Firmware Updater for NINA in Arduino IDE 2.x

[davidpruitt]

So, the firmware updater in Arduino IDE 2.x for the NINA W102 (the WiFi/BLE module used on the Arduino Nano 33 IoT) is very different than the firmware updater found in Arduino IDE 1.x.

I often times make my own boards, and I base my board designs off of Arduino boards so they are very similar. In Arduino IDE 1.x, I could select from ANY connected board in the firmware updater program - it would simply show all the COM ports, and I could select my custom-made board.

This is not possible in Arduino IDE 2.x. It only recognizes specific Arduino boards. Can we please change this? I'd like to use the Firmware Updater program for my boards.

[ptillisch]

Hi @davidpruitt. Have you tried using the Arduino Firmware Uploader command line tool Arduino provides for updating firmware on the supplemental modules like the "NINA"?:

https://arduino.github.io/arduino-fwuploader/

You should be able to update the firmware on your board using the arduino-fwuploader firmware flash command:

https://arduino.github.io/arduino-fwuploader/latest/commands/arduino-fwuploader_firmware_flash/

Just use the FQBN of the equivalent Arduino board as the argument to the command's --fqbn flag.

[davidpruitt]

Unfortunately on my board I am using a SAMD21G17A, not a SAMD21G18A, and it seems the Arduino firmware updater checks the chip id and then freaks out because it's not a G18A.