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This application note explains how to setup hardware to install and run the Thingy-9151-Lite application.

1. Setting Up Emulated Hardware Platform

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Connect the nRF9161 DK to the Linux host using a USB Type-C cable to get access to the on-board programmer and serial console. Specifically, connect a USB Type-C cable to the J6 connector.

Connect nRF5340 DK to the Linux host using a Micro-USB cable to get access to the on-board programmer and serial console. Specifically, connect a Micro-USB cable to the J2 connector.

2.

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Connecting USB Devices to the

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VMware Virtual Machine

Perform If the Linux is running in the VMware virtual machine, perform the following procedure on in order to get access to program nRF9161 DK and nRF5340 DK from the Linux virtual machineover USB:

  1. On the Windows host system, run VMware Workstation Player and launch the appropriate virtual machine.

  2. In the virtual machine window, click Player and go to Removable Devices:

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  3. In the drop-down menu, select SEGGER J-Link and click Connect:

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  4. Click OK in the pop-up window:

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  5. On the virtual machine, two USB ACM devices are detected by the Linux host when each of the target boards is connected:

    Code Block
    [1018339.755434] usb 1-2.2: new full-speed USB device number 17 using uhci_hcd
    [1018339.995658] usb 1-2.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1366, idProduct=1051, bcdDevice= 1.00
    [1018339.995664] usb 1-2.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
    [1018339.995666] usb 1-2.2: Product: J-Link
    [1018339.995668] usb 1-2.2: Manufacturer: SEGGER
    [1018339.995669] usb 1-2.2: SerialNumber: 001050016904
    [1018340.007741] cdc_acm 1-2.2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
    [1018340.016108] cdc_acm 1-2.2:1.2: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
  6. The target boards can now be programmed from the Linux virtual machine using nRF Util.

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