Thingy91: Process to flash s340 and 52840

[Brett]

Hi,

I have been doing my development on the 9160DK and now its time to move the code over to the thingy 91.  I managed to get the 9160 flashed by following (https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/cellular-iot-guides/b/getting-started-cellular/posts/how-to-program-any-project-to-the-thingy-91-with-dfu), but the 52840 and s340 softdevice seem to be a different story.

I  tried to follow, without success:
https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fug_thingy91_gsg%2FUG%2Fthingy91_gsg%2Fupdating_fw.html

What I am not sure or have tried:
* Do I need to have the SWD-Select on nRF52, before I power-up (whilst holding sw4) ?  I saw one document indicating you needed to, but the above doesnt indicate you need to.  (I tried both)

* The image starts to load, but then I get the `Image Upload Failed: Bad response from device`.  I got the same error with the 9160, but by following the DFU link above, got around the problem - I am not sure how to get around it with the 52840, since I am not using zephyr.

* My 52840 software is using ANT+ therefore, I require the s340 softdevice and am using the legacy nRF5 SDK - since its not supported in zephyr.  The original way to load the s340 was with `nrfjprog` but that doesnt seem to work.

* For the 52840, do I need to use an external connection - say the 9160dk to be able to flash it ?

regards
-brett

[Albrecht Markus Schellenberger]

Thanks a lot again for your detailed explanation of the issue, Brett!

Brett said:

In reading the docs, I didnt see anything about an order in which you had to flash the images, so I am sure I am doing something wrong :).

Generally, the nRF9160 and nRF52840 should be able to operate independently from each other on the Thingy:91. So I’m a bit surprised that you are facing this issue.

However, I do not have any experience with software from two different tool chains running on the Thingy:91. And unfortunately, I do not have my Thingy:91 available for at least this week. Anyway, let us see what we can do here.

• Are you generally able to flash the Connectivity Bridge and a nRF9160 application from the firmware package mentioned in my previous post?

• Which tool are you using respectively to flash your applications?

• Can you once again provide me with a log showing the error you are facing while trying to flash the nRF9160?

Thanks and regards,

Markus

[Brett]

Hi Markus,

Albrecht Markus Schellenberger said:

• Are you generally able to flash the Connectivity Bridge and a nRF9160 application from the firmware package mentioned in my previous post?

• Which tool are you using respectively to flash your applications?

• Can you once again provide me with a log showing the error you are facing while trying to flash the nRF9160?

* I have flashed the connectivity bridge to the 52840 - no problems and also the asset-tracker app to the 9160 - no problems

* I generally use the nrf-connect programmer to flash images to 52840 and 9160 - as well as the soft device. But, I have also used nrfjprog to flash the soft device and west to flash the other image - same issue occurs.

I have attached a log file to the case, of which it contains:

* SW 9160 - erase all (successful)
* SW 52840 - erase all (successful)
* SW 52840 - write my image (successful)
* SW 9160 - read (fails with the error you can see a the bottom of the log)

`2021-11-24T10:35:26.001Z ERROR Could not fetch memory size of target devkit: Error: Error occured when get library info. Errorcode: CouldNotOpenDevice (0x4) Lowlevel error: JLINKARM_DLL_ERROR (ffffff9a) `

I like the theory of the different tool-chains, but how to get around this - as I need ANT+ which is only supported in the old SDK (or thats what I was told).

regards
-brett

[Brett]

Fullscreen 2021-11-24T04_00_30.042Z-log.txt Download

2021-11-24T04:00:30.332Z INFO Application data folder: /Users/bdunstan/Library/Application Support/nrfconnect/pc-nrfconnect-programmer
2021-11-24T04:00:30.581Z INFO Using nrfjprog library 10.12.1, pc-nrfjprog-js 1.7.6
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG App pc-nrfconnect-programmer v1.4.11 official
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG App path: /Users/bdunstan/.nrfconnect-apps/external/3.7 compatible apps/node_modules/pc-nrfconnect-programmer
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG nRFConnect 3.7.1, required by the app is (^3.6.0)
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG nRFConnect path: /Applications/nRF Connect.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG HomeDir: /Users/bdunstan
2021-11-24T04:00:30.585Z DEBUG TmpDir: /var/folders/2c/gmmw_pdn0yd3v6wc1vj0d2mm0000gn/T/
2021-11-24T04:00:31.341Z VERBOSE Could not fetch serial number for serial port at /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port
2021-11-24T04:00:31.341Z VERBOSE Could not fetch serial number for serial port at /dev/tty.BoseQuietComfort35-SPPD
2021-11-24T04:00:31.341Z VERBOSE Could not fetch serial number for serial port at /dev/tty.BoseMicroSoundLink-SPPD
2021-11-24T04:00:41.915Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T04:00:51.497Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T04:00:52.270Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T04:00:52.391Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T04:00:53.150Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T04:01:02.916Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T04:01:31.048Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T04:01:31.953Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T04:01:32.804Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T04:01:32.805Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T04:01:32.805Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T04:01:32.806Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T04:01:32.806Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T04:01:32.806Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T04:01:33.059Z INFO Model: NRF9160_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T04:01:33.826Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T04:01:44.147Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 2 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T04:03:14.916Z INFO Recovery procedure finished
2021-11-24T04:03:14.924Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T04:03:15.691Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T04:03:16.357Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T04:03:16.357Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T04:03:16.357Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T04:03:16.357Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T04:03:16.358Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T04:03:16.358Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T04:03:16.598Z INFO Model: NRF9160_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T04:03:17.288Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T04:03:27.136Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T05:35:06.972Z INFO Target device closed.
2021-11-24T07:53:13.431Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T07:53:15.154Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T07:53:16.214Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T07:53:16.214Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T07:53:16.214Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T07:53:16.216Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T07:53:16.216Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T07:53:16.216Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T07:53:16.355Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T07:53:17.404Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T07:53:27.325Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T07:54:22.456Z INFO Parsing HEX file:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/thingy91_fw_2021-10-20_d29f1dde/img_app_bl/thingy91_nrf52_connectivity_bridge_2021-10-20_d29f1dde.hex
2021-11-24T07:54:22.496Z INFO File was last modified at  20/10/2021, 09:56:38
2021-11-24T07:54:25.401Z INFO Does not need to be reloaded:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/thingy91_fw_2021-10-20_d29f1dde/img_app_bl/thingy91_nrf52_connectivity_bridge_2021-10-20_d29f1dde.hex
2021-11-24T07:54:25.402Z INFO Writing procedure starts for core0
2021-11-24T07:54:42.856Z INFO Write procedure finished
2021-11-24T07:54:42.858Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T07:54:43.661Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T07:54:44.431Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T07:54:44.559Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T07:54:45.722Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T07:54:55.987Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 5 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T07:56:37.643Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T07:56:38.824Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T07:56:39.664Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T07:56:39.664Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T07:56:39.664Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T07:56:39.665Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T07:56:39.665Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T07:56:39.665Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T07:56:39.978Z INFO Model: NRF9160_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T07:56:40.819Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T07:56:50.817Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T07:57:34.254Z INFO Parsing HEX file:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/thingy91_fw_2021-10-20_d29f1dde/img_app_bl/thingy91_asset_tracker_ltem_2021-10-20_d29f1dde.hex
2021-11-24T07:57:34.254Z INFO File was last modified at  20/10/2021, 09:56:56
2021-11-24T07:57:39.941Z INFO Parsing HEX file:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/thingy91_fw_2021-10-20_d29f1dde/img_app_bl/thingy91_asset_tracker_ltem_2021-10-20_d29f1dde.hex
2021-11-24T07:57:39.941Z INFO File was last modified at  20/10/2021, 09:56:56
2021-11-24T07:57:46.991Z INFO Does not need to be reloaded:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/thingy91_fw_2021-10-20_d29f1dde/img_app_bl/thingy91_asset_tracker_ltem_2021-10-20_d29f1dde.hex
2021-11-24T07:57:46.991Z INFO Writing procedure starts for core0
2021-11-24T07:58:06.514Z INFO Write procedure finished
2021-11-24T07:58:06.517Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T07:58:07.296Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T07:58:07.996Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T07:58:08.269Z INFO Model: NRF9160_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T07:58:09.010Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T07:58:19.002Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 6 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T10:33:19.511Z INFO Recovery procedure finished
2021-11-24T10:33:19.539Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T10:33:20.246Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T10:33:20.888Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T10:33:21.132Z INFO Model: NRF9160_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T10:33:21.840Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T10:33:31.742Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T10:33:49.800Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T10:33:51.175Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T10:33:52.341Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T10:33:52.342Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T10:33:52.342Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T10:33:52.342Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T10:33:52.342Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T10:33:52.342Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T10:33:52.457Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T10:33:53.582Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T10:34:03.475Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 5 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T10:34:09.815Z INFO Recovery procedure finished
2021-11-24T10:34:09.819Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T10:34:10.575Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T10:34:11.337Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T10:34:11.337Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T10:34:11.337Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T10:34:11.337Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T10:34:11.337Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T10:34:11.338Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T10:34:11.472Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T10:34:12.234Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T10:34:21.925Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 1 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T10:34:38.110Z INFO Parsing HEX file:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/ANT_s340_nrf52_7.0.1/ANT_s340_nrf52_7.0.1.hex
2021-11-24T10:34:38.115Z INFO File was last modified at  25/06/2020, 16:25:50
2021-11-24T10:34:38.205Z INFO SoftDevice detected, id 0xCE (S340 v7.0.1)
2021-11-24T10:34:46.539Z INFO Parsing HEX file:  /Users/bdunstan/code/nRF5SDK1702/nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_d674dde/examples/MyProjects/ant_app_libUARTE/pca10056/s340/ses/Output/Release/Exe/ant_app__uart_pca10056_s340.hex
2021-11-24T10:34:46.539Z INFO File was last modified at  23/11/2021, 06:46:50
2021-11-24T10:34:46.553Z INFO SoftDevice detected, id 0xCE (S340 v7.0.1)
2021-11-24T10:34:51.912Z INFO Does not need to be reloaded:  /Users/bdunstan/Downloads/ANT_s340_nrf52_7.0.1/ANT_s340_nrf52_7.0.1.hex
2021-11-24T10:34:51.912Z INFO Does not need to be reloaded:  /Users/bdunstan/code/nRF5SDK1702/nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_d674dde/examples/MyProjects/ant_app_libUARTE/pca10056/s340/ses/Output/Release/Exe/ant_app__uart_pca10056_s340.hex
2021-11-24T10:34:51.912Z INFO Writing procedure starts for core0
2021-11-24T10:35:03.510Z INFO Write procedure finished
2021-11-24T10:35:03.512Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T10:35:04.420Z INFO Using J-Link Software version 6.88
2021-11-24T10:35:05.170Z INFO Segger serial:  801036805
2021-11-24T10:35:05.170Z INFO Segger speed:  2000  kHz
2021-11-24T10:35:05.170Z INFO Segger version:  J-Link EDU Mini V1 compiled Feb 18 2021 11:25:23
2021-11-24T10:35:05.171Z INFO Core probed: 801036805
2021-11-24T10:35:05.171Z INFO Core RAM: 256KiB
2021-11-24T10:35:05.171Z INFO Core ROM: 1024KiB in pages of 4KiB
2021-11-24T10:35:05.291Z INFO Model: NRF52840_xxAA_REV2.
2021-11-24T10:35:06.083Z INFO Core0: Reading device non-volatile memory. This may take a few seconds.
2021-11-24T10:35:15.877Z INFO Core0: Non-volatile memory has been read. 4 non-empty memory blocks identified 
2021-11-24T10:35:15.987Z INFO SoftDevice detected, id 0xCE (S340 v7.0.1)
2021-11-24T10:35:15.990Z INFO SoftDevice detected, id 0xCE (S340 v7.0.1)
2021-11-24T10:35:25.414Z INFO Using nrfjprog to communicate with target
2021-11-24T10:35:26.001Z ERROR Could not fetch memory size of target devkit: Error: Error occured when get library info. Errorcode: CouldNotOpenDevice (0x4)
Lowlevel error: JLINKARM_DLL_ERROR (ffffff9a)

2021-11-24T10:38:39.050Z ERROR Unable to open log file: Could not find file at path: /Users/bdunstan/Library/Application Support/nrfconnect/pc-nrfconnect-programmer/logs/2021-11-24T04_00_30.042Z-log.txt
2021-11-24T10:38:41.589Z ERROR Unable to open log file: Could not find file at path: /Users/bdunstan/Library/Application Support/nrfconnect/pc-nrfconnect-programmer/logs/2021-11-24T04_00_30.042Z-log.txt

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