Programming XIAO nRF52840 using nRF Connect and devkit J-link

[IsaacM]

I’m attempting to program my board using the nRF Connect SDK, with the nRF52840 development kit as a more affordable J-link. I’ve wired it up like so (Image borrowed from this post):

After connecting everything up, it looks like it should be working; I see in the terminal that the flash is programmed and verified, and it becomes unrecognized by Arduino afterwards so something happens, but it doesn’t appear to do what it should, even a basic blinking example. Have I connected everything correctly? I connected VDDnRF to 3v3 on the expansion board.

[IsaacM]

[PJ_Glasso]

Are you able to read the device with the Programmer in NRF Connect for desktop?
should look like this. Or

similar.
HTH
GL

[PJ_Glasso]

I’m using it this way with the PPK2 in line with the battery and Debug in Platform IO while watching the power consumption…

When you press debug in Platform io it will pop up a Jlink box and push the code to it.

HTH
GL:-)

[IsaacM]

I am unsure what to make of this. The development kit I am using for its J-Link is running the Blinky example, and I’m assuming what I’m seeing is the kit rather than the board attached to it.

[IsaacM]

Also asked on the nRF dev site: External nRF52840 board appears to flash but won't do anything - Nordic Q&A - Nordic DevZone - Nordic DevZone

[PJ_Glasso]

So what does it do if you do a READ button?
GL NO soft device detected… id0x123 (S140 v7.3.0)It’s a Blank?
LMK

[IsaacM]

That was after pressing the read button; I pulled up the build file to confirm (zephyr.hex) and this is all it shows

[IsaacM]

This is what I see if I do a read on the dev kit, which is running a working blinky example (and its corresponding zephyr.hex on the left):