Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Dimi-zh — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:34:44 GMT

Thank you,

I will look into these !

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Kenneth — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:55:22 GMT

I suggest to check out:
https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/ug_gsg_ses/UG/gsg/intro.html

Youtube tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP8RYgYGRvI&list=PLx_tBuQ_KSqGHmzdEL2GWEOeix-S5rgTV&index=7

nRF5 SDK:
https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/sdk_nrf5_v17.1.0/nrf51_getting_started.html

Best regards,
Kenneth

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Dimi-zh — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:56:21 GMT

Hello,

i installed the nRF connect for desktop and the programmer v2.0.1

From there i loaded my hex file into the prigrammer and i uploaded it to the nRF5 dev kit.

The operation seems to have worked.

What can I do after I successfully upload the hex file.

How can I proceed with the debugging?

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Dimi-zh — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:09:29 GMT

Hi,

Yes I tried the blinky example and it worked.

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Kenneth — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:01:22 GMT

If you take any of the BLE peripheral examples as-is from the nRF5 SDK, you should only need to compile (build: F7) and program (download: Ctrl T + L) directly from SES (then both the required softdevice and application hex file will be programmed). Does this work?

Kenneth

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Dimi-zh — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:49:12 GMT

Hello,

I downloaded nrfprog.exe, but I am not sure how to flash the device with the binary file (.hex)
I rebuilt the project in SES.
I tried the following : Target -> Download File -> Binary file -> executable file -> binary file

After that I select the hex file, but I am prompted to select the location where I want the code to be flashed to and I selected 0x0 as it is the Flash addresses available for application. It does not work...

I even went and changed the min RAM start address to : 0x20001668 and the FLASH start to : 0x26000 because I have a soft device S132_nrf52_7.0.1_softdevice.hex

This is what I get when I try to download the binary file (.hex) to the chip.

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Dimi-zh — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:45:16 GMT

Hi,

Great I will try that.

I will update you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your help

RE: Failing to flash PCA10040 nRF52 DK using J-Link

Kenneth — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:37:28 GMT

It's odd it says Erase time is 0.000s, which means that j-link did not perform an erase of the flash pages it should program, thereby the programming will likely fail. I assume if you do an 'nrfjprog --eraseall' first it works? Maybe try to update nrfcommand line tools?

Kenneth