How to flash the NRF52840 dongle in order to use it with the CIQ Simulator

Former Member over 4 years ago

How to flash the NRF52840 dongle in order to use it with the CIQ Simulator ?

The nRF connect programmer "Erase Write " button always disabled

Thank you for your help

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago

Been a while since I did this, but have you just tried "write"?

Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks for your Reply.

Yes, i tried "write" but i am not sure that's works.

Regards

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

You can tell if it works by changing the BLE settings in the sim and see if you get an error or not.

Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hi Jim

I tried to re-flash my dongle by using of "Write" button

Then i put COM9 in the BLE settinngs on the SIMULATOR.

You can see the error message on the picture below.

In advance, thank for your help

Regards

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

What hex file are you using to flash? They are different for the dongle vs the nrf52-dk

Oh, one other thing. After flashing, make sure to unplug the dongle and plug it back in, to make sure it's booted on the correct FW.

Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hi Jim

I am using this firmware "connectivity_1.0.0_usb_with_s132_5.1.0"

After flashing, i unplugged and plugged it back in but no way

Regards

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I just flashed a dongle (it's been a while) and before that updated to the latest nRFConnect and programmer, just in case something changed. Then made sure to restart both.

When I plugged in the dongle, the programmer saw it as COM6, and I flashed it. Shut down nrfconnect, unplugged the dongle and plugged it back in, and looking at the device manager on windows, it's now COM5.

Changed to COM5 in the BLE settings for the sim, and all is working.

Check to see if the com port has changed for you as it did for me.

Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thank you Jim

I will try this and keep you informed

regards

Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hi Jim

in fact, the com port has change from COM9(SDFU) to COM10 (CDC ACM).

When i put COM10 in BLE settings ( SIM), there is no error message

How to check that it works ?

Regards

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Try to use it. Even if you dont have a thingy52, you can use the sample app and see what's happening while scanning. Just a simple println in the contains function in the BleDelegate will show you it's seeing something.