QEMU, but as far as I know those boards are not supported, yet it is Cortex-M33.

This project doesn't really use any characteristic inherent to those boards, but only the Secure Partition Manager. It was developed following this guide.

Is there a way to manage to run it using QEMU?

Thanks.

[Kenneth]

Hi,

Sorry, don't have experience with qemu. I would think emulating any nRF device would be very limited at best, considering there is no access to serial interfaces and/or radio available, which I doubt is supported. I could find these cases that seem to be related in some ways to your question:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/69023/which-qemu-version-of-zephyr-os-is-the-best-for-nrf9160 

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/80133/event-manager-not-working-on-qemu_x86-or-native_posix

Best regards,
Kenneth

[MarioDLH]

Thanks for the answer. I'll look into it.