# #2 The nRF7002, Zephyr and the Nordic Platform - Prometheus v2.0 Devlog

Hello 👋,

Before getting too carried away with the project, I wanted to do a bit of research on the platform that I'm dealing with. So I did a bit of research on the nRF development kits and the Nordic SoCs. The results I found were interesting and I wanted to share them.

The first is about nRF. I managed to get the nRF development environment up and running which I consider to be a huge milestone. The process was quite simple and required little to no effort. I simply followed the [tutorial](https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/nRF7002-DK/GetStarted) provided by Nordic themselves.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1699193418892/59b3dcc0-0297-423d-8d0e-25a7d76eee7e.png align="center")

After this, my next plan was to get the blinky LED sample from Zephyr up and running. This was also not that complicated. I did follow a small [tutorial](https://youtu.be/rvDdev18PAI?si=WIrH7iT6G-aEPwPf) which helped to understand what I'm doing, especially since I don't have prior experience with Zephyr. This worked out well and I had the LED blinking.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1699194172693/7906e994-4881-453d-9be7-feeab3c41934.png align="center")

There are several ways to program the nRF board but I decided to go with the device tree and Zephyr OS method. This is much simpler and platform-independent which is ideal in my scenario.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1699194702031/7ae78c8f-9541-41e5-a3f1-cae40723c7d9.gif align="center")

In the next article, I plan to discuss a bit about the hardware design.

Until then... Cheers! 🎉

# Reference

* [Getting Started guide for nRF7002 DK](https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/nRF7002-DK/GetStarted)
    
* [Zephyr/nRF Blinky Tutorial](https://youtu.be/rvDdev18PAI?si=WIrH7iT6G-aEPwPf)
    
* [Zephyr and nRF Connect SDK](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKOKJqgqHs9mReagSVnB8FAQBJuRMCEt&si=-6g6zJYnovS3XYu0)
    
* [Zephyr: Tidbits](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJKv3qSDEE-nZi9wWubnpYUiUBRTyRPrN&si=_kjNp_sdAmete2XT)