Adafruit Feather NRf52840 Zigbee with NRF connect SDK

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ErikNL
 
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Adafruit Feather NRf52840 Zigbee with NRF connect SDK

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I recently bought A Adafruit Feather NRf52840.
Since the NRf52840 supports Zigbee, I was hoping to use the board to experiment a bit with Zigbee.
The Arduino libraries don't seem to include a Zigbee API, but the Nordic semiconductor NRF connect SDK does, and it also includes a lot of samples.

I was wondering if I can use the NRF connect SDK with the Adafruit Feather NRf52840. I have installed the toolchain and VS code, but at "connected devices" the board does not show up. I also tried the official Nordic semiconductor programmer, but when I select the board there, it shows:

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Unsupported device. The detected device could not be recognized as neither JLink device nor Nordic USB device.
I found some information here that is maybe related: https://docs.zephyrproject.org/2.6.0/bo ... index.html
There's some information there about needing a external programmer connected to the SWD header. Would that be the case for what I'm trying to do too?
Would I need something like this: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2209 (combined with https://www.adafruit.com/product/2094 and https://www.adafruit.com/product/1675) ?

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Re: Adafruit Feather NRf52840 Zigbee with NRF connect SDK

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yep you will need a jlink programmer or similar to load code onto the board. it has a bootloader but that bootloader is not a zephyr-type (its for arduino/circuitpython only). there used to be the more affordable jlink mini but during the silicon shortage they haven't been making them :( you may want to pick up a nordic devboard that has a built in programmer to get started. it'll also have the most support from the nrf sdk! (can alwyas then have it work on the feather after you've learned it)

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Re: Adafruit Feather NRf52840 Zigbee with NRF connect SDK

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Thanks for the clarification, a nordic devboard might indeed be a better starting point for now, since the jlink programmer is quite a investment.

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