Particle Argon

Hardware

Platform Nordic nRF52: The nRF52 Series are built for speed to carry out increasingly complex tasks in the shortest possible time and return to sleep, conserving precious battery power. They have a Cortex-M4F processor and are the most capable Bluetooth Smart SoCs on the market.

Microcontroller

NRF52840

Frequency

64MHz

Flash

796KB

RAM

243KB

Vendor

Particle

Configuration

Please use particle_argon ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:particle_argon]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_argon

You can override default Particle Argon settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest particle_argon.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:particle_argon]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_argon

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = nrf52840

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 64000000L

Uploading

Particle Argon supports the next uploading protocols:

  • blackmagic

  • cmsis-dap

  • jlink

  • nrfjprog

  • nrfutil

Default protocol is nrfutil

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:particle_argon]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_argon

upload_protocol = nrfutil

Debugging

Debugging - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Particle Argon does not have on-board debug probe and IS NOT READY for debugging. You will need to use/buy one of external probe listed below.

Compatible Tools

On-board

Default

Black Magic Probe

Yes

CMSIS-DAP

J-LINK

Frameworks

Name

Description

Zephyr RTOS

The Zephyr Project is a scalable real-time operating system (RTOS) supporting multiple hardware architectures, optimized for resource constrained devices, and built with safety and security in mind