Problems detecting nRF52 in visual studio

[Faws]

Hello!

I have a problem where visual studio code is really unstable with detecting the nRF52DK nRF52832 in the connected devices tab. After setting up the IDE and SDK it worked, but after swapping the kit once, it won't show anymore. It works others systems, but just not this computer. So the chip isn't faulty.

I try to press the refresh button, but nothing happens. Sometimes there is a sequence of numbers showing up, like in the setup video tutorial. But if I press expand, it just loads forever. I can't show a picture of this because I can't recreate it. Now it just doesn't show anything.

How it looks when I plug in the development kit.

Using visual studio code on Windows computer. Also nRF Connect sdk 18

Thank you for help.

[Priyanka]

Hi Filip,

Are you able to detect the device on the computer, i.e. in your device manager?

If so, have you tried on other IDEs in this computer, like SEGGER? (just to see if this is solely for the VSCode)

Regards,

Priyanka

[Faws]

Hello!

I have not tried in SEGGER, as I have not downloaded it.

But yes, I can see it in the deice manager. And it works on other computers, just not the one I'm developing on. Which is pretty annoying.

It's just with one board it doesn't work, if I swap the board it works.

Filip

[Priyanka]

Hi,

And you are using the nRF52DK (not a nRF52 PDK?)

Also, Could you tell me your J-Link version?

-Priyanka

[Faws]

Yes, I am using the nRF52DK.

The J-link version is V7.58b. I re-installed everything couple days ago, so it should be the newest version.

[Priyanka]

Hi Filip,

Which version of nRF Connect for Desktop are you using? (the latest is v3.10.0) 

Could you also tell me your nRF Connect VS Code extension version?

Also, could you provide the Support Information?

(Ctrl + Shift + P) -> type "Generate Support Information"

Regards,

Priyanka

[Faws]

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I am using the latest version, v3.10.0

And the  nRF Connect VS Code extention version i v2022.1.192

I attached the support information too.

Edit:

I got the loading error, it looks like this. Just constant spinning and never fully loads. I can see the content on the chip in windows explorer, but not interact with it in VSCode

Thanks!

Filip

[Priyanka]

Hi Filip,

Could try running 'nrfjprog --ids' in the command line in order to list out the ID of all the connected boards?

Regards,

Priyanka