nrf52 app_uart send : data missed on pc side

[makouda]

I'm trying to send a set of 246 bytes by uart fifo. I have a PC side which retreive the data, but I always miss some bytes (4 to 6).

I'm checking app_uart_put return and it always return NRF_SUCCESS, otherwise the LED would lit

    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 255; i ++) {
        err_code = app_uart_put((i ));
        
        if (err_code != NRF_SUCCESS) {
            nrf_gpio_pin_set(0);
        }
}

I configured uart with baude rate 9600 and APP_UART_FLOW_CONTROL_ENABLED

#define     RX_BUF_SIZE     2   
 #define     TX_BUF_SIZE     256      
        static const app_uart_comm_params_t comm_params = 
         { 
             .rx_pin_no  = RX_PIN_NUMBER, 
             .tx_pin_no  = TX_PIN_NUMBER, 
             .rts_pin_no = NULL, 
             .cts_pin_no = NULL, 
             //Below values are defined in ser_config.h common for application and connectivity 
             .flow_control = APP_UART_FLOW_CONTROL_ENABLED, 
             .use_parity   = false, 
             .baud_rate    = UART_BAUDRATE_BAUDRATE_Baud9600 
         }; 

what could be the cause ?

[Wojtek]

what software are you using on pc to retrieve data? and what serial adapter, segger?

[makouda]

no I dont use serial adapter, I'm using TX RX uart cable with UART to USB adapter on pc side

[Wojtek]

yup, so that is usb<-> serial adapter. is it ft232 or something else? what software are you using?

[makouda]

I'm using putty as software and USB To RS232 TTL UART as hardware

[Wojtek]

Ok - it might depend of what chips sits in your usb to uart cable, but i assume that might be PuTTy problem. I observed similar issue when transferig tons of data at high throughputs (3mbps). I suggest checking other software. For me, very simple program called "termite" worked really good - no missing bytes at all. PuTTy lost randomly some bytes...