nrf9160 Setup Issue

FlareHalo

Hi,
SETUP
Version: 1.2.1 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 031e7e0ff1e2eda9c1a0f5df67d44053b059c5d0
Date: 2025-07-03T06:16:02.610Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

I am experiencing a similar issue as: https://community.circuitdojo.com/d/687-init-repo-error where I cant build any samples:

Executing task: west build -b circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/nrf9160/ns -d build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160 

ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': The system cannot find the file specified.

FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: 'C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake\cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64\bin\cmake.EXE' --build 'C:\Users\flarehalo\Documents\circuitdojo\nfed\samples\external_flash\build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160'

I followed the documentation for Windows SDK: https://docs.circuitdojo.com/nrf9160-feather/sdk-setup-windows.htm

Installed the extension
ran Zephyr Tools: Setup (twice actually as suggested in the other post)

[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\newtmgr.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\ninja-win.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake
[SETUP] Installing zephyr-sdk-0.16.4 toolchain...
[SETUP] 7z extract C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain
[SETUP] 7z extract C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\toolchain_windows-x86_64_arm-zephyr-eabi.7z to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4
git version 2.47.0.windows.2
[SETUP] git installed
python --version
[SETUP] python3 found
python -m pip --version
pip 25.1 from C:\Users\flarehalo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.12)

[SETUP] pip installed
python -m venv --help
[SETUP] python3 venv OK
python -m venv "C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env"
[SETUP] virtual python environment created
Requirement already satisfied: west in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (1.4.0)
Requirement already satisfied: colorama in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from west) (0.4.6)
Requirement already satisfied: PyYAML>=5.1 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from west) (6.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pykwalify in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from west) (1.8.0)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from west) (25.0)
Requirement already satisfied: docopt>=0.6.2 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from pykwalify->west) (0.6.2)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.8.0 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from pykwalify->west) (2.9.0.post0)
Requirement already satisfied: ruamel.yaml>=0.16.0 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from pykwalify->west) (0.18.14)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.8.0->pykwalify->west) (1.17.0)
Requirement already satisfied: ruamel.yaml.clib>=0.2.7 in c:\users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\env\lib\site-packages (from ruamel.yaml>=0.16.0->pykwalify->west) (0.2.12)

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.3.1 -> 25.1.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
[SETUP] west installed
[SETUP] Zephyr setup complete!`

> ran Zephyr Tools: Init Repo
> all ran cleanly

> ran Zephyr Tools: Build
> Selected the: nr9160 ns board
> Chose the external flash sample

`Executing task: west build -b circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/nrf9160/ns -d build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160 

-- west build: generating a build system
Loading Zephyr module(s) (Zephyr base): sysbuild_default
-- Found Python3: C:/Users/clint/.zephyrtools/env/Scripts/python.exe (found suitable version "3.12.8", minimum required is "3.10") found components: Interpreter

-- Cache files will be written to: C:/flarehalo/zephyr/.cache
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.4.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160, Revision: 6, qualifiers: nrf9160/ns
Parsing C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/sysbuild/Kconfig
Loaded configuration 'C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/_sysbuild/empty.conf'
Merged configuration 'C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/_sysbuild/empty.conf'
Merged configuration 'C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/sysbuild.conf'
Configuration saved to 'C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to 'C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/_sysbuild/autoconf.h'
-- 
   *****************************
   * Running CMake for mcuboot *
   *****************************

Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: C:/flarehalo/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr
-- CMake version: 3.22.0
-- Found Python3: C:/Users/clint/.zephyrtools/env/Scripts/python.exe (found suitable version "3.12.8", minimum required is "3.10") found components: Interpreter

-- Cache files will be written to: C:/flarehalo/zephyr/.cache
-- Zephyr version: 4.0.99 (C:/flarehalo/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.4.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160, Revision: 6, qualifiers: nrf9160
CMake Error at C:/flarehalo/zephyr/cmake/modules/FindZephyr-sdk.cmake:80 (find_package):
  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Zephyr-sdk"
  (requested version 0.16) with any of the following names:

    Zephyr-sdkConfig.cmake
    zephyr-sdk-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "Zephyr-sdk" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "Zephyr-sdk_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If
  "Zephyr-sdk" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
  been installed.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/cmake/modules/FindHostTools.cmake:53 (find_package)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/cmake/modules/dts.cmake:9 (find_package)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:133 (include)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:66 (include)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate)
  CMakeLists.txt:18 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
CMake Error at cmake/modules/sysbuild_extensions.cmake:514 (message):
  CMake configure failed for Zephyr project: mcuboot

  Location: C:/flarehalo/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake/modules/sysbuild_images.cmake:43 (ExternalZephyrProject_Cmake)
  cmake/modules/sysbuild_default.cmake:21 (include)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:75 (include)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate)
  C:/flarehalo/zephyr/share/sysbuild-package/cmake/SysbuildConfig.cmake:8 (include)
  template/CMakeLists.txt:10 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/external_flash/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log"`

Looking further into it further I discovered that the zephyr build is failing silently.
The zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z is not being extracted from from the downloads folder to the target location. Also, the environment variables are not being set. This is all captured in manifest.json file

"toolchains": [
        {
          "name": "zephyr-sdk-0.16.4",
          "downloads": [
            {
              "name": "toolchain",
              "filename": "zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z",
              "url": "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v0.16.4/zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z",
              "md5": "fbf2ffa00c77227537514fa43075607f",
              "suffix": "zephyr-sdk-0.16.4\\arm-zephyr-eabi\\bin\\",
              "env": [
                {
                  "name": "ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT",
                  "value": "zephyr",
                  "usepath": false,
                  "append": false
                },
                {
                  "name": "ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR",
                  "suffix": "zephyr-sdk-0.16.4",
                  "usepath": true,
                  "append": false
                }
              ]
            }

After correcting this manually I still get the following error:

Executing task: west build -b circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/nrf9160/ns -d build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160 

ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': The system cannot find the file specified.

Is it possible the build process is broken for Windows with the 7z archives not extracting properly?

Any guidance appreciated.

jaredwolff

@FlareHalo I’ll look into this today.

jaredwolff

@FlareHalo see my response here: https://community.circuitdojo.com/d/687-init-repo-error/13

After installing the latest version you will have to delete the build directory in the project you’re using or run Zephyr Tools: Clean

Thanks for your investigatory work here. Hope it all works for you now.

FlareHalo

Hi @jaredwolff,

Appreciate your effort on this. FYI @jhox616

Upgraded your extension to v0.3.5

Started clean by deleting everything in the C:\Users\flarehalo.zephyrtools\ folder

Unfortunately, still not building as the 7z is having problems as follows (no more silent errors now - awesome work!):

[SETUP] Starting processing: zephyr-tools [SETUP] URL: https://github.com/circuitdojo/zephyr-tools-cli/releases/download/0.1.7/zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip [SETUP] Expected MD5: ab0154c2923f7f89ec025edd020785e4 [SETUP] downloading https://github.com/circuitdojo/zephyr-tools-cli/releases/download/0.1.7/zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip [SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools [SETUP] Created target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools [SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools [SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools [SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted [SETUP] Successfully completed: zephyr-tools [SETUP] Starting processing: newtmgr [SETUP] URL: https://docs.jaredwolff.com/files/newtmgr/windows/newtmgr.zip [SETUP] Expected MD5: 3ed9e43ff509a54fd5010c144e45697b [SETUP] downloading https://docs.jaredwolff.com/files/newtmgr/windows/newtmgr.zip [SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr [SETUP] Created target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr [SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr [SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\newtmgr.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr [SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted [SETUP] Successfully completed: newtmgr [SETUP] Starting processing: ninja [SETUP] URL: https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-win.zip [SETUP] Expected MD5: 8dad6a63141d57aae277e68ef7658ca1 [SETUP] downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-win.zip [SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja [SETUP] Created target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja [SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja [SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\ninja-win.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja [SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted [SETUP] Successfully completed: ninja [SETUP] Starting processing: cmake [SETUP] URL: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.0/cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip [SETUP] Expected MD5: 1a273903dcb295455b69af7c9c10efa2 [SETUP] downloading https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.0/cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip [SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake [SETUP] Created target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake [SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake [SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake [SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted [SETUP] Successfully completed: cmake [SETUP] Installing zephyr-sdk-0.16.4 toolchain... [SETUP] Starting processing: toolchain [SETUP] URL: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v0.16.4/zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z [SETUP] Expected MD5: fbf2ffa00c77227537514fa43075607f [SETUP] downloading https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v0.16.4/zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z [SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain [SETUP] Created target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain [SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain [SETUP] Starting 7z extraction: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain [SETUP] Using 7z binary from 7zip-bin: c:\Users\flarehalo\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe [SETUP] 7z source: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z [SETUP] 7z destination: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain **[SETUP] 7z extraction error: Error: spawn c:\Users\flarehalo\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe ENOENT [SETUP] 7z extraction completed successfully [SETUP] CRITICAL: 7z extraction error for toolchain: Error: spawn c:\Users\flarehalo\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe ENOENT [SETUP] FAILED to process: toolchain [SETUP] ABORTING: Failed to process toolchain toolchain**

I’ll do some more manual investigation and see if we can progress…

jaredwolff

FlareHalo do you have antivirus or something that would prevent it from running?

FlareHalo

jaredwolff

FlareHalo Started clean by deleting everything in the C:\Users\flarehalo.zephyrtools\ folder

definitely did that - I thought the same

FlareHalo

jaredwolff No, but potentially a Windows UAC thing.

jaredwolff

One thing you can also try is to delete everything in the .zephyrtools dir except for the downloads folder. Could be mad about it being populated (I’ll test that shortly)

jaredwolff

ENOENT leads me to think either it can’t get to 7z.exe or can’t find the zip file for some reason

FlareHalo

jaredwolff what is the command is it trying to run? I could do it manually to verify.

FlareHalo

@jaredwolff

Its pointing to the wrong path for 7za.exe.

LOG - c:\Users\flarehalo.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe ENOENT

Manually tried: C:\flarehalo>c:\Users\flarehalo\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe The system cannot find the path specified.

Actual file structure:

C:\flarehalo>tree /f c:\Users\clint\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\ Folder PATH listing for volume OS Volume serial number is A23A-D076 C:\USERS\CLINT\.VSCODE\EXTENSIONS\CIRCUITDOJO.ZEPHYR-TOOLS-0.3.5 │ .gitignore │ .nvmrc │ .vsixmanifest │ changelog.md │ extension.js │ LICENSE.md │ package.json │ readme.md │ ├───dist │ extension.js │ ├───img │ bulb.png │ ├───manifest │ manifest.json │ ├───node_modules │ └───7zip-bin │ │ 7x.sh │ │ index.d.ts │ │ index.js │ │ LICENSE.txt │ │ package.json │ │ README.md │ │ │ ├───linux │ │ ├───arm │ │ │ 7za │ │ │ │ │ ├───arm64 │ │ │ 7za │ │ │ │ │ ├───ia32 │ │ │ 7za │ │ │ │ │ └───x64 │ │ 7za │ │ build.sh │ │ do-build.sh │ │ │ ├───mac │ │ ├───arm64 │ │ │ 7za │ │ │ │ │ └───x64 │ │ 7za │ │ │ └───win │ ├───arm64 │ │ 7za.exe │ │ │ ├───ia32 │ │ 7za.exe │ │ │ └───x64 │ 7za.exe

TLDR: c:\Users\flarehalo.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe is the wrong location. It should be using: c:\Users\flarehalo.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\node_modules\7zip-bin\win\x64\7za.exe

jaredwolff

It was working on my Windows setup. Have you tried removing and reinstalling the extension? (I don’t think it will fix it but worth a shot)

I’m using the API that dynamically calls the executable so possibly something going on specifically with your machine that is messing with the path.

jaredwolff

My guess is that this could be because a difference in node version. Your VSCode is slightly behind latest but not crazy. Let me see what my setup has

FlareHalo

jaredwolff

I am using Cursor and VS Code

Cursor is behind on VSCode Version: 1.99.3 and I cant install the new extension easily

Consequently, I jumped back into VS code.
Version: 1.101.2 (user setup)
Commit: 2901c5ac6db8a986a5666c3af51ff804d05af0d4
Date: 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z
Electron: 35.5.1
ElectronBuildId: 11727614
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Fresh extension install had no problems, but still cannot progress past the 7z problem

jaredwolff

Version: 1.101.2 (user setup)
Commit: 2901c5ac6db8a986a5666c3af51ff804d05af0d4
Date: 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z
Electron: 35.5.1
ElectronBuildId: 11727614
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Seems like the same setup.

Originally you wrote:

Fresh extension install (no problems)

What changed?

Unfortunately I cannot support all the edge cases like Cursor. Only vanilla VSCode.

FlareHalo

jaredwolff What changed?

Nothing. I realized I wasn’t clear in my original message and that it would appear that the build process is working. What I did mean was: the extension installed with no problem. Not that the Zephyr Build ran with no problem.

Apologies for the confusion - I tried to fix before anyone noticed 😉

Understood that you wouldn’t support Cursor and I don’t expect you to. I will work with VS Code only to avoid any chance that might be the issue.

Still unsure why the log in VSCode says its looking in the dist folder

FlareHalo

SUCCESS (with workaround)

I manually copied the win\x64\7za.exe folders and file from C:\Users\flarehalo.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\node_modules\7zip-bin\win\x64\7za.exe and have now passed the setup process without error.

[SETUP] URL: https://github.com/circuitdojo/zephyr-tools-cli/releases/download/0.1.7/zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
[SETUP] Expected MD5: ab0154c2923f7f89ec025edd020785e4
[SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools
[SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-tools-0.1.7-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\zephyr-tools
[SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted
[SETUP] Successfully completed: zephyr-tools
[SETUP] Starting processing: newtmgr
[SETUP] URL: https://docs.jaredwolff.com/files/newtmgr/windows/newtmgr.zip
[SETUP] Expected MD5: 3ed9e43ff509a54fd5010c144e45697b
[SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr
[SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\newtmgr.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\newtmgr
[SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted
[SETUP] Successfully completed: newtmgr
[SETUP] Starting processing: ninja
[SETUP] URL: https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-win.zip
[SETUP] Expected MD5: 8dad6a63141d57aae277e68ef7658ca1
[SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja
[SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\ninja-win.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\ninja
[SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted
[SETUP] Successfully completed: ninja
[SETUP] Starting processing: cmake
[SETUP] URL: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.0/cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip
[SETUP] Expected MD5: 1a273903dcb295455b69af7c9c10efa2
[SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake
[SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake
[SETUP] unzip C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\cmake-3.22.0-windows-x86_64.zip to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\cmake
[SETUP] ZIP extraction validated: 1 items extracted
[SETUP] Successfully completed: cmake
[SETUP] Installing zephyr-sdk-0.16.4 toolchain...
[SETUP] Starting processing: toolchain
[SETUP] URL: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v0.16.4/zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z
[SETUP] Expected MD5: fbf2ffa00c77227537514fa43075607f
[SETUP] Initial copytopath: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain
[SETUP] Cleared and recreated target directory: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain
[SETUP] Starting 7z extraction: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z to C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain
[SETUP] Using 7z binary from 7zip-bin: c:\Users\flarehalo\.vscode\extensions\circuitdojo.zephyr-tools-0.3.5\dist\win\x64\7za.exe
[SETUP] 7z source: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\downloads\zephyr-sdk-0.16.4_windows-x86_64_minimal.7z
[SETUP] 7z destination: C:\Users\flarehalo\.zephyrtools\toolchain
[SETUP] 7z extraction completed successfully
[SETUP] 7z extraction validated: 1 items extracted
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The blinky sample builds successfully (the external flash sample doesn’t, but that’s a sample code issue)

FlareHalo

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FlareHalo

Now the environment is setup, I can build a sample (blinky) successfully.

west build -b circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/nrf9160/ns -p -d build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160
...snip...
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/blinky/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/blinky/tfm
[10/233] Performing build step for 'tfm'
[136/140] Linking C executable bin\tfm_s.axf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:       31580 B      32256 B     97.90%
             RAM:       10404 B        32 KB     31.75%
[140/140] Linking C static library secure_fw\libtfm_s_veneers.a
[12/233] Performing install step for 'tfm'
-- Install configuration: "MinSizeRel"
----- Installing platform NS -----
[233/233] Linking C executable zephyr\zephyr.elf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:       19708 B       448 KB      4.30%
             RAM:        4968 B     211608 B      2.35%
        IDT_LIST:          0 GB        32 KB      0.00%
Generating files from C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/blinky/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/blinky/zephyr/zephyr.elf for board: circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160
image.py: sign the payload
image.py: sign the payload
[11/20] Performing build step for 'mcuboot'
[6/223] Generating include/generated/zephyr/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 4.0.99 (C:/flarehalo/zephyr), build: v4.0.99-ncs1-1
[223/223] Linking C executable zephyr\zephyr.elf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:       48756 B        48 KB     99.19%
             RAM:       24776 B        32 KB     75.61%
        IDT_LIST:          0 GB        32 KB      0.00%
Generating files from C:/flarehalo/nfed/samples/blinky/build/circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.elf for board: circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160
[20/20] Generating ../merged.hex

Run $ Zephyr Tools: Setup Newtmgr to set the port (COM7) and baud (1000000)

Now I can’t flash it to the device: (its in DFU mode with constant blue led)

$ Zephyr Tools: Load via Bootloader

newtmgr -c vscode-zephyr-tools image upload c:\flarehalo\nfed\samples\blinky\build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160\blinky.bin -r 3 -t 0.25 

Error: open c:\flarehalo\nfed\samples\blinky\build\circuitdojo_feather_nrf9160\blinky.bin: The system cannot find the file specified.

upload - Upload image to a device

Usage:
  newtmgr image upload <image-file> -c <conn_profile> [flags]

Examples:
  newtmgr -c olimex image upload bin/slinky_zero/apps/slinky.img


Flags:
  -h, --help        help for upload
  -n, --image int   In a multi-image system, which image should be uploaded
  -e, --noerase     Don't send specific image erase command to start with
  -u, --upgrade     Only allow the upload if the new image's version is greater than that of the currently running image

Global Flags:
  -c, --conn string         connection profile to use
      --connextra string    Additional key-value pair to append to the connstring
      --connstring string   Connection key-value pairs to use instead of using the profile's connstring
      --conntype string     Connection type to use instead of using the profile's type
  -i, --hci int             HCI index for the controller on Linux machine
  -l, --loglevel string     log level to use (default "info")
      --name string         name of target BLE device; overrides profile setting
      --ompres string       Use this CoAP resource instead of /omgr (default "/omgr")
  -t, --timeout float       timeout in seconds (partial seconds allowed) (default 10)
  -r, --tries int           total number of tries in case of timeout (default 1)
      --write-rsp           Send BLE acked write requests instead of unacked write commands

Should the blinky sample work out of the box with the zephyr tools? I don’t think blinky.bin that correct file to flash? (it doesnt exist anyway)

I can manually flash the blinky.signed.bin file, but isnt that what the tool should do?

newtmgr.exe -c vscode-zephyr-tools image upload blinky.signed.bin -r 3 -t 0.25                                                            
 51.39 KiB / 51.39 KiB [=================================================================================================================] 100.00% 16.53 KiB/s 3s
Done

newtmgr.exe -c vscode-zephyr-tools reset   
Done

Am I missing something?

jaredwolff

Nah they change the name of the .bin file. I’ve pushed 0.3.6 to VS Marketplace to fix that. I have a theory that esbuild was mucking up the paths for 7z so that should be fixed now as well.