[Request] Zigbee tutorial for XIAO nRF54L15

[Antoine2]

@Jet-goggles

V2.9.2:

1. Install the NRF extension in VSCode as per the Seeed guide. I have the SDKs installed to C:/ncs/v2.9.2.
2. Download the R23 Zigbee Add-on. I installed to C:/ncs/ncs-zigbee.
3. Update the xiao board files

• xiao_nrf54l15_nrf54l15_cpuapp.dts

// Add in
&radio {
	status = "okay";
};

&ieee802154 {
	status = "okay";
};

&temp {
	status = "okay";
};

// Comment out the include and replace it with the below.
// #include <nordic/nrf54l15_partition.dtsi>
&cpuapp_rram {
	partitions {
		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <1>;

		boot_partition: partition@0 {
			label = "mcuboot";
			reg = <0x0 DT_SIZE_K(64)>;
		};

		slot0_partition: partition@10000 {
			label = "image-0";
			reg = <0x10000 DT_SIZE_K(664)>;
		};

		slot1_partition: partition@b6000 {
			label = "image-1";
			reg = <0xb6000 DT_SIZE_K(664)>;
		};

		storage_partition: partition@15c000 {
			label = "storage";
			reg = <0x15c000 DT_SIZE_K(36)>;
		};
	};
};

• Kconfig.defconfig: rename HAS_BT_CTRL to BT_CTRL.

4. Create a new file zigbee.cmake in the ncs-zigbee download (for me that is C:/ncs/ncs-zigbee/zigbee.cmake:

# Determine the directory of this script
get_filename_component(COMMON_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" DIRECTORY)

# Use the directory to set ZEPHYR_EXTRA_MODULES
list(APPEND ZEPHYR_EXTRA_MODULES "${COMMON_DIR}")

function(add_pm_configs config_file)
  get_filename_component(pm_path ${config_file} REALPATH)
  get_filename_component(pm_filename ${config_file} NAME)

  if (NOT EXISTS ${pm_path})
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find specified partition manager configuration file " "${config_file} at ${pm_path}")
  endif()

  set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PM_SUBSYS_PATHS ${pm_path})
  set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PM_SUBSYS_OUTPUT_PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${pm_filename})
endfunction()

add_pm_configs("${COMMON_DIR}/subsys/partition_manager/pm.yml.zboss")

5. Copy a sample project from the ncs-zigbee add-on (e.g. C:/ncs/ncs-zigbee/samples/light-switch/) to where you want the project - e.g. C:/user/projects/light-switch.
6. Modify the CMakeLists.txt of the project (e.g. C:/user/projects/light-switch/CMakeLists.txt) and add the line include("C:/ncs/ncs-zigbee/zigbee.cmake") above the find_packare(Zephyr...).
7. Build your project with the modified board config, v2.9.2 SDK & Toolchain.

Hi,
I try what you describe but i get this error:

E: ***** MPU FAULT *****
E:   Instruction Access Violation
E: r0/a1:  0x20001258  r1/a2:  0x00000001  r2/a3:  0x20005c80
E: r3/a4:  0x5600693f r12/ip:  0x000000ff r14/lr:  0x0000747b
E:  xpsr:  0x09100000
E: s[ 0]:  0x00008601  s[ 1]:  0x20001258  s[ 2]:  0x20001294  s[ 3]:  0x000075ab
E: s[ 4]:  0x00000000  s[ 5]:  0x00000001  s[ 6]:  0xffffffff  s[ 7]:  0x200061d0
E: s[ 8]:  0x0005e548  s[ 9]:  0x0005e560  s[10]:  0x2000c7f0  s[11]:  0x00018d95
E: s[12]:  0xffffffff  s[13]:  0xffffffff  s[14]:  0xffffffff  s[15]:  0x000507f7
E: fpscr:  0x000507e9
E: Faulting instruction address (r15/pc): 0x5600693e
E: >>> ZEPHYR FATAL ERROR 20: Unknown error on CPU 0
E: Current thread: 0x20005c80 (unknown)
I: nRF5 802154 radio initialized
E: ***** MPU FAULT *****

[cgwaltney]

tutorials would really be nice… i think the problem is they dont know how it works either…

[Antoine2]

I managed to get the light_bulb sample working. Here are the steps I followed:

1. Install Zigbee R23 as described here:
   Technical Documentation
2. In the light_bulb sample, I:

• Created the file
  boards\xiao_nrf54l15_nrf54l15_cpuapp.overlay
  with the following content:

/ {
	chosen {
		ncs,zigbee-timer = &timer20;
	};
};

// Restore full RRAM and SRAM space - by default some parts are dedicated to FLRP
&cpuapp_rram {
	reg = <0x0 DT_SIZE_K(1524)>;
};

&cpuapp_sram {
	reg = <0x20000000 DT_SIZE_K(256)>;
	ranges = <0x0 0x20000000 0x40000>;
};

// TODO: re-enable HWFC once it's fixed
&uart20 {
	/delete-property/ hw-flow-control;
};

&timer20 {
	status = "okay";
};

// Disable lsm6dso to avoid MPU FAULT error
&lsm6dso {
	status = "disabled";
};

// Disable uart21 to avoid MPU FAULT error
&uart21 {
	status = "disabled";
};

3. In the file
   platform-seeedboards/zephyr/boards/arm/xiao_nrf54l15/Kconfig.defconfig,
   I replaced:

config HAS_BT_CTLR
	default BT

with:

config BT_CTRL
	bool
	default BT

---

However, I don’t understand why uart21 triggers an MPU FAULT. This is annoying because it prevents me from using the UART on pins D6/D7.
If anyone has a solution, I’d be very interested.

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