NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:49:34 GMT

How/What do you modify the application?

Which SDK are you using? Are you using the open_bootloader project?

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:46:50 GMT

i belive the problem is the application was for revision 2 of dongle but i have revision 3

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:39:42 GMT

I don't think "Does not need to be reloaded" is an error. That file is the same as the one on the dongle, so it doesn't need to load again.

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:27:11 GMT

Now im getting errors in programmer

01:31:35.018

Does not need to be reloaded: C:\Users\a\Desktop\pca10059_bootloader-0.7.0_s140_6.1.1 (2).hex

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:33:25 GMT

Unfortunately, I don't have the resources and enough knowledge for the uf2 file. I would leave this question to the other experts on this forum. You also could contact the file provider.

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:42:18 GMT

Its not from adafruit but i wanna know how can i change the uf2 file on the chip

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:40:43 GMT

Hi,

[quote user="skelly7769"]but it won't show up in device manager like it's not connected[/quote]

Seems the application doesn't have/enable the USB function.

I'm not sure I know what the UF2 file is. If you are using the image from Adafruit, I would suggest you to contact Adafruit to get their support.

Regards,
Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:13:25 GMT

I know that it shouldn't pop up in nRF connect but it won't show up in device manager like it's not connected. How can I change the uf2 file on the dongle?

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:06:53 GMT

The device will reset when the upgrade completes and the dongle will no longer show up in nRF Connect unless the application used DFU Trigger Library is used, as it is no longer in DFU mode. You will get an error stating "Reopen device failed" in this case, and have to push the RESET button in order to make it show up in nRF Connect Programmer again.

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:57:17 GMT

also the file i got came with the UF2 too but idk how to put it on the dongle

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:46:44 GMT

It still doesnt recognize the usb or make a sound

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:30:58 GMT

The image is in the "Revert to production bootloader" section in that nRF52840 Dongle Programming Tutorial or you could generate it from the nRF5_SDK\examples\dfu\open_bootloader.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:32:14 GMT

Could you send the open bootloader hex? Idk where to find it

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:31:41 GMT

You can merge the bootloader image with SD+APP image. See Merging files with mergehex doc.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:03:48 GMT

I was sent the hex file.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:03:25 GMT

It's the same as you did for the image with SD+APP.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:00:15 GMT

How can i download it?

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:48:41 GMT

Hi,

The updated image seems only have SD+APP. If you want to update the bootloader, you can use the Open bootloader example project from the SDK.

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:17:11 GMT

The firmware im flashing does not have the bootloader region and when i flash it then the log is

21:12:54.620

Using nrf-device-lib-js version: 0.5.0

21:12:54.620

Using nrf-device-lib version: 0.13.11

21:12:54.620

Using nrfjprog DLL version: 10.18.2

21:12:54.621

Using JLink version: JLink_V7.66a

21:13:22.436

Parsing HEX file: C:\Users\a\Downloads\NRF (1)\temp_app_stamped_p.hex

21:13:22.451

File was last modified at 7/20/2021, 11:28:27 PM

21:13:22.568

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:22.568

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:22.569

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:13:29.016

Parsing HEX file: C:\Users\a\Desktop\graviton_bootloader_mbr_v1.0.1-[nRF5_SDK_15.0.1-1.alpha_f76d012].hex

21:13:29.016

File was last modified at 5/22/2018, 8:20:20 AM

21:13:29.045

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:29.045

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:29.045

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:13:32.792

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:32.792

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:34.805

Parsing HEX file: C:\Users\a\Desktop\graviton_bootloader_mbr_v1.0.1-[nRF5_SDK_15.0.1-1.alpha_f76d012].hex

21:13:34.805

File was last modified at 5/22/2018, 8:20:20 AM

21:13:34.825

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:34.825

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:38.620

Parsing HEX file: C:\Users\a\Desktop\temp_app_stamped_p.hex

21:13:38.620

File was last modified at 7/20/2021, 11:28:27 PM

21:13:38.717

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:38.717

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:38.717

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:13:51.677

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:51.677

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:51.677

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:13:55.288

Using @nordicsemiconductor/nrf-device-lib-js to communicate with target via USB SDFU protocol

21:13:56.082

Update files regions according to Application core

21:13:56.082

Parse memory regions for file

21:13:56.082

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:13:59.202

Target device closed

21:15:45.122

Using @nordicsemiconductor/nrf-device-lib-js to communicate with target via USB SDFU protocol

21:15:45.898

Update files regions according to Application core

21:15:45.898

Parse memory regions for file

21:15:45.898

SoftDevice detected, id 0xB6 (S140 v6.1.1)

21:16:06.784

Does not need to be reloaded: C:\Users\a\Desktop\temp_app_stamped_p.hex

21:16:06.785

SdReq for SoftDevice is set as 0x00.

21:16:06.786

Hash is generated by SHA256

21:16:06.787

Hash is generated by SHA256

21:16:06.790

Performing DFU. This may take a few seconds

21:16:06.833

Opening serial port for SDFU programming: 0%

21:16:07.260

Opening serial port for SDFU programming: 100%

21:16:07.382

Uploading image through SDFU: 0%

21:16:07.678

Uploading image through SDFU: 100%

21:16:16.507

Waiting for serial port to be attached: 0%

21:16:16.536

Target device closed

21:16:18.066

Device was attached: 100%

21:16:18.066

Opening serial port for SDFU programming: 0%

21:16:18.480

Opening serial port for SDFU programming: 100%

21:16:18.536

Uploading image through SDFU: 0%

21:16:18.820

Uploading image through SDFU: 100%

21:16:28.328

All dfu images have been written to the target device

21:16:31.329

Failed to reconnect to device: Error: Timeout while waiting for device F6ACAB4B0AFE to be attached and enumerated

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:34:04 GMT

Check the "Revert to production bootloader" section in that tutorial.

-Amanda H.

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

skelly7769 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:30:54 GMT

I'm using the normal dongle nrf52840 trying to flash it through programmer as a steamvr dongle it replaces the bootloader with nothing I believe the issue is that I need bootloader.hex

RE: NRF dongle not booting up after flashing

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:59:10 GMT

Hi,

Are you using this nRF52840 Dongle? or provide by other vendors?

How do you program the dongle? and What firmware are you flashing?

This tutorial nRF52840 Dongle Programming Tutorial might help.

Regards,
Amanda H.