• State Suggested Answer
  • Replies 17 replies
  • Answers 1 answer
  • Subscribers 90 subscribers
  • Views 4298 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Attachments (1) Download All
Nordic Case Info
  • Case ID: 283374
Options

Nordic Board is stuck in reset

ZahidM

On a MCU PCA10040 v2.0.0, I ran the command:

.\nrfjprog.exe -f NRF52 --program .\final_image.hex --verify --reset

Which subsequently caused the board to go into a reset state where the LEDs are constantly flashing.

How can I recover from this please?

z

  • 0

    Hello Zahid,

    Could you tell me a bit about final_image.hex? My first thought is that there is something wrong with it.

    Best regards,

    Elfving

  • 0 in reply to Elfving
    I looked at the problem a little further and observed the following:  Using the latest SEGGER (v7.60g) and nrfjprog(10.15.1 external), I am unable to program the v2.0.0 Nordic Boards. These were put into the 'reset' state using the command discussed above.
    When I remove the SEGGER probe and external supply, and then plug in a USB cable, the green light (next to the MCU) is on and the four LEDs are very faintly on but I am still unable to program the board with the SEGGER and nrfjprog.
    If I use v2.1.0 Nordic boards, I have no problems and can program them via the USB cable using nrfjprog.
    So the problem is that it may not be the hex file but I need some help to program the older v2.0.0 boards?
  • 0 in reply to ZahidM

    Hello again,

    That is odd, considering that the differences between the versions aren't that extensive. I am looking into it though. Since you are saying "boards", I assume you've tried this on multiple boards of these versions?

    Is Segger or nrfjprog giving you any error? Are you able to reset the board using nrfjprog --reset? Have you tried the NCS Programmer application?

    Regards,

    Elfving

  • 0 in reply to Elfving

    Hello Elfving,

    Here are the results of --recover and --reset. The board are not responding at all to the nrfjprog command. Any command gives the same response.

    PS C:\Program Files\Nordic Semiconductor\nrf-command-line-tools\bin> .\nrfjprog.exe --recover
    ERROR: No debuggers were discovered.
    NOTE: For additional output, try running again with logging enabled (--log).
    NOTE: Any generated log error messages will be displayed.

    PS C:\Program Files\Nordic Semiconductor\nrf-command-line-tools\bin> .\nrfjprog.exe --reset
    ERROR: No debuggers were discovered.
    NOTE: For additional output, try running again with logging enabled (--log).
    NOTE: Any generated log error messages will be displayed.

    I am also not able to run with --log as seen below:

    PS C:\Program Files\Nordic Semiconductor\nrf-command-line-tools\bin> .\nrfjprog.exe --reset --log
    WARNING: Logging is unavailable. nrfjprog.exe does not have write
    WARNING: permission for the log file
    ERROR: No debuggers were discovered.
    NOTE: For additional output, try running again with logging enabled (--log).
    NOTE: Any generated log error messages will be displayed.

    Kind Regards,

    ZahidM

  • 0 in reply to ZahidM

    I see. Thanks for checking.

    Did you say you've tried this on multiple version 2 boards?

    Best regards,

    Elfving

Related
Terms of service