I have purchased a couple of bluetooth boards to start learning with. nRF52832 Bluefruit Feather and a itsybitsy nRF52840.
I wanted to start with a simple working example then branch out.
I have had no luck. I have tried following all the instructions, several simple projects.
Most of the examples I've tried won't compile. The few that do won't download.
I am using Arduino 1.8.16 ide
Windows 10.
The screen shots in the instructions don't look the same as mine. Especially when it comes to the bootloader and programmer. I am particularly nervous about downloading and installing a programmer so I can burn a new bootloader. I seem to have an ability to brick processors.
Can someone suggest an example that will actually work? Or point me to some directions that I can follow?
I am clearly missing something. Getting the original M0 and M4 boards to work was a minor pain, but nothing like this.
I'd be happy to buy a different Bluetooth board if there was a version that was easier to work with.
I included the output from one attempt to compile.
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Arduino: 1.8.16 (Windows 10), Board: "Adafruit Feather nRF52832, S132 6.1.1, Level 0 (Release)"
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:42, from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:8:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/common_header.h:74:20: error: redefinition of 'bool is_within(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t)'
74 | static inline bool is_within(uint32_t lower, uint32_t value, uint32_t upper)
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/rtos.h:45,
from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:48,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:2:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/common_func.h:317:20: note: 'bool is_within(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t)' previously defined here
317 | static inline bool is_within(uint32_t lower, uint32_t value, uint32_t upper)
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:43,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:8:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/errors.h:112:53: error: 'ERROR_NONE' conflicts with a previous declaration
112 | ERROR_NONE = 0x0000, ///< Successful command
| ^~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:42,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:22:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/common_header.h:74:20: error: redefinition of 'bool is_within(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t)'
74 | static inline bool is_within(uint32_t lower, uint32_t value, uint32_t upper)
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:26,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:2:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/wiring_constants.h:75:3: note: previous declaration '<unnamed enum> ERROR_NONE'
75 | ERROR_NONE = 0
| ^~~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:43,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:8:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/errors.h:196:3: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef enum err_t err_t'
196 | } err_t;
| ^~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:26,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\packetParser.cpp:2:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/wiring_constants.h:71:18: note: previous declaration as 'typedef uint32_t err_t'
71 | typedef uint32_t err_t;
| ^~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/rtos.h:45,
from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:48,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:16:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/common_func.h:317:20: note: 'bool is_within(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t)' previously defined here
317 | static inline bool is_within(uint32_t lower, uint32_t value, uint32_t upper)
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:43,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:22:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/errors.h:112:53: error: 'ERROR_NONE' conflicts with a previous declaration
112 | ERROR_NONE = 0x0000, ///< Successful command
| ^~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:26,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:16:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/wiring_constants.h:75:3: note: previous declaration '<unnamed enum> ERROR_NONE'
75 | ERROR_NONE = 0
| ^~~~~~~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/Adafruit_BLE.h:43,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:22:
C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_BluefruitLE_nRF51/utility/errors.h:196:3: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef enum err_t err_t'
196 | } err_t;
| ^~~~~
In file included from C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/Arduino.h:26,
from C:\Users\Fred\Documents\Arduino\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller\feather_bluefruit_neopixel_animation_controller.ino:16:
C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\1.1.0\cores\nRF5/wiring_constants.h:71:18: note: previous declaration as 'typedef uint32_t err_t'
71 | typedef uint32_t err_t;
| ^~~~~
exit status 1
Error compiling for board Adafruit Feather nRF52832.
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