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.. _nrf52_bsim:
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NRF52 simulated board (BabbleSim)
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.. contents::
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:depth: 1
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:backlinks: entry
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:local:
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Overview
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This is a simulated NRF52 board which uses `BabbleSim`_ to simulate the radio
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activity.
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This board models some of the NRF52 SOC peripherals:
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* Radio
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* Timers
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* Real time counter
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* Random number generator
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* AES CCM & AES ECB encryption HW
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* Accelerated address resolver
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* Clock control
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* PPI (Programmable Peripheral Interconnect)
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The nrf52_bsim board definition uses the POSIX architecture to
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run applications natively on the development system. As with
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the ``native_posix`` board, this has the benefit of providing
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native code execution performance and easy debugging using
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native tools, but has the same drawbacks. Please refer to
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:ref:`Native Posix's important limitations <native_important_limitations>`
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for more details.
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.. _BabbleSim:
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https://BabbleSim.github.io
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.. _nrf52bsim_build_and_run:
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Building and running
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**********************
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.. note::
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You must have the 32-bit C library installed in your system
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(in Ubuntu 16.04 install the gcc-multilib package)
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.. note::
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This will **not** work in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) because WSL
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does not support native 32-bit binaries.
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To target this board you need to have `BabbleSim`_ compiled in your system.
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If you do not have it yet, you can fetch and build it in this way:
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.. code-block:: console
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mkdir -p ${HOME}/bsim && cd ${HOME}/bsim
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repo init -u git@github.com:BabbleSim/manifest.git -m everything.xml \
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-b master
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repo sync
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make everything -j 8
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Define two environment variables to point to your BabbleSim
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installation, ``BSIM_OUT_PATH`` and ``BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH``.
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If you followed the previous steps, you can just do:
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.. code-block:: console
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export BSIM_OUT_PATH=${HOME}/bsim/
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export BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH=${HOME}/bsim/components/
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You're now ready to build applications targeting this board, for example:
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.. zephyr-app-commands::
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:zephyr-app: samples/hello_world
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:host-os: unix
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:board: nrf52_bsim
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:goals: build
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:compact:
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Then you can execute your application using:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ zephyr/zephyr.exe -nosim
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# Press Ctrl+C to exit
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Note that the executable is a BabbleSim executable. The ``-nosim`` command line
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option indicates you want to run it detached from a BabbleSim simulation. This
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is possible only while there is no radio activity. But is perfectly fine for
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most Zephyr samples and tests.
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When you want to run a simulation with radio activity you need to run also the
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BableSim 2G4 (2.4GHz) physical layer simulation (phy).
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For example, if you would like to run a simple case with 1 BLE ``central_hr``
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sample application connecting to a BLE ``peripheral`` sample application:
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Build the ``central_hr`` application targeting this board and copy the resulting
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executable to the simulator bin folder with a sensible name:
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.. zephyr-app-commands::
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:zephyr-app: samples/bluetooth/central_hr
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:host-os: unix
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:board: nrf52_bsim
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:goals: build
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:compact:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ cp zephyr/zephyr.exe \
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${BSIM_OUT_PATH}/bin/bs_nrf52_bsim_samples_bluetooth_central_hr
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Do the same for the ``peripheral`` sample app:
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.. zephyr-app-commands::
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:zephyr-app: samples/bluetooth/peripheral
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:host-os: unix
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:board: nrf52_bsim
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:goals: build
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:compact:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ cp zephyr/zephyr.exe \
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${BSIM_OUT_PATH}/bin/bs_nrf52_bsim_samples_bluetooth_peripheral
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And then run them together with BabbleSim's 2G4 physical layer simulation:
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.. code-block:: console
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cd ${BSIM_OUT_PATH}/bin/
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./bs_nrf52_bsim_samples_bluetooth_peripheral -s=trial_sim -d=0 &
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./bs_nrf52_bsim_samples_bluetooth_central_hr -s=trial_sim -d=1 &
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./bs_2G4_phy_v1 -s=trial_sim -D=2 -sim_length=10e6 &
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Where the ``-s`` command line option provides a string which uniquely identifies
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this simulation; the ``-D`` option tells the Phy how many devices will be run
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in this simulation; the ``-d`` option tells each device which is its device
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number in the simulation; and the ``-sim_length`` option specifies the length
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of the simulation in microseconds.
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BabbleSim devices and Phy support many command line switches.
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Run them with ``-help`` for more information.
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You can find more information about how to run BabbleSim simulations in
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`this BabbleSim example <https://babblesim.github.io/example_2g4.html>`_.
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Debugging
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**********
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Just like native_posix, the resulting executables are Linux native applications.
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Therefore they can be debugged or instrumented with the same tools as any other
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native application, like for example ``gdb`` or ``valgrind``.
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Note that BabbleSim will run fine if one or several of its components are
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being run in a debugger or instrumented. For example, pausing a device in a
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breakpoint will pause the whole simulation.
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BabbleSim is fully deterministic by design and the results are not affected by
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the host computing speed. All randomness is controlled by random seeds which can
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be provided as command line options.
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About time in BabbleSim
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Note that time in BabbleSim is simulated and decoupled from real time. Normally
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simulated time will pass several orders of magnitude faster than real time,
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only limited by your workstation compute power.
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If for some reason you want to limit the speed of the simulation to real
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time or a ratio of it, you can do so by connecting the `handbrake device`_
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to the BabbleSim Phy.
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.. _handbrake device:
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https://github.com/BabbleSim/base/tree/master/device_handbrake
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