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.. zephyr:board:: nrf9161dk

Overview


The nRF9161 DK (PCA10153) is a single-board development kit for evaluation and development on the nRF9161 SiP for DECT NR+ and LTE-M/NB-IoT with GNSS. The nrf9161dk/nrf9161 board configuration provides support for the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9161 ARM Cortex-M33F CPU with ARMv8-M Security Extension.

More information about the board can be found at the nRF9161 DK website. nRF9161 Product Specification contains the processor's information and the datasheet.

Hardware


nRF9161 DK has two external oscillators. The frequency of the slow clock is 32.768 kHz. The frequency of the main clock is 32 MHz.

Supported Features

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.. _nrf9161dk_additional_hardware:

See nRF9161 DK website_ and nRF9161 Product Specification_ for a complete list of nRF9161 DK board hardware features.

Connections and IOs

LED

  • LED1 (green) = P0.0
  • LED2 (green) = P0.1
  • LED3 (green) = P0.4
  • LED4 (green) = P0.5

Push buttons and Switches

  • BUTTON1 = P0.8
  • BUTTON2 = P0.9
  • SWITCH1 = P0.18
  • SWITCH2 = P0.19
  • BOOT = SW5 = boot/reset

Security components

  • Implementation Defined Attribution Unit (IDAU_). The IDAU is implemented with the System Protection Unit and is used to define secure and non-secure memory maps. By default, all of the memory space (Flash, SRAM, and peripheral address space) is defined to be secure accessible only.
  • Secure boot.

Programming and Debugging


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nrf9161dk/nrf9161 supports the Armv8m Security Extension, and by default boots in the Secure state.

Building Secure/Non-Secure Zephyr applications with Arm® TrustZone®

The process requires the following steps:

  1. Build the Secure Zephyr application using -DBOARD=nrf9161dk/nrf9161 and CONFIG_TRUSTED_EXECUTION_SECURE=y in the application project configuration file.
  2. Build the Non-Secure Zephyr application using -DBOARD=nrf9161dk/nrf9161/ns.
  3. Merge the two binaries together.

When building a Secure/Non-Secure application, the Secure application will have to set the IDAU (SPU) configuration to allow Non-Secure access to all CPU resources utilized by the Non-Secure application firmware. SPU configuration shall take place before jumping to the Non-Secure application.

Building a Secure only application

Build the Zephyr app in the usual way (see :ref:build_an_application and :ref:application_run), using -DBOARD=nrf9161dk/nrf9161.

Flashing

Follow the instructions in the :ref:nordic_segger page to install and configure all the necessary software. Further information can be found in :ref:nordic_segger_flashing. Then build and flash applications as usual (see :ref:build_an_application and :ref:application_run for more details).

Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.

First, run your favorite terminal program to listen for output.

.. code-block:: console

$ minicom -D <tty_device> -b 115200

Replace :code:<tty_device> with the port where the nRF9161 DK can be found. For example, under Linux, :code:/dev/ttyACM0.

Then build and flash the application in the usual way.

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: nrf9161dk/nrf9161 :goals: build flash

Debugging

Refer to the :ref:nordic_segger page to learn about debugging Nordic boards with a Segger IC.

Testing the LEDs and buttons in the nRF9161 DK


There are 2 samples that allow you to test that the buttons (switches) and LEDs on the board are working properly with Zephyr:

  • :zephyr:code-sample:blinky
  • :zephyr:code-sample:button

You can build and flash the examples to make sure Zephyr is running correctly on your board. The button and LED definitions can be found in :zephyr_file:boards/nordic/nrf9161dk/nrf9161dk_nrf9161_common.dtsi.

References


.. target-notes::

.. _IDAU: https://developer.arm.com/docs/100690/latest/attribution-units-sau-and-idau .. _nRF9161 DK website: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Development-Kits/nRF9161-DK .. _nRF9161 Product Specification: https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ps_nrf9161/page/nRF9161_html5_keyfeatures.html .. _Trusted Firmware M: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/tf-m/