RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Kampino — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:28:35 GMT

Damit. I thought the 112k contain the BLE stack 🙂

My bad! Thank you.

RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Einar Thorsrud — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:50:33 GMT

Which SoftDevice are you using? If you are using S132 version 7.2.0 that is 152 kB. Adding a firmware of 112,5 kB on top it is more than the available flash of 256 kB, so it will not fit.

RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Kampino — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:42:43 GMT

Hey,

I wonder why the code doesn´t fit into the flash because the code only requires 112,5k / 512k of the flash memory of the "AA" version, so half of the memory should be enough (I use Softdevice too).

RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Einar Thorsrud — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:25:47 GMT

It is just a matter of getting the size down, you do not need to move anything. Do you use heap? If not, that can be set to 0. Do you need 8192 byte stack? If not, that can be reduced. And for .rodata and .data it is the same. You cannot get more space by moving around, you need to reduce the size if too big. So there is nothing you can do in flash_placement.xml about this.

RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Kampino — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:11:24 GMT

Hey,

thank you. This will solve the issue, but .rodata and .data are too large for the segment. Also, .heap overlaps with the .stack section, so I have to adjust it I think. Can you recommend a way to do this?

RE: Errors after porting an application to an nRF52832-xxAB and SES

Einar Thorsrud — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:31:01 GMT

Hi,

There are some strange things here. I assume you are using SDK 17.0.2 If so, FLASH1 should be FLASH. Other than that most things look good. You can see an working example by taking the ble_app_hrs example project (<SDK_17.0.2>\examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_hrs\pca10040\s132\ses\ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject) and modifying it like this:

diff --git a/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject b/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
index 998f065..e102a5b 100644
--- a/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
+++ b/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10040/s132/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10040_s132.emProject
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
       arm_linker_stack_size="8192"
       arm_linker_treat_warnings_as_errors="No"
       arm_simulator_memory_simulation_parameter="RWX 00000000,00100000,FFFFFFFF;RWX 20000000,00010000,CDCDCDCD"
-      arm_target_device_name="nRF52832_xxAA"
+      arm_target_device_name="nRF52832_xxAB"
       arm_target_interface_type="SWD"
       c_user_include_directories="../../../config;../../../../../../components;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_advertising;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_dtm;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_racp;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ancs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ans_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_bas;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_bas_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_cscs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_cts_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_dfu;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_dis;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_gls;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hids;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hrs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hrs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_hts;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ias;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_ias_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lbs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lbs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_lls;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_nus;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_nus_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_rscs;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_rscs_c;../../../../../../components/ble/ble_services/ble_tps;../../../../../../components/ble/common;../../../../../../components/ble/nrf_ble_gatt;../../../../../../components/ble/nrf_ble_qwr;../../../../../../components/ble/peer_manager;../../../../../../components/boards;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic_fifo;../../../../../../components/libraries/atomic_flags;../../../../../../components/libraries/balloc;../../../../../../components/libraries/bootloader/ble_dfu;../../../../../../components/libraries/bsp;../../../../../../components/libraries/button;../../../../../../components/libraries/cli;../../../../../../components/libraries/crc16;../../../../../../components/libraries/crc32;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cc310;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cc310_bl;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/cifra;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/mbedtls;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/micro_ecc;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/nrf_hw;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/nrf_sw;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/oberon;../../../../../../components/libraries/crypto/backend/optiga;../../../../../../components/libraries/csense;../../../../../../components/libraries/csense_drv;../../../../../../components/libraries/delay;../../../../../../components/libraries/ecc;../../../../../../components/libraries/experimental_section_vars;../../../../../../components/libraries/experimental_task_manager;../../../../../../components/libraries/fds;../../../../../../components/libraries/fstorage;../../../../../../components/libraries/gfx;../../../../../../components/libraries/gpiote;../../../../../../components/libraries/hardfault;../../../../../../components/libraries/hci;../../../../../../components/libraries/led_softblink;../../../../../../components/libraries/log;../../../../../../components/libraries/log/src;../../../../../../components/libraries/low_power_pwm;../../../../../../components/libraries/mem_manager;../../../../../../components/libraries/memobj;../../../../../../components/libraries/mpu;../../../../../../components/libraries/mutex;../../../../../../components/libraries/pwm;../../../../../../components/libraries/pwr_mgmt;../../../../../../components/libraries/queue;../../../../../../components/libraries/ringbuf;../../../../../../components/libraries/scheduler;../../../../../../components/libraries/sdcard;../../../../../../components/libraries/sensorsim;../../../../../../components/libraries/slip;../../../../../../components/libraries/sortlist;../../../../../../components/libraries/spi_mngr;../../../../../../components/libraries/stack_guard;../../../../../../components/libraries/stack_info;../../../../../../components/libraries/strerror;../../../../../../components/libraries/svc;../../../../../../components/libraries/timer;../../../../../../components/libraries/twi_mngr;../../../../../../components/libraries/twi_sensor;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/audio;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/cdc;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/cdc/acm;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/generic;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/kbd;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/hid/mouse;../../../../../../components/libraries/usbd/class/msc;../../../../../../components/libraries/util;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/ac_rec_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/ble_oob_advdata_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/conn_hand_parser/le_oob_rec_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ac_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_oob_advdata;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_pair_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ble_pair_msg;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/common;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/ep_oob_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/hs_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/connection_handover/le_oob_rec;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/generic/message;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/generic/record;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/launchapp;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/parser/message;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/parser/record;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/text;../../../../../../components/nfc/ndef/uri;../../../../../../components/nfc/platform;../../../../../../components/nfc/t2t_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/t2t_parser;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_lib;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/apdu;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/cc_file;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/hl_detection_procedure;../../../../../../components/nfc/t4t_parser/tlv;../../../../../../components/softdevice/common;../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/headers;../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/headers/nrf52;../../../../../../components/toolchain/cmsis/include;../../../../../../external/fprintf;../../../../../../external/mbedtls/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_cc310/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_oberon;../../../../../../external/nrf_oberon/include;../../../../../../external/nrf_tls/mbedtls/nrf_crypto/config;../../../../../../external/segger_rtt;../../../../../../external/utf_converter;../../../../../../integration/nrfx;../../../../../../integration/nrfx/legacy;../../../../../../modules/nrfx;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/drivers/include;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/hal;../../../../../../modules/nrfx/mdk;../config;"
-      c_preprocessor_definitions="APP_TIMER_V2;APP_TIMER_V2_RTC1_ENABLED;BLE_STACK_SUPPORT_REQD;BOARD_PCA10040;CONFIG_GPIO_AS_PINRESET;FLOAT_ABI_HARD;INITIALIZE_USER_SECTIONS;MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE="nrf_crypto_mbedtls_config.h";NO_VTOR_CONFIG;NRF52;NRF52832_XXAA;NRF52_PAN_74;NRF_CRYPTO_MAX_INSTANCE_COUNT=1;NRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=7;S132;SOFTDEVICE_PRESENT;"
+      c_preprocessor_definitions="APP_TIMER_V2;APP_TIMER_V2_RTC1_ENABLED;BLE_STACK_SUPPORT_REQD;BOARD_PCA10040;CONFIG_GPIO_AS_PINRESET;FLOAT_ABI_HARD;INITIALIZE_USER_SECTIONS;MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE="nrf_crypto_mbedtls_config.h";NO_VTOR_CONFIG;NRF52;NRF52832_XXAB;NRF52_PAN_74;NRF_CRYPTO_MAX_INSTANCE_COUNT=1;NRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=7;S132;SOFTDEVICE_PRESENT;"
       debug_target_connection="J-Link"
       gcc_entry_point="Reset_Handler"
       macros="CMSIS_CONFIG_TOOL=../../../../../../external_tools/cmsisconfig/CMSIS_Configuration_Wizard.jar"
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
       linker_printf_fmt_level="long"
       linker_scanf_fmt_level="long"
       linker_section_placement_file="flash_placement.xml"
-      linker_section_placement_macros="FLASH_PH_START=0x0;FLASH_PH_SIZE=0x80000;RAM_PH_START=0x20000000;RAM_PH_SIZE=0x10000;FLASH_START=0x26000;FLASH_SIZE=0x5a000;RAM_START=0x20002bd0;RAM_SIZE=0xd430"
+      linker_section_placement_macros="FLASH_PH_START=0x0;FLASH_PH_SIZE=0x40000;RAM_PH_START=0x20000000;RAM_PH_SIZE=0x8000;FLASH_START=0x26000;FLASH_SIZE=0x1a000;RAM_START=0x20002bd0;RAM_SIZE=0x5430"
       
-      linker_section_placements_segments="FLASH RX 0x0 0x80000;RAM1 RWX 0x20000000 0x10000"
+      linker_section_placements_segments="FLASH RX 0x0 0x40000;RAM1 RWX 0x20000000 0x8000"
       project_directory=""
       project_type="Executable" />
       <folder Name="Segger Startup Files">

You also need to reduce the size a bit, for instance by setting NRF_LOG_ENABLED to 0 in sdk_config.h.