Using TI's JLink debugger to program NRF thingy 53

[Iliar]

Hi there,

I am trying to program NRF 53 thingy using my debugger from TI (link below) in my Ubuntu environment.

https://www.ti.com/tool/CC-DEVPACK-DEBUG

I can see the devices in /dev/ttyACM0 and /dev/ttyACM1

but

nrfjprog --ids

  can not find the board and NRF connect Desktop says unsupported device. 

I did install the JLink from Segger and NRF-udev. 

I do not have the cable to use my NRF 53 DevKit to program NRF53 thingy since I assumed it would come with the package.

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

nrfjprog only works with Segger J-Link debug probes, and according to the page you linked to this is not a J-Link: "The Debugger DevPack is a small form-factor XDS110 debugger". The XDS110 debugger is a TI product I have no knowledge about, but I see it supports SWD, so in theory it can be used to debug nRF devices with the proper SW support, but that is not something we provide unfortunately.

You need to use some form of J-Link debugger compatible with ARMv8, like the nRF5340 DK you have. With the right 10 min cable it works out of the box, but as you write it is not included.