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(Solved) Help with WGT51822-S2 module

Roger Clark

Hi,

I have been developing using some development modules from WaveShare (based on the nRF51822 QFAC) and they work fine.

However, I'm now trying to use a module better suited small scale deployment, which I sourced from AliExpress

www.aliexpress.com/.../32486456702.html

And the module does not seem to work at all, after I upload exactly the same code as for the QFAC module.

I know the QFAA is 16k RAM and the QFAC is 32k, but I don't think this is the problem, because I tried loading a precompiled bootloader (from RedBearLab) for one of their products which uses the QFAA and I still do not get any advertising packets on BLE :-(

I know the module was originally working, as it came pre-flashed with some sort of BLE to Serial / AT command set firmware, and it was visible on BLE.

However after I erased the chip (using JFlash), and reflashed any other code, I can't get it to do anything.

Is there any other sort of master reset that I may need to do on this device apart from using Erase Chip in JFlash ? (Actually I tried using another GDB compatible SWD programmer and used the "monitor erase_mass" command, which normally totally erases the nRf51, but it didnt make any difference :-(

I guess I can go back to first principals and perhaps load a program that does virtually nothing except toggle a GPIO pin, and run it in the debugger.

But I was hoping there was perhaps something else I could try, before I have to configure GDB etc in Eclipse etc, as I don't have it configured to do on chip debugging at the moment.

Thanks

Edit.

I have since found the module is actually a Wireless-tag.com WGT51822-S2, and the problem is because it does not have a 32kHz crystal So I have changed the title as this is more accurate

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    1.The module you post from AliExpress, it seems no 32.768 crystal. Did you check it?

    2.The AC and AA need different build option, make sure you change to right one.

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  • 0 in reply to frogofmagic

    Which program did the screengrab come from?

    I'm building just using Make rather than using a GUI build (long story).

    I know that the AC and AA have different build settings, because of the difference in the size of RAM, but I was not aware of any other differences.

    In fact as far as I was aware my build target was set for 16k RAM

    I'm using this WaveShare development board which uses this module

    www.waveshare.com/.../core51822.htm, (actually I have 3 RF modules like this and they are all QFAC)

    Looking at the schematic, it has a 32KHz osc

    www.waveshare.com/.../Core51822-Schematic.pdf

    I don't have a schematic for the module from AliExpress, but I can only see what looks like the 16Mhz crystal and not a 32khz osc

    I'll need to look through my code (a lot of which came from mbed) to see if there is a dependency on the 32khz osc

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  • 0 in reply to frogofmagic

    Which program did the screengrab come from?

    I'm building just using Make rather than using a GUI build (long story).

    I know that the AC and AA have different build settings, because of the difference in the size of RAM, but I was not aware of any other differences.

    In fact as far as I was aware my build target was set for 16k RAM

    I'm using this WaveShare development board which uses this module

    www.waveshare.com/.../core51822.htm, (actually I have 3 RF modules like this and they are all QFAC)

    Looking at the schematic, it has a 32KHz osc

    www.waveshare.com/.../Core51822-Schematic.pdf

    I don't have a schematic for the module from AliExpress, but I can only see what looks like the 16Mhz crystal and not a 32khz osc

    I'll need to look through my code (a lot of which came from mbed) to see if there is a dependency on the 32khz osc

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