PHYTEC reel board

Hardware

Platform Nordic nRF52: The nRF52 Series are built for speed to carry out increasingly complex tasks in the shortest possible time and return to sleep, conserving precious battery power. They have a Cortex-M4F processor which makes them quite capable Bluetooth Smart SoCs.

Microcontroller	NRF52840
Frequency	64MHz
Flash	1MB
RAM	256KB
Vendor	PHYTEC

Configuration

Please use reel_board ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:reel_board]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = reel_board

You can override default PHYTEC reel board settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest reel_board.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:reel_board]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = reel_board

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = nrf52840

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 64000000L

Uploading

PHYTEC reel board supports the following uploading protocols:

• blackmagic

• cmsis-dap

• jlink

• mbed

• nrfjprog

• stlink

Default protocol is cmsis-dap

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:reel_board]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = reel_board

upload_protocol = cmsis-dap

Debugging

Debugging - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

PHYTEC reel board has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don’t need to use/buy external debug probe.

Compatible Tools	On-board	Default
Black Magic Probe
CMSIS-DAP	Yes	Yes
J-LINK
ST-LINK

Frameworks

Name	Description
Zephyr	Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures