{"id":258,"date":"2026-04-16T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/?p=258"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:54:31","slug":"setting-up-nordics-power-profiler-kit-ii-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Setting up Nordic\u2019s Power Profiler Kit II (Linux)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some of the next T\u014dG\u014d-Lab projects I\u2019m thinking about, I want some gear that lets me look properly into the very low-power usage of my builds instead of just guessing. Besides some more expensive gear like the Joulescope<\/a>, I finally bought Nordic\u2019s Power Profiler Kit II, which looked like a very good fit for the kind of measurements I want to do. Nordic positions the PPK2 as a standalone power-measurement and power-optimization tool for embedded hardware, with support for real-time current measurements and use with both Nordic boards and external hardware.<\/p>\n

As typical for some lab gear, it runs nicely under Windows, in my case in a virtual Win10 setup. But I wanted it on my actual Linux workbench machine, where the rest of the lab IT frontend for my tools lives. That part was a bit more difficult than expected. Nordic gives you an AppImage, but it is a little bit tricky to get it running. <\/p>\n

Because the blog will malformat the command lines find the installation lab notes as markdown file in my Gitea as project #0006:
\nhttps:\/\/gitea.togo-lab.io\/tgohle\/0006-Setting_up_Nordic_PowerProfilerKitII_Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

For the official side, Nordic\u2019s product page for the kit<\/a> is here, the official PPK2 setup documentation<\/a> is here, and the official nRF Connect for Desktop installation documentation<\/a> is linked here.<\/p>\n

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\"Nordic
Nordic Power Profiler Kit II Test Setup<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure>\n
\"nRF
nRF Connect for Desktop v5.2.1<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure>\n

Test Measurement:<\/p>\n

\"nRF
nRF Connect Power Profiler App, working Measurement<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some of the next T\u014dG\u014d-Lab projects I\u2019m thinking about, I want some gear that lets me look properly into the very low-power usage of my builds instead of just guessing. Besides some more expensive gear like the Joulescope, I finally bought Nordic\u2019s Power Profiler Kit II, which looked like a very good fit for … Continue reading “Setting up Nordic\u2019s Power Profiler Kit II (Linux)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,17,38,39,18,32,23],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-diy","tag-install","tag-nordic","tag-ppkit2","tag-setup","tag-togo-lab","tag-workbench"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togo-lab.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}