[ABANDONED] J-link timeouts when debugging with nRF52

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  • [ABANDONED] J-link timeouts when debugging with nRF52

    Hello,

    I was wondering if anyone else had a disconnect/timeout problems when debugging nRF52 chips with SES under windows 10.
    I can load an start the program just fine but it will randomly disconnect with the "Target connection has been lost" message (see picture). It happens on the official dev-boards as well as on our custom boards, with the nRF52840 and nRF52832.
    For our custom boards I use a J-link v8.0 debugger and for the dev kits the onboard one.

    I currently use SES 4.12 and windows 10, x64. I can try on other platforms, if needed.

    Thanks for any advice!
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  • Hello,

    Thank you for your inquiry.
    Is your application using any sleep modes or WFIs?
    In that case it can happen that the debug interface gets disabled during the sleep mode.
    Are you debugging an application with a softdevice?
    In that case monitor mode debugging would be needed as the softdevice must not be stopped during execution.

    Best regards,
    Nino
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  • Thank you for your quick response.

    Yes, I use both a softdevice and hence WFIs for bluetooth applications. I will try to:

    a) remove the sleep(); function (sd_app_evt_wait())
    b) set up the monitor mode, which I wanted to set up anyway. I think I will try with this link for that, or can you recommend another source?

    Thanks!