PCA10056 USB CDC Demo, no polling

[tmloos]

Hello, I am trying to modify the usbd_cdc_acm_modified example project in the SDK to do the following:

1. Echo the received character back to the terminal.
2. Get rid of the main while loop polling while (app_usbd_event_queue_process()) so that everything is handled within interrupts. This should be possible based on this statement in the USB Device Library documentation:

"After starting the library, the whole stack starts to work. All processing required by the standard is done in the interrupts. It means that no more processing in any main loop is required for the USB to work."

I was able to accomplish #1 easily enough. I am still stuck on #2.

I modified power_usb_event_handler to implement the following statement:

"This may be done inside USB power event handler. USBD library should be enabled on NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_DETECTED and started on NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_READY."

Here is the modified function:

---

static void power_usb_event_handler(nrf_drv_power_usb_evt_t event) {

switch (event)
{
    case NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_DETECTED:
        NRF_LOG_INFO("USB power detected");

        if (!nrf_drv_usbd_is_enabled())
        {
            app_usbd_enable();
        }
        break;
    case NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_REMOVED:
        NRF_LOG_INFO("USB power removed");
        m_usb_connected = false;
					
    app_usbd_stop();
        break;
    case NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_READY:
        NRF_LOG_INFO("USB ready");
        m_usb_connected = true;
			
    app_usbd_start();				
        break;
    default:
        ASSERT(false);
}

}

Notice I added app_usbd_stop() and app_usbd_start()...

This still does not work unless app_usbd_event_queue_process() is called within the while() loop in main. I tried to comment it out, and set

#define APP_USBD_EVENT_QUEUE_ENABLE 0

but I don't get any received characters.

I am using Keil, PCA10056 and the latest SDK 14.2.0

Any help would be appreciated!

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

Did you change usbd_config struct passed to app_usbd_init()? I tried to apply your changes to the USBD CDC ACM example, but got a hardfault in app_usbd_event_add(), most likely because ev_handler is not set in the config struct. Passing NULL to app_usbd_init() seems to fix the issue. The app_usbd library will then use the default internal event handler, but you can also provide your own in the config struct.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[ratnakar1978]

Hi Jorgen,

   I am using NINA-B301 EVK having nRF52480 core chipset. I am trying to flash all USB, UART examples to see the log or print on the putty prompt but I am not able to see any log even after setting all configurations on putty.

http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.0.0%2Flib_cli.html&anchor=lib_cli_terminal_settings

I had checked in the forum that need to enable DTR but did not  observe the same in any USBD, UART related applications.

I tried following applications

USB CDC ACM

USB MSC

Temeprature

USBD

USBD UART

But I am not able to see any print / log on putty prompt.

Can you suggest anything in this.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Did you connect the USB cable to the nRF52840 USB port (J16 on the NINA-B301 EVK)?

[ubieda]

Hey, there. I don't know if I'm years late or not. I was looking at USB CDC example and got it working per the infocenter statement:

"This may be done inside USB power event handler. USBD library should be enabled on NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_DETECTED and started on NRF_DRV_POWER_USB_EVT_READY."

What I had to do is to go on the project sdk_config.h and set APP_USBD_CONFIG_SOF_HANDLING_MODE to 2 (events are handled within interrupt context). Also, set APP_USBD_CONFIG_EVENT_QUEUE_ENABLE to 0.

I hope it is of any help to someone wondering the same when looking at USB ACM example.

Best regards, 
LuisF