Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Marte Myrvold — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:01:01 GMT

Hi,

Are you able to test with another computer to see if that one is able to see your dongle?

Do you know whether the program was flashed successfully or not? Can you try flashing the Blinky sample and see if the LED starts to blink as expected?

Best regards,

Marte

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Bhumika — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:32:21 GMT

I have removed my existing build folder and rebuild the application with the command "west build -b nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -d build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-usb.conf -DDTC_OVERLAY_FILE=usb.overlay"

It got successfully built.

➜  cli git:(cfedfdfa0) ✗ west build -b nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -d build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-usb.conf -DDTC_OVERLAY_FILE=usb.overlay
-- west build: generating a build system
Including boilerplate (Zephyr base): /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake
-- Application: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli
-- Using NCS Toolchain 1.8.0 for building. (/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain/cmake)
-- Zephyr version: 2.7.0 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr), build: v2.7.0-ncs1
-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain/bin/python3 (found suitable exact version "3.9.6") found components: Interpreter 
-- Found west (found suitable version "0.12.0", minimum required is "0.7.1")
-- Board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/bhumika/Library/Caches/zephyr
-- Found dtc: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.6.1", minimum required is "1.4.6")
-- Found toolchain: gnuarmemb (/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain)
-- Found BOARD.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
-- Found devicetree overlay: usb.overlay
-- Generated zephyr.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_unfixed.h: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_unfixed.h
-- Generated device_extern.h: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/include/generated/device_extern.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/dts.cmake

warning: Experimental symbol NET_CONNECTION_MANAGER is enabled.

Parsing /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/Kconfig
Loaded configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_defconfig'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/prj.conf'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/overlay-usb.conf'
Configuration saved to '/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to '/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.2.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.2.1
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc
-- OpenThread Source Directory: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/modules/lib/openthread
-- Check if the system is big endian
-- Searching 16 bit integer
-- Looking for sys/types.h
-- Looking for sys/types.h - found
-- Looking for stdint.h
-- Looking for stdint.h - found
-- Looking for stddef.h
-- Looking for stddef.h - found
-- Check size of unsigned short
-- Check size of unsigned short - done
-- Searching 16 bit integer - Using unsigned short
-- Check if the system is big endian - little endian
-- Package Name: OPENTHREAD
-- Setting default package version: 69eb7030c
-- Package Version: 69eb7030c
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt:1662 (message):
  __ASSERT() statements are globally ENABLED


-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- west build: building application
[1/794] Preparing syscall dependency handling

[38/794] Generating include/generated/driver-validation.h
/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/scripts/gen_kobject_list.py:66: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
  if LooseVersion(elftools.__version__) < LooseVersion('0.24'):
[39/794] Generating include/generated/kobj-types-enum.h, include/generated/otype-to-str.h, include/generated/otype-to-size.h
/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/scripts/gen_kobject_list.py:66: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
  if LooseVersion(elftools.__version__) < LooseVersion('0.24'):
[137/794] Building CXX object modules/openthread/build/src/cli/CMakeFiles/openthread-cli-ftd.dir/cli.cpp.obj
[167/794] Building C object modules/nrfxlib/nrfxlib/nrf_security/src/mbedtls/CMakeFiles/mbedcrypto_base_vanilla.dir/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/mbedtls/library/pkparse.c.obj
[170/794] Building C object modules/nrfxlib/nrfxlib/nrf_security/src/mbedtls/CMakeFiles/mbedcrypto_base_vanilla.dir/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/mbedtls/library/platform_util.c.obj
[216/794] cd /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52...LE="nrf-config.h"" -P /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/modules/lib/openthread/etc/cmake/print.cmak
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ASSERT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BACKBONE_ROUTER_DUA_NDPROXYING_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BACKBONE_ROUTER_MULTICAST_ROUTING_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BORDER_AGENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BORDER_ROUTER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_MBEDTLS=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_MBEDTLS_MANAGEMENT=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_CHILD_SUPERVISION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COAP_API_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COAP_SECURE_API_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COMMISSIONER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_AUTO_SYNC_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DHCP6_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DHCP6_SERVER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DIAG_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DNS_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ECDSA_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_HEAP_EXTERNAL_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_IP6_FRAGMENTATION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_JAM_DETECTION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_JOINER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_LINK_RAW_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_FILTER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_TMF_NETWORK_DIAG_MTD_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_PING_SENDER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_TMF_NETDATA_SERVICE_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_IP6_SLAAC_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_SNTP_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UDP_FORWARD_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_SPINEL_CONFIG_RCP_RESTORATION_MAX_COUNT=0
PACKAGE_NAME=OPENTHREAD
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_THREAD_VERSION=OT_THREAD_VERSION_1_1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_NCP_HDLC_ENABLE=1
KERNEL
__ZEPHYR__=1
_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
BUILD_VERSION=v2.7.0-ncs1
__LINUX_ERRNO_EXTENSIONS__
USE_PARTITION_MANAGER=0
__PROGRAM_START
NRF52840_XXAA
NRF_802154_ECB_PRIORITY=0
NRF_802154_SWI_PRIORITY=1
NRF_802154_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_SECURITY_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_IE_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_USE_RAW_API=1
NRF_802154_PENDING_SHORT_ADDRESSES=16
NRF_802154_PENDING_EXTENDED_ADDRESSES=16
NRF_802154_RX_BUFFERS=16
NRF_802154_CCA_CORR_LIMIT_DEFAULT=2
NRF_802154_CCA_CORR_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT=45
NRF_802154_CCA_ED_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT=45
NRF_802154_CSMA_CA_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_TX_STARTED_NOTIFY_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_ACK_TIMEOUT_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_SECURITY_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_IE_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_CCA_MODE_DEFAULT=NRF_RADIO_CCA_MODE_ED
NRF_802154_INTERNAL_RADIO_IRQ_HANDLING=0
PSA_CRYPTO_SECURE
MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE=nrf-config.h
[367/794] Building CXX object modules/openthread/build/src/core/CMakeFiles/openthread-ftd.dir/thread/network_data_local.cpp.obj

[686/794] Building ASM object zephyr/arch/arch/arm/core/aarch32/CMakeFiles/arch__arm__core__aarch32.dir/swap_helper.S.obj
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[787/794] Linking CXX executable zephyr/zephyr_prebuilt.elf

[790/794] Generating dev_handles.c
/opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/zephyr/scripts/gen_handles.py:46: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
  if LooseVersion(elftools.__version__) < LooseVersion('0.24'):
[793/794] Linking CXX executable zephyr/zephyr.elf
[794/794] Linking CXX executable zephyr/zephyr.elf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:      505212 B      1020 KB     48.37%
            SRAM:      108112 B       256 KB     41.24%
        IDT_LIST:          0 GB         2 KB      0.00%

Yes, to flash the nrf52840_dongle I am using a tag connector and nrf52840dk_board as programmer.

I erased my existing nrf52840 dongle with "nrfjprog -e", and reflashed it using "west flash"

The following command appeared on flash:

➜  build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 git:(cfedfdfa0) ✗ west flash 
-- west flash: rebuilding
[1/1] cd /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/...LE="nrf-config.h"" -P /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/modules/lib/openthread/etc/cmake/print.cmak
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ASSERT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BACKBONE_ROUTER_DUA_NDPROXYING_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BACKBONE_ROUTER_MULTICAST_ROUTING_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BORDER_AGENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_BORDER_ROUTER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_MBEDTLS=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_MBEDTLS_MANAGEMENT=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_CHILD_SUPERVISION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COAP_API_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COAP_SECURE_API_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_COMMISSIONER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_AUTO_SYNC_ENABLE=0
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DHCP6_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DHCP6_SERVER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DIAG_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DNS_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ECDSA_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_HEAP_EXTERNAL_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_IP6_FRAGMENTATION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_JAM_DETECTION_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_JOINER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_LINK_RAW_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_FILTER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_TMF_NETWORK_DIAG_MTD_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_PING_SENDER_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_TMF_NETDATA_SERVICE_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_IP6_SLAAC_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_SNTP_CLIENT_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UDP_FORWARD_ENABLE=1
OPENTHREAD_SPINEL_CONFIG_RCP_RESTORATION_MAX_COUNT=0
PACKAGE_NAME=OPENTHREAD
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_THREAD_VERSION=OT_THREAD_VERSION_1_1
OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_NCP_HDLC_ENABLE=1
KERNEL
__ZEPHYR__=1
_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
BUILD_VERSION=v2.7.0-ncs1
__LINUX_ERRNO_EXTENSIONS__
USE_PARTITION_MANAGER=0
__PROGRAM_START
NRF52840_XXAA
NRF_802154_ECB_PRIORITY=0
NRF_802154_SWI_PRIORITY=1
NRF_802154_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_SECURITY_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_IE_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_USE_RAW_API=1
NRF_802154_PENDING_SHORT_ADDRESSES=16
NRF_802154_PENDING_EXTENDED_ADDRESSES=16
NRF_802154_RX_BUFFERS=16
NRF_802154_CCA_CORR_LIMIT_DEFAULT=2
NRF_802154_CCA_CORR_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT=45
NRF_802154_CCA_ED_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT=45
NRF_802154_CSMA_CA_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_TX_STARTED_NOTIFY_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_ACK_TIMEOUT_ENABLED=1
NRF_802154_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_SECURITY_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_IE_WRITER_ENABLED=0
NRF_802154_CCA_MODE_DEFAULT=NRF_RADIO_CCA_MODE_ED
NRF_802154_INTERNAL_RADIO_IRQ_HANDLING=0
PSA_CRYPTO_SECURE
MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE=nrf-config.h
-- west flash: using runner nrfjprog
Using board 683437999
-- runners.nrfjprog: Flashing file: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/nrf/samples/openthread/cli/build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/zephyr/zephyr.hex
Parsing image file.
Verified OK.
Enabling pin reset.
Applying pin reset.

still, I don't get any /dev/tty* port for my nrf52840 dongle.

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Marte Myrvold — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:15:24 GMT

Hi,

The file overlay-usb.conf should be passed as OVERLAY_CONFIG, not CONF_FILE. Please try the following command instead:

west build -b nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -d build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-usb.conf -DDTC_OVERLAY_FILE=usb.overlay

[quote user="bhumika"]Now I flashed the code in my nrf52840 dongle using "west flash" command[/quote]

Are you using an external debug probe to flash the dongle, since you are able to do so using west flash?

Best regards,

Marte

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Bhumika — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:47:01 GMT

I have build the cli example for nrf52840 dongle using following command:

"west build -b nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -d build_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 -- -DCONF_FILE=overlay-usb.conf -DDTC_OVERLAY_FILE=usb.overlay"

and build was successful.

Now I flashed the code in my nrf52840 dongle using "west flash" command. It was successfully flashed as well.

But when I connect my dongle on. my laptop, on USB port, I can't see any dev/tty* port corresponding to dongle.

How should I access cli screen on nrf52840 dongle?

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Marte Myrvold — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:54:58 GMT

Hi,

You have multiple options for setting the overlay files to enable the extension.

One option is to set it in CMakeLists.txt by adding the following lines before find_package:

set(OVERLAY_CONFIG "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/overlay-usb.conf")

set(DTC_OVERLAY_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/usb.overlay")

You can also set it in the IDE if you are using VS Code or SES, or you can add it as an argument if you build on the command line. All of these options are explained here: Configuring build types.

Then you just need to build the sample to make the extension be enabled.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Bhumika — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:06:14 GMT

Hi,

can you provide an example where CLI is built for nrf52840 dongle in USB mode?

RE: Build CLI sample in nRF_connect_sdk for nrf52840 dongle

Marte Myrvold — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:09:58 GMT

Hi,

You can make the sample use USB by activating the USB overlay extension:

Set OVERLAY_CONFIG to overlay-usb.conf
Set DTC_OVERLAY_FILE to usb.overlay

For how to add this option see Providing CMake options. See Important Build System Variables for more information about configuration overlay files.

Best regards,

Marte