pc ble driver connectivity build

RE: pc ble driver connectivity build

arden-hills-sw — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 18:48:55 GMT

After some analysis: visual studio comes with CMake, so it doesn't need to be installed. It seems like CMake calls make so I had to install make. Moreover, the master branch seems broken; I couldn't build the connectivity hex files until I switched to a labeled release branch. Git also installs bash and sh; to get the build to work, I had to rename sh.exe to hide.sh.exe and bash to hide.bash.exe.

I'll create another thread to ask if pc-ble-driver was ported to Zephyr since it looks like the nRF52 SDK is being phased out.

RE: pc ble driver connectivity build

Susheel Nuguru — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:21:10 GMT

Yes that should install cmake into your environment but make sure that it is added into your system path. This is a simple environment setup issue on how to install cmake and make your terminal see cmake by putting the cmake path in the system path.

RE: pc ble driver connectivity build

arden-hills-sw — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:46:17 GMT

Susheel,

should:

    choco install make

be part of the build pc-ble-driver instructions?

RE: pc ble driver connectivity build

arden-hills-sw — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:43:14 GMT

Susheel,

my issue seems to be this line in pc-ble-driver/hex/CMakeLists.txt:

find_program(MAKE "make")

there seems to be nothing in the build instructions about that dependency:

https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver#Installing-dependencies-on-Windows

what part of the those instructions installs the "make" dependency?

RE: pc ble driver connectivity build

Susheel Nuguru — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:21:39 GMT

Hi,

I am not an expert in this but it looks like this is an issue with your toolchain where your setup cannot find few files/headers/executables in your system and/or build path. This is something you need to resolve first to proceed further in your development.

[quote user=""]Given that I'm working with the nrf52840 dev board, am I supposed to install the S140 soft device, first, and then install the connectivity hex build, next?[/quote]

In the overview section of the pc-ble-driver clearly mentions that

pc-ble-driver consists of a set of static and shared libraries that provide SoftDevice functionality to the application via serial port communication with an nRF5 connectivity chip running the SoftDevice and connectivity software, included as a single .hex file here. For more information on SoftDevice serialization see Serialization.

You need to install first the connectivity firmware which inturn has softdevice built into it.