nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Frans Lutz — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:02:57 GMT

Hi Tal,

After looking into the board definitiion files it looks like the DCDC mode isn't enabled. You can enable this by adding a the file "Kconfig" into the board definition directory with the bellow content:

#
# Copyright (c) 2019 Nordic Semiconductor
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Nordic-5-Clause
#

if BOARD_NRF52KBD_NRF52832

config BOARD_ENABLE_DCDC
bool "Enable DCDC mode"
select SOC_DCDC_NRF52X
default y

endif # BOARD_NRF52KBD_NRF52832

You should change the above board names to your board name "BOARD_CANVAS_V1"

I would also recommend to copy the blinky example to a different project directory instead of the NCS Code base directory.
Within this project directory you can place the custom board definition in <PROJECTS>/Blinky/boards/arm/<yourboardname>/

Now this board will be vissible in as a custom board in the build configuration menu.

Regards, Frans

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:14:55 GMT

Great! On our side, we keep butting into this issue. In short, the standard examples work on a nrf52-DK; but as soon as we move to a custom board (created per the steps you provided - please see attachment "canvas_v1.zip") the code does compile and flash, but nothing noticable happens.

Looking forward to any insights in this. If it would be easier or quicker to arrange a videocall I can also screen share to walk through the steps I take.

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Priyanka — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:12:23 GMT

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. I have contacted internally and will get back to you as soon as I get a response.

-Priyanka

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:42:14 GMT

Yes, I did. And then I modified the defconfig file to enable RTT and GPIO (among some other interfaces). I also modified the .dts file to specify the LED pins (trying to work towards a blinky example). The resulting board is located in my arm boards directory in the SDK (../v1.9.1/boards/arm); which I created a zip of - attached to this thread.

I also then created a build configuration for that board according to the following settings (which I do not see any violations with in comparison to https://nrfconnect.github.io/vscode-nrf-connect/connect/build_app.html#setting-up-a-build-configuration):

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Priyanka — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:53:30 GMT

Hi ,

Did you add a custom board using these steps?

-Priyanka

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:53:23 GMT

As an update: We tried programming the very same board with Segger Studio and that worked normally, so this is also not a HW fault in any way. We are really keen to get started with Zephyr + Nordic hardware so we would really appreciate any insights on where to look for solutions. Thanks!

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:55:52 GMT

However, despite CONFIG_BOARD being undefined, this still yields a working build for the nrf52-DK

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:54:36 GMT

Then I get the following;

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Priyanka — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:49:28 GMT

Hi Tal,

Could you try to right-click on the first error (squiggles) and enable them?

-Priyanka

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:45:38 GMT

Hi Priyanka,

Those are errors thrown by the linter, not the compiler; there seems to be some trouble finding the proper libraries.

However, these errors are also thrown before building for the nrf52-DK, which clearly works.

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Priyanka — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:13:30 GMT

Hi,

In your screenshot, there seems to be 3 problems shown. Is it possible to show those?

-Priyanka

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Sophisti — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:49:43 GMT

Hi Priyanka,

I do not get any warnings or problems while building.

Best regards,

RE: nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 board configuration doesnt yield results.

Priyanka — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:46:44 GMT

Hi,

Do you get any warnings or problems while building?

Best Regards,

Priyanka