Has anybody had any success at programming the new BBC microb:bit V2 which has a nrf52833 device and a CMSIS:DAP interface, from Keil?
My intention was to try and get a BLE Mesh network demo but I'm not having much luck. I've tried creating a very simple project in Keil and can't even reach my main function in the simulator never mind programming the actual device. The only success I've had a programming was using the Lancaster University microbit-v2-samples from Github but there are no BLE examples included. I've also tried a port on Zephyr without success and had no luck with MBed Studio. Has anybody got any working C/C++ projects for the microbit:v2 in Keil, Mbed studio / Zephyr that they could share, ideally with BLE? However something, anything that could compile the programme the board from Keil would be useful.
Many thanks
J
Have you tried https://tech.microbit.org/ ?
https://tech.microbit.org/hardware/schematic/ refers to using the nRF5 SDK from Nordic - have you tried that?
If you're not already familiar with the nRF52 parts & tools, I'd certainly recommend some time gaining familiarity on a Nordic Dev Kit - before going "off piste" with something like this ...
Hello Andy, Thanks for the reply. I've had a look inside the Nordic nRF5_SDK. The closest examples I could find are for pca10100 which is nrf52833 based. However most of the Nordic DKs have a built in Segger programmer rather then the CMSIS-DAP interface on the Micro:Bit V2. I can get the examples to compile but when I change the Debugger to CMSIS-DAP Debugger and set the Flash Download to nRF52xxx I get a flash error of "Insufficient RAM for Flash Algorithms 1" Erase Failed. Any suggestions? Best wishes, Jeremy
To answer my own question about getting started with Keil on the BBC Micro:Bit V2 which is based on the nrF52833 the best starting point seems to be nRF5_SDK from Nordic (I'm using v 17.0.2). In the examples there are some for the pca10100 which I think is the nRF52833 DK which is normally programmed using the Segger interface. The Micro:Bit V2 has a CMSIS:DAP Interface. What needs changing is the memory mapping for the Device I set IROM1 from 0x0 Size 0x80000 and IRAM1 from 0x20000000 Size 0x20000. For the Flash Download I used the nRF52xxx Algorithm. What made it work for me was increasing the RAM for Algorithm Size to 0x00004000 so it now flashes.
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