Installation

Last updated on: December 31, 2019

Prerequisites

Follow Nordic’s installation guide to install Zephyr, the nRF Connect SDK and related libraries, as follows:‍

  1. Install or update the nRF Connect for Desktop tool
  2. On the "Add/remove apps" tab, please install the "Getting Started Assistant" and the “Programmer” apps
  3. Launch the Getting Started Assistant app and follow the instructions for installing the development tools and downloading the nRF Connect SDK

Icarus on the Zephyr Realtime Operating System

Using Zephyr v2.0 or higher and nRF Conenct SDK v1.1.x

The board definition files are already merged into the official repositories, so just choose boards/arm/actinius_icarus from your Zephyr folder when setting up your project and start developing!

Importing an nRF Project in SES
Importing an nRF Project in SES

Add support for MCUBoot

To enable support for MCUBoot in your own custom firmware, please download this configuration file and place it into your local NCS MCUBoot folder, <ncs>/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/boards/.