Building the project using your local system¶
Before building the project using your local system, complete the following steps:
- Prepare your system
- Clone the project and install the dependencies
- Configure the project
Prepare your system¶
Follow the Getting started documentation of the nRF Connect SDK to set up your system for building the project.
Clone the project and install the dependencies¶
Create a folder, for example, ncs and initialize the project by running the following commands:
cd ./ncs
sudo pip3 install -U --pre west
west init -m https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/asset-tracker-cloud-firmware-azure \
--mr saga firmware
west update
sudo pip3 install -r zephyr/scripts/requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install pc_ble_driver_py
sudo pip3 install -r nrf/scripts/requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install -r bootloader/mcuboot/scripts/requirements.txt
# this sets $ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT and $GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH
source zephyr/zephyr-env.sh
Configure the project¶
Follow the configuration instructions for the firmware and add your settings to the firmware.conf file.
Build the project¶
Navigate to the ./ncs/firmware directory and build the project for your nRF9160-based device.
Thingy:91 (PCA20035)¶
west build -p always -b thingy91_nrf9160_ns -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG="overlay-azure.conf;overlay-debug.conf;asset-tracker-cloud-firmware-azure.conf;firmware.conf"
nRF9160 DK (PCA10090)¶
west build -p always -b nrf9160dk_nrf9160_ns -- -DOVERLAY_CONFIG="overlay-azure.conf;overlay-debug.conf;asset-tracker-cloud-firmware-azure.conf;firmware.conf"
Location of the HEX file¶
The built HEX file will be located in ./ncs/firmware/build/zephyr/merged.hex.