Device traits

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Device traits are a nrfutil device feature used to categorize properties or capabilities of a device. Traits are used to determine whether a device supports a given device operation or programming method.

For example:

  • jlink trait indicates that the device has a J-Link probe and supports operations like erase, recover, etc.
  • mcuboot trait indicates that the device has support for programming over MCUboot.
  • modem trait indicates that the device has support for programming modem firmware.
  • serialPorts trait indicates that the device has serial ports.

To see the full list of available traits and their descriptions, run nrfutil device list --help.