XIAO nRF52 Updater

Utility Stable

Standalone updater firmware for Seeed XIAO nRF52840 and RAK4631 boards that flashes Nordic Legacy DFU firmware bundles to nearby nRF52 MeshCore nodes over Bluetooth, including drone-assisted maintenance of hard-to-reach repeaters.

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Maintainer: Rastislav Vysoky ↗
Kind: Utilities
Maturity: Stable
Language: C++
Licensing: Source available
Latest version: 1.2 · 2026-06-21
Platforms: nRF52

Capabilities

Interfaces

✓ Headless

Connections

✓ BLE
✓ USB

Capabilities

✓ Flashing
✓ Firmware update
✓ Automation

Install

GitHub release Open ↗
Source pio run -e xiao_nrf52840 Open ↗

Releases

from GitHub · updated 2026-06-25

v1.2 # Latest 29 days ago · 2026-06-21 14:47 UTC

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- introduced wedge_cooldown to fix cases when older bootloader gets stuck during update
- bugfixes
v1.1 # 2 months ago · 2026-06-02 22:10 UTC

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- added RAK4631 / 3401 with RAK15001 flash module
- various fixes
v1.0 # 2 months ago · 2026-05-28 14:36 UTC

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- Initial release

Project signals

popularity 2026-07-20 verification 2026-07-20

GitHub stars: 16
Forks: 2
Watchers: 2
Open issues: 1
Contributors: 2
Release downloads: 57
Latest downloads: 40

Source available: Yes
Releases available: Yes
Signed releases: No
CI builds: Yes
Documentation: Yes

Supports Nordic Legacy DFU, including buttonless transition from application mode.
Release builds target Seeed XIAO nRF52840 and RAK4631 with RAK15001 QSPI flash.
The repository does not currently declare an SPDX license.

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