GPIOTE input pins dont work

[LeonardPak]

Hello,

I use NRF52810 with SDK 14.2.0 and softdevice 112. I need to use 7 input pins,  but if I config more than 3 pins, all signals disappear.

GPIOTE_CONFIG_NUM_OF_LOW_POWER_EVENTS is setted to 7.
My configuration for each pins is like below:
	/**< INPUT. */
	nrf_drv_gpiote_in_config_t config_pwr = GPIOTE_CONFIG_IN_SENSE_TOGGLE(false);
	// BTN_PWR
	err_code = nrf_drv_gpiote_in_init(BTN_PWR, &config_pwr, PIN_EVT_Handler);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
	nrf_drv_gpiote_in_event_enable(BTN_PWR, true);

[Edvin]

Hello,

 

but if I config more than 3 pins, all signals disappear.

 It sounds like your error handler catches something. Have you tried to debug? 

Probably one of your APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code) receives an err_code != 0. Turn off optimization to  be able to see the value of err_code while debugging, and set breakpoints on APP_ERROR_CHECK(). Which one has an err_code != 0?

(NRF_SUCCESS = 0)

[LeonardPak]

err_code = 0 always. I have found than it doesnt connect with number of pins. So, if i config some pin (for example, 31), response of  GPIOTE_IRQHandler will disappear. State in IN register is toggled, but CNF->SENS  doesnt react

[Edvin]

How about your pullup/down settings on the input pins? How do you trigger the pins? The thing that you use to trigger them, does it pull up or down?

[LeonardPak]

Input pin has external pullup, no pullup settings in code. It switche like this ESE22MV21 . And it pulls down.

[Edvin]

What is your GPIOTE_CONFIG_NUM_OF_LOW_POWER_EVENTS defined to in sdk_config.h?

And do you have logging enabled? Can you please try to define DEBUG in your preprocessor defines, and monitor the log? Does the log say anything?

BR,

Edvin

[LeonardPak]

What do you mean by logging?

// <o> GPIOTE_CONFIG_NUM_OF_LOW_POWER_EVENTS - Number of lower power input pins 
#ifndef GPIOTE_CONFIG_NUM_OF_LOW_POWER_EVENTS
#define GPIOTE_CONFIG_NUM_OF_LOW_POWER_EVENTS 8
#endif

[Edvin]

If you use one of the examples with BLE, then you probably see some calls to NRF_LOG_INFO(); in the project, do you?

What is the following defines set to in your sdk_config.h:

NRF_LOG_ENABLED
NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART
NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT

[LeonardPak]

Yes. I have this function and log_init(), but dont undestand, how it can help me. 

// <h> nRF_Log 

//==========================================================
// <e> NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_ENABLED - nrf_log_backend_rtt - Log RTT backend
//==========================================================
#ifndef NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_ENABLED
#define NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_ENABLED 0
#endif
// <o> NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_TEMP_BUFFER_SIZE - Size of buffer for partially processed strings. 
// <i> Size of the buffer is a trade-off between RAM usage and processing.
// <i> if buffer is smaller then strings will often be fragmented.
// <i> It is recommended to use size which will fit typical log and only the
// <i> longer one will be fragmented.

#ifndef NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_TEMP_BUFFER_SIZE
#define NRF_LOG_BACKEND_RTT_TEMP_BUFFER_SIZE 64
#endif

// </e>

// <e> NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_ENABLED - nrf_log_backend_uart - Log UART backend
//==========================================================
#ifndef NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_ENABLED
#define NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_ENABLED 1
#endif
// <o> NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_TX_PIN - UART TX pin 
#ifndef NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_TX_PIN
#define NRF_LOG_BACKEND_UART_TX_PIN 6
#endif

[Edvin]

Ok. And NRF_LOG_ENABLED is 0 or 1?

The reason I ask is because it sounds like somewhere in the project the application "crashes", and the most common reason is because an APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code) receives an err_code != 0.

I don't know what HW you are testing on, but if you can connect an UART to it (if it is a DK, then it is connected to the on board Segger chip). Alternatively you can use the RTT backend if you have a segger debugger. You can use JLink RTT Viewer.

The error handler is a very useful tool while developing, and one way is to monitor it via the log. It will let you know if APP_ERROR_CHECK() receives != 0.

Another way is to define DEBUG in your preprocessor defines and set a breakpoint on line 73 in the app_error.c. But you may need to disable optimization to see what err_code it was and where it occured.

[LeonardPak]

NRF_LOG_ENABLED is set.

I can not use logging, because it`s a custom board,  and it hasnt got any external pin for uart logging and rtt logging with RTT Viewer doesnt work.

I use define DEBUG, but I havent got hard error.

Now, I trying to find mistake in the board. Maybe, it is not problem in the code.

[Edvin]

LeonardPak said:

and rtt logging with RTT Viewer doesnt work.

 Why? 

 

LeonardPak said:

I use define DEBUG, but I havent got hard error.

Do you mean that it doesn't stop on line 73 in app_error.c?

If you want to check whether it is the application that contains a bug or not, you can try your project on a DK, and just test by shorting GND to the pins that you use as input (remember to set pullup in the configuration, since the DK doesn't have external pull-up resistors).