Compilation Error for Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense in Arduino IDE on macOS

[Abhay]

Compilation Error for Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense in Arduino IDE on macOS

Hi everyone,

I am encountering an issue when compiling a program for the Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense in the Arduino IDE on macOS. Below are the details of the problem:

System Details:

• Mac Model: MacBook Air M2
• macOS Version: Sequoia 15.2
• Arduino IDE Version: 2.3.4
• Locale: UTF-8 (already configured)

Board manager details:

• Additional board Manager URL: https://files.seeedstudio.com/arduino/package_seeeduino_boards_index.json
• Board installed:
  1. Seeed nRF52 mbed-enabled Boards: 2.9.2
  2. Seeed nRF52 Boards: 1.1.8

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Arduino IDE on macOS.
2. Use the default program:

   // the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
   void setup() {
     // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
     pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
   }
   
   // the loop function runs over and over again forever
   void loop() {
     digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);  // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
     delay(1000);                      // wait for a second
     digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);   // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
     delay(1000);                      // wait for a second
   }
   

3. Select Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense as the board.
4. Click on "Verify" or "Compile."

Observed Behavior:

The compilation fails with the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "__main__.py", line 317, in <module>
 File "click/core.py", line 1134, in __call__
 File "click/core.py", line 1040, in main
 File "click/_unicodefun.py", line 100, in _verify_python_env
RuntimeError: Click will abort further execution because Python was configured to use ASCII as encoding for the environment. Consult https://click.palletsprojects.com/unicode-support/ for mitigation steps.

This system lists some UTF-8 supporting locales that you can pick from. The following suitable locales were discovered: af_ZA.UTF-8, am_ET.UTF-8, be_BY.UTF-8, bg_BG.UTF-8, ca_ES.UTF-8, cs_CZ.UTF-8, da_DK.UTF-8, de_AT.UTF-8, de_CH.UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8, el_GR.UTF-8, en_AU.UTF-8, en_CA.UTF-8, en_GB.UTF-8, en_IE.UTF-8, en_NZ.UTF-8, en_US.UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8, et_EE.UTF-8, eu_ES.UTF-8, fi_FI.UTF-8, fr_BE.UTF-8, fr_CA.UTF-8, fr_CH.UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8, he_IL.UTF-8, hr_HR.UTF-8, hu_HU.UTF-8, hy_AM.UTF-8, is_IS.UTF-8, it_CH.UTF-8, it_IT.UTF-8, ja_JP.UTF-8, kk_KZ.UTF-8, ko_KR.UTF-8, lt_LT.UTF-8, nl_BE.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8, no_NO.UTF-8, pl_PL.UTF-8, pt_BR.UTF-8, pt_PT.UTF-8, ro_RO.UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8, sk_SK.UTF-8, sl_SI.UTF-8, sr_YU.UTF-8, sv_SE.UTF-8, tr_TR.UTF-8, uk_UA.UTF-8, zh_CN.UTF-8, zh_HK.UTF-8, zh_TW.UTF-8
[15256] Failed to execute script __main__

exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

I'm experiencing this issue only with Mac, I tried the same with windows and it ran successfully. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Arduino ide as well.

[salmanfaris]

@Abhay said in Compilation Error for Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense in Arduino IDE on macOS:

Seeed nRF52 mbed-enabled Boards: 2.9.2
Seeed nRF52 Boards: 1.1.8

@Abhay, are you getting the error while selecting both boards? You can also try using "Seeed nRF52 Boards: 1.1.8".

Since it's nRF series can you try to install the - adafruit-nrfutil pip package and see!

also try to install - Adafruit Feather nRF52 using board manager and check again.

[Abhay]

@salmanfaris

I was using "Seeed nRF52 Boards: 1.1.8" and the issue was there. Followed the steps and installed the packages and board you mentioned and the issue is still there. I changed the board from Seeed nRF to Adafruit nRF and issue is also showing for Adafruit nRF

[salmanfaris]

@Abhay Can you try one more method

Downloaded both boards, “Seeed nRF52 Boards” and “Seeed nRF52 mbed-enabled Boards.”

Copy the adafruit-nrfutil from

/Users/<user>/Library/Arduino15/packages/Seeeduino/hardware/mbed/2.9.2/tools/adafruit-nrfutil/macos/adafruit-nrfutil

to

/Users/<user>/Library/Arduino15/packages/Seeeduino/hardware/nrf52/1.1.8/tools/adafruit-nrfutil/macos/adafruit-nrfutil

Then chmod -x the copied file

Please check and let me know. Src

[Abhay]

@salmanfaris Thank you Salman, This solution worked for me.