nRF52810 SDK15.3.0 add NUS(ble_app_uart) to ble_app_buttonless_dfu can not bootup

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SDK15.3.0

nRF52810

the original secure_bootloader and buttonless_dfu works fine.

nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345\examples\dfu\secure_bootloader\pca10040e_ble

and nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_buttonless_dfu\pca10040e

so I start to porting NUS and UART/FIFO module into ble_app_buttonless_dfu(leave secure bootloader untouched), but fails:

it can not boot up to ble_app_buttonless_dfu.

Here I attach my project ble_app_buttonless_dfu.7z

Mostly, I add uart related files and some functions in main.c, even have not init NUS service.

Would you share some suggestion?

Or should I add DFU into ble_app_uart example, would be easier?

[Hung Bui]

Hi Leo,

 If you  see your device not booting up, you would need to debug it. Basically it's to find which assertion you have. You can follow this guide on debugging. 

I can see in your code (sdk_config.h) you have NRF_SDH_BLE_VS_UUID_COUNT = 1 when it should be 2 as you have 2 vendor specific model.

It doesn't matter if you integrate NUS into DFU buttonless or the other way around, it's the same process. 

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Now I change RAM_START from 0x20001c18 to 0x20002390. Now it is working if I don't call anything about UART/NUS.

But after I call uart_init() in main, report error like this:

0> <info> app: Setting vector table to bootloader: 0x00028000
0> <info> app: Setting vector table to main app: 0x00019000
0> <error> peer_manager_pds: Could not initialize flash storage. fds_init() returned 0xB.
0> <error> peer_manager: pm_init failed because pds_init() returned NRF_ERROR_STORAGE_FULL.
0> <error> app: Fatal error

[Hung Bui]

Hi Leo, 

It seems that the flash area for flash storage has been erased. Please check the number of FDS_VIRTUAL_PAGES (in your application) reserved for FDS storage match with NRF_DFU_APP_DATA_AREA_SIZE inside the bootloader. By default they are 3 pages. (12kB) 

fds_init() return 0x0B meaning FDS_ERR_NO_PAGES. This happens when the header data of the FDS is erased. 

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Hi Hung, thank you for reminding.

I don't think I touched FDS related configurations during merge NUS/UART into buttonless.

app(same as the original buttonless): 

#define FDS_VIRTUAL_PAGES 3
#define FDS_VIRTUAL_PAGE_SIZE 1024

secure bootloader(same as original secureboot):

#define NRF_DFU_APP_DATA_AREA_SIZE 8192

I tried to modify NRF_DFU_APP_DATA_AREA_SIZE to 12288(3 * 1024 * 4). it still can not boot up. and this time there is not RTT backend log.

Does this mean there is no flash space for my application and bootloader on nRF52810?

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Hi Hung, any suggestions?

[Hung Bui]

Hi Leo, 

I'm really sorry for late response. I was out for a business trip this week. But I'm back today and can have a look at your case. 

Could you describe the test ? Have you performed any DFU when the issue happens ? 

Could you update your source code so we can test here ? 

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Hi Bui,

You can run my project which I attached at this thread.

Seems I run out of flash memory on my project after merging DFU and NUS(enable bonding).

ble_app_uart_withDFU.7z

[Hung Bui]

Hi Leo, 

Could you please describe how you test ? How do you flash the application to the chip ? 

You got the error after a DFU or you got the error after you flash the application with the bootloader and the bootloader setting image ? 

If you generate the bootloader setting page, could you post the script ?