nRF52 DK

Vendor: Nordic Semiconductor
nRF52 DK (PCA10040)
Program Target: nRF52: nRF52832

Sample firmware

zephyr-sample-blinky.hex: Example “blinky” firmware for nRF52DK
nrf52832_xxaa.hex: ble_app_hrs firmware (nRF5 SDK example)
s132_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex (Available from Nordic)
zephyr-sample-blinky-200ms.hex: “blinky” firmware for nRF52DK, with 200ms duty cycle
Zephyr Samples > Firmware Binaries

Program nRF52832 (JLink)

Connection

Use a USB 2.0 Type-A to micro-USB cable to connect the nRF52DK micro-USB port to any of the USB ports of the PLT.

YAML test plan

suite-nrf52_pca10040-sample.yaml: PLT test plan for zephyr-sample.hex

title: "Program: blinky sample"
suite:
  - ident: DEV-T1
    title: Identify DUT
    steps:
      - command: identify nRF52_JLink
  - ident: DEV-T2
    title: Erase nRF52 through USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: erase nRF52_JLink
  - ident: DEV-T3
    title: Program nRF52 though USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: program nRF52_JLink zephyr-sample-blinky.hex

suite-nrf52_pca10040-sample-200ms.yaml: PLT test plan for zephyr-sample-200ms.hex

title: "Program: blinky sample (200ms)"
suite:
  - ident: DEV-T1
    title: Identify DUT
    steps:
      - command: identify nRF52_JLink
  - ident: DEV-T2
    title: Erase nRF52 through USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: erase nRF52_JLink
  - ident: DEV-T3
    title: Program nRF52 though USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: program nRF52_JLink zephyr-sample-blinky-200ms.hex

Zephyr Shell Interaction

Uses Zephyr ‘shell’ sample firmware image for nRF52DK
Firmware is programmed using nRF52DK built-in Segger-OB SWD programmer
UART interaction using the Segger USB CDC UART bridge

title: "Zephyr Shell Interaction (nRF52DK)"
suite:
 - ident: DEFINE
   steps:
     - command: |
         define FIRMWARE.elf "zephyr-shell-nrf52dk_nrf52832-3.3.0.elf"
     - command: define DUT.target "nRF52_JLink"
     - command: define DUT.uart "UART2"
  - ident: POWER
    steps:
     - command: ground all
     - command: power usb on
     - command: sleepms 100
  - ident: JLINK
    steps:
     - command: usb detect
       id: "1366:1015"
     - command: uartCfg %DUT.uart% 115200
       id: "1366:1015"
     - command: sleepms 500
  - ident: PROG
    steps:
     - command: identify %DUT.target%
     - command: program %DUT.target% %FIRMWARE.elf%
     - command: sleepms 100
  - ident: SHELL
    steps:
    - command: uart %DUT.uart%
      send: "\r\nkernel version\r\n"
      extract: "\r\n(.*) version (.*)\r\n"
      extractkey: KERNEL_NAME KERNEL_VERSION
    - command: uart %DUT.uart%
      send: "\r\nhwinfo devid\r\n"
      extract: "\r\n(.*)devid(.*)\r\n"
      extractkey: HWINFO_DEVID_A HWINFO_DEVID_B

Program nRF52832, Test BLE (JLink)

Connection

Use a USB 2.0 Type-A to micro-USB cable to connect the nRF52DK micro-USB port to any of the external USB ports of the back of the PLT.

YAML test plans

suite-hrs-BLE.yaml

title: "Program and Test nRF52DK"
suite:
  - ident: ICT-T1
    title: Identify nRF52 through USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: identify nRF52_JLink
  - ident: ICT-T2
    title: Erase nRF52 through USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: erase nRF52_JLink
  - ident: ICT-T3
    title: Program nRF52 through USB JLink
    steps:
      - command: program nRF52_JLink s132_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex,nrf52832_xxaa.hex
  - ident: ICT-T4
    title: BLE discovery
    steps:
      - command: bledis %BLEMAC% 5