nRF Util v7.1.0

Tracing

To analyze or monitor an application's communication or power consumption, use the nrfutil trace command to collect trace data from Nordic Semiconductor devices.

The tool collects Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) traces over the serial port. It supports the following protocols:

nRF Util traces can be saved to file or streamed from a serial port for analysis and monitoring. Multiple trace formats are supported, and traces can be exported to software, such as Wireshark or the Nordic Semiconductor Online Power Profiler (OPP). The saved trace files can be transformed from raw binary to alternative formats.

To view a list of trace operations, run nrfutil trace --help. See also Displaying help.

The following sections cover some device-specific use cases and trace configuration information.