Application development

The following user guides introduce important concepts to consider when developing a new application based on the nRF Connect SDK:

Subpages:

• Board support
  • Board names
  • Custom boards
• Build and configuration system
  • Zephyr’s build and configuration system
  • nRF Connect SDK additions
• Memory footprint optimization
  • Bluetooth
  • Thread
• Power optimization
  • Disabling serial logging
  • Idle current due to other peripherals
  • Cellular applications
• Bootloaders and Device Firmware Updates
  • Secure bootloader chain
  • Adding a bootloader chain
  • Testing the bootloader chain
  • Using external flash memory partitions
  • Customizing the bootloader
  • Firmware updates
• Logging in nRF Connect SDK
  • Zephyr system logger
  • Network protocol application logging
  • Logging backends
  • Logging output examples
• Multi-image builds
  • When to use multiple images
  • Default configuration
  • Defining and enabling a child image
  • Memory placement
• Testing with Unity and CMock
  • Setting up a unit test
  • Running the test
• Running applications with Trusted Firmware-M
  • Overview
  • Building
  • Programming
  • Logging
  • Limitations
• Radio front-end module (FEM) support
  • Enabling FEM and MPSL
  • Adding support for nRF21540 in GPIO mode
  • Adding support for SKY66112-11
  • Use case of incomplete physical connections to the FEM module
  • Supported boards
• Using Edge Impulse with the nRF Connect SDK
  • Overview
  • Adding Edge Impulse model to the nRF Connect SDK
• Using nRF Cloud with the nRF Connect SDK
  • Overview
  • nRF Connect SDK library support
  • Applications and samples
• Using Pelion with the nRF Connect SDK
  • Setting up dependencies
  • Pelion configuration