Adapt platformio.ini to reproduce Arduino IDE settings

PlatformIO IDE
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Hi, everyone.

I have a project that I usually burn into a custom nRF52840 board using VS Code.

But there is an issue: when I burn it using VS Code, the chip will only run if it’s attached and powered by a PC USB. When I use a wall adapter or PPK, it doesn’t work (curiously, only the watchdog works).

However, when I burn using Arduino IDE, it works fine using a wall adapter or PPK. Same code, same bootloader and same board.

How can I check all the config of Arduino IDE to reproduce in platformio.ini?

Presently, my platformio.ini is just:

[env:Minew_ME25LS01]
framework = arduino
platform = https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/platform-seeedboards.git
board = nrf-nrf52840-teste
board_build.variant = nrf-nrf52840-teste
board_build.variants_dir = variants
build_flags = -I variants/nrf-nrf52840-teste

What else can I add to it be alike the Arduino IDE settings?

Thank you all for any insight.

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Does your oscilloscope lead you to think this isn’t just a power supply problem?

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Do a verbose build in the Arduino IDE (File → Preferences → Show verbose output during compile) and in PlatformIO (project tasks → Advanced → Verbose Build), compare both commands for compiler flags, defines and include folders.

If both are equivalent, check that the Arduino core files are the same for both.

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Hi, Robert.

The very same board + wall adapter/PPK works fine after being programed in Arduino IDE.

Actually, by the PPK I can see that the power consumption is far away from the power supply max.

From all the probable issues, I truly don’t think power is among them,

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I, Max.

I checked the files and they all are the same, as long as I could understand.

That’s the board file I did (basically, it’s a copy of the original one) and it matches with configs in Arduino IDE.

{
  "build": {
    "arduino": {
      "ldscript": "nrf52840_s140_v7.ld"
    },
    "core": "nRF5",
    "cpu": "cortex-m4",
    "extra_flags": "-DARDUINO_Seeed_XIAO_nRF52840 -DNRF52840_XXAA -DSEEED_XIAO_NRF52840 ",
    "f_cpu": "64000000L",
    "hwids": [
      [
        "0x2886",
        "0x8044"
      ],
      [
        "0x2886",
        "0x0044"
      ]
    ],
    "mcu": "nrf52840",
    "variant": "nrf-nrf52840-teste",
    "variants_dir": "variants",
    "softdevice": {
      "sd_flags": "-DS140",
      "sd_name": "s140",
      "sd_version": "7.3.0",
      "sd_fwid": "0x0123"
    },
    "bsp": {
      "name": "adafruit"
    },
    "usb_product": "XIAO nRF52840"
  },
  "connectivity": [
    "bluetooth"
  ],
  "debug": {
    "jlink_device": "nRF52840_xxAA",
    "openocd_target": "nrf52.cfg",
    "svd_path": "nrf52840.svd"
  },
  "frameworks": [
    "arduino"
  ],
  "name": "nrf-nrf52840-teste",
  "upload": {
    "maximum_ram_size": 237568,
    "maximum_size": 811008,
    "protocol": "nrfutil",
    "speed": 115200,
    "protocols": [
      "jlink",
      "nrfjprog",
      "nrfutil",
      "cmsis-dap",
      "sam-ba",
      "blackmagic"
    ],
    "use_1200bps_touch": true,
    "require_upload_port": true,
    "wait_for_upload_port": true
  },
  "url": "http://www.minew.com",
  "vendor": "Minew"
}

Maybe somehow I’m setting some register that needs VUSB, I don’t know what else I could do :frowning:

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Do you have full log files for both? Upload to e.g. pastebin.com and link them here.

With command redirection

pio run -v  > pio_log.txt 2>&1

in the PIO CLI you can produce the logs for PIO. With Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C in the Arduino IDE compiler output window, you can produce the logs for Arduino.

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I tried to upload to pastebin, but the logs were marked as spam, even after I created a profile.

I uploaded the files with the two outputs in LimeWire.

Again, thank you for your availability :))