NeuronWireless_raise2

nRF MCU family version for the Neuron Platform

Cloning the Repository with Submodules

To get a full copy of the repository, including all submodules:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone [email protected]:Dygmalab/NRF-Neuron.git

2. Navigate to the cloned directory and update the submodules:

cd NRF-Neuron && git submodule update --init --recursive

Target device

NeuronWireless_raise2 is built to be loaded into the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52833 microcontroller.

FLASH Memory Architecture

NeuronWireless_raise2	0x0002E000 - ...
-----------------------	---------------------------
rf_host_device	0x00027000 - 0x0002DFFF
-----------------------	---------------------------
Softdevice S140	0x00001000 - 0x00026FFF
MBR	0x00000000 - 0x00000FFF

Requirements

• make 4.3
• gcc-arm-none-eabi 10.3
• python 3.11
• IntelHex Python library

NRF-Neuron Project Setup Guide on Ubuntu

To cover these requirements in Ubuntu based distributions, install the build-essential package. For other Linux distros install them independently.

Install the toolchain for the arm chips

sudo apt install gcc-arm-none-eabi

For installing the IntelHex call

sudo pip install intelhex

Get NRF SDK

• Download the Nordic Semiconductor SDK nrf5_sdk_17.1.0_ddde560
• Unpack the nrf5_sdk_17.1.0_ddde560 into the libraries/SDK/nRF5_SDK_17.1.0_ddde560 folder

Build

cd NeuronWireless_raise2/build

make release or make debug

Flash

In order to upload the firmware into the Neuron, download Dygma flasher tool

https://github.com/Dygmalab/firmware-flasher/releases/latest

Follow the instructions described in its repository.

NRF-Neuron Project Setup Guide on Windows 10

Setting up the Compilation Environment

1. Download the gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10-win32.exe package from the following link: ARM Developer Downloads.

2. Install the downloaded package in C:\gcc-arm.

3. Add the C:\gcc-arm\bin directory to your system's PATH.

4. Download and install MSYS2 from this link: MSYS2.

5. MSYS2 comes with five different terminals. Open the MSYS2 MINGW64 terminal and run the following command to update the packages:

pacman -Syu

6. Next, execute the following command to install make:

pacman -S make

7. Add the arm-none-eabi-gcc compiler to the MSYS2 PATH. Go to C:\msys64\home\<YourUserName> and add the following line to the .bashrc file:

export PATH=$PATH:/c/gcc-arm/bin

8. Close and reopen the terminal. Check that the compiler has been added successfully by running:

arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
arm-none-eabi-g++ --version

Get NRF SDK

• Download the Nordic Semiconductor SDK nrf5_sdk_17.1.0_ddde560
• Unpack the nrf5_sdk_17.1.0_ddde560 into the libraries/SDK/nRF5_SDK_17.1.0_ddde560 folder

Setting up the Flashing Tool

1. Download and install 'nRF Connect for Desktop' from this link: nRF Connect for Desktop.

2. Open 'nRF Connect for Desktop' and install the ‘Programmer’ app to flash the project onto the microcontroller.

With these steps, you should have successfully set up your development and flashing environment for the NRF-Neuron project.