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nrf52832 speed differences between custom board using this chip and development board using same chip (Fantsel BM832)

Hi. I am developing a custom application which interfaces with FStorage constantly. I have run into a peculiar situation in testing where the speed of writing to FStorage is 3.7x slower on our custom board, versus the development board.

Both boards are using the internal 32.768Hz clock to operate. Its weird because we have a 1 second heartbeat out of UART, and that is precisely at 1s on each iteration for both hardwares. However, for some reason, the FStorage write is 3.7x slower for the custom board.

Below are the speed test results between the two hardware modules. The left number (100-2800) is number of FStorage writes per time check. So the eval board clocked 100 writes in 2.4ms, and the custom board clocked 100 writes at 9.4 ms. Note the time is in milliseconds (ms). The code bases for both tests were identical, so its not related to code. 

Any input is much appreciated!

Eval board

Custom board 

Difference factor

100

0.000

100

0.000

0

200

2.437

200

9.422

3.86622897

300

4.875

300

18.484

3.791589744

400

7.328

400

27.406

3.739901747

500

9.781

500

36.703

3.752479297

600

12.187

600

45.969

3.771970132

700

14.625

700

55.125

3.769230769

800

17.094

800

64.281

3.76044226

900

19.500

900

73.406

3.764410256

1000

22.000

1000

82.328

3.742181818

1100

24.422

1100

91.516

3.747277045

1200

26.859

1200

100.438

3.739454187

1300

29.281

1300

109.391

3.735903828

1400

31.719

1400

118.891

3.748258142

1500

34.203

1500

128.406

3.754232085

1600

36.641

1600

137.594

3.755192271

1700

39.062

1700

146.656

3.754441657

1800

41.500

1800

155.688

3.751518072

1900

43.953

1900

164.797

3.749391395

2000

46.359

2000

174.063

3.754675468

2100

48.828

2100

183.266

3.753297288

2200

51.250

2200

192.313

3.75244878

2300

53.719

2300

201.656

3.753904578

2400

56.172

2400

210.906

3.754646443

2500

58.594

2500

220.016

3.754923712

2600

61.062

2600

229.047

3.751056303

2700

63.500

2700

238.281

3.752456693

2800

65.922

2800

247.297

3.751357665

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