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Hands-on with the ABC

posted on September 30, 2020

This segment of the project will take the assembled hardware and start testing and implementing real-world features. This will include testing on the bench, working with low level firmware, implementing higher level firmware/software, considering web frameworks (for processing data), and hardening the product for future revisions and field testing.

Lesson Topics
  • Touring the new lab
  • ABC Initial Power Testing
  • ABC battery charge testing and troubleshooting
  • Getting to Blinky on the nRF52840-DK
  • Programmer options for the ABC
  • Connecting the JLink to the ABC
  • Setting up ABC pins for blinking LEDs
  • Getting to Blinky on the ABC using the nRF5 SDK
  • (Not) Getting to Bluetooth on the ABC (?)
  • Getting to Blinky with Zephyr on the nRF52840-DK
  • Getting to Blinky with Zephyr on the ABC board
  • Setting up Eclipse debugging with Bilal
  • Setting up PWM in Zephyr on the ABC

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