Platform IO on Vs Code Upload Time OUT: ESP32 S3

surfacve · February 13, 2023, 12:44pm

Hi all, I am beginning to think there is an issue with these boards (I have bought 3). I do not know how to move forward and any ESP32S3 masters out there, please come to the rescue.

I bought the Adafruit ESP32-S3 2MB PSRAM module, for it’s obvious IOT features, performance and versatility. I started out on the Arduino-ESP integration which proved troublesome (v2.0.6 package on Board manager) then moved to VS code +Platform IO, seeing as this was the natural progression (inheritance, c.,h. files, firmware, ini, and so on). I am stuck, no matter how many times I pio-upgade, default settings and watch tutorials, I cannot get these boards to plug and play basic code. In the Arduino IDE, example sketches like the Wifi-scan upload and run with ease, uploading anything custom else/GPIO related = issues (Compiles, uploads perfectly, no execution). In Platform IO, I get this:

VERBOSE UPLOAD DUMP:

 *  The terminal process "C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe 'run', '--verbose', '--target', 'upload', '--environment', 'adafruit_feather_esp32s3'" terminated with exit code: 1. 
 *  Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it. 

 *  Executing task: C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe run --verbose --target upload --environment adafruit_feather_esp32s3 

Processing adafruit_feather_esp32s3 (platform: espressif32; board: adafruit_feather_esp32s3; monitor_speed: 115200; framework: arduino; lib_deps: adafruit/Adafruit Motor Shield V2 Library @ ^1.1.1, https://github.com/j-bellavance/EdgeDebounceLite.git, arduinogetstarted/ezBuzzer @ ^1.0.0)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif32/adafruit_feather_esp32s3.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 32 (6.0.0) > Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 2MB PSRAM
HARDWARE: ESP32S3 240MHz, 320KB RAM, 4MB Flash
DEBUG: Current (cmsis-dap) External (cmsis-dap, esp-bridge, esp-builtin, esp-prog, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa)
PACKAGES:
 - framework-arduinoespressif32 @ 3.20006.221224 (2.0.6)
 - tool-esptoolpy @ 1.40400.0 (4.4.0)
 - tool-mkfatfs @ 2.0.1
 - tool-mklittlefs @ 1.203.210628 (2.3)
 - tool-mkspiffs @ 2.230.0 (2.30)
 - toolchain-riscv32-esp @ 8.4.0+2021r2-patch5
 - toolchain-xtensa-esp32s3 @ 8.4.0+2021r2-patch5
LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
Found 44 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
Dependency Graph
|-- Adafruit Motor Shield V2 Library @ 1.1.1 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\UNI-01-19\.pio\libdeps\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\Adafruit Motor Shield V2 Library)
|   |-- Adafruit BusIO @ 1.14.1 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\UNI-01-19\.pio\libdeps\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\Adafruit BusIO)
|   |   |-- Wire @ 2.0.0 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\libraries\Wire)
|   |   |-- SPI @ 2.0.0 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\libraries\SPI)
|   |-- Wire @ 2.0.0 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\libraries\Wire)
|-- EdgeDebounceLite @ 0.0.0+20230119170220.sha.7c3e58e (License: Unknown, URI: git+https://github.com/j-bellavance/EdgeDebounceLite.git, Path: C:\Users\scarface\UNI-01-19\.pio\libdeps\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\EdgeDebounceLite)
|-- ezBuzzer @ 1.0.0 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\UNI-01-19\.pio\libdeps\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\ezBuzzer)
|-- SPI @ 2.0.0 (License: Unknown, Path: C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\libraries\SPI)
Building in release mode
<lambda>(["checkprogsize"], [".pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.elf"])
MethodWrapper(["checkprogsize"], [".pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.elf"])
Advanced Memory Usage is available via "PlatformIO Home > Project Inspect"
RAM:   [=         ]   8.4% (used 27680 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [==        ]  21.3% (used 307445 bytes from 1441792 bytes)
.pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.elf  :

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<lambda>(["upload"], [".pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.bin"])
AVAILABLE: cmsis-dap, esp-bridge, esp-builtin, esp-prog, espota, esptool, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa
CURRENT: upload_protocol = esptool
BeforeUpload(["upload"], [".pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.bin"])
TimeoutError: Could not automatically find serial port for the `Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 2MB PSRAM` board based on the declared HWIDs=['239A:811B', '239A:011B', '239A:811C']
Auto-detected: COM5
Forcing reset using 1200bps open/close on port COM5
Waiting for the new upload port...
"C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe" "C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\tool-esptoolpy\esptool.py" --chip esp32s3 --port "COM5" --baud 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 80m --flash_size 4MB 0x0000 C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\variants\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\bootloader-tinyuf2.bin 0x8000 C:\Users\scarface\UNI-01-19\.pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\partitions.bin 0xe000 C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\tools\partitions\boot_app0.bin 0x2d0000 C:\Users\scarface\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\variants\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\tinyuf2.bin 0x10000 .pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.bin
esptool.py v4.4
Serial port COM5
Connecting...
Chip is ESP32-S3 (revision v0.1)
Features: WiFi, BLE
Crystal is 40MHz
MAC: f4:12:fa:59:ae:cc
Uploading stub...
Running stub...

on VS code, uploading will stay uploading, I have left it for hours out of curiosity, it does nothing. The code compiles in about 7 seconds, the board seems to be eventually found, then nothing happens, it just becomes stuck. Why so problematic? I have all default settings, I even read into the QSPI vs OPI issues, board package issues, logged many hours looking through git issues, I am truly stuck.

The board is 100% coms active, nothing is obvious.

cwbrandsdal · February 16, 2023, 10:11pm

I have the same problem. It gets stuck on:

CURRENT: upload_protocol = esptool
Looking for upload port…
Auto-detected: COM9
Forcing reset using 1200bps open/close on port COM9
Waiting for the new upload port…
Uploading .pio\build\adafruit_feather_esp32s3\firmware.bin
esptool.py v4.4
Serial port COM4

zms1616 · February 17, 2023, 2:14pm

Same problem too. Stuck after “Serial port COM” on erase/upload.
In my case this problem only affects esp32s3 DFU/usb port. I can flash and erase through usb-to-uart bridge port without problems.
Also, it seems working if I run esptool.py with --no-stub through CLI, but disabling stub in menuconfig (Serial flasher config → Disable download stub) does nothing.

maxgerhardt · February 17, 2023, 2:28pm

So putting upload_flags = --no-stub in the platformio.ini helps?

surfacve · February 17, 2023, 2:42pm

@zms1616 and @cwbrandsdal I have a little suspicion, I wonder if you’d entertain it with me. IF you have the Arduino IDE, could you download the ESP32 json file for the board manager (board package for Arduino) and attempt to flash USB/OTG and see if a simple serial output loop program runs (returns a serial)?

Could you also flash an example program like the Wifi Scan example and see if it works.

I know that in the past for the S3 there have been package issues, HWIDs, Partition tables and so on. I’m curious if this problem could be diagnosed as software or the hardware itself. In the meatime I bought an older generation ESP32 DFRobot firebettle and that works fine.

zms1616 · February 17, 2023, 3:10pm

@surfacve I’m using esp-idf and not proficient in arduino ide, sorry.
And I’m 100% sure it is a software problem because the issue occured after I did a clean reinstall of VSCode, PlatformIO and ESP-IDF with a new project. The usb-to-uart port is broken on this board so I used USB/OTG port just fine.

@maxgerhardt Yes, It fixed the problem. I saw a thread with a similar issue:

That’s why I tried to run --no-stub. But I couldn’t find a esptool.cfg file and setup.cfg doesn’t have MEM_END_ROM_TIMEOUT. I tried to include this to setup.cfg:

[esptool]
MEM_END_ROM_TIMEOUT = 0.2

And it does nothing, upload still stucks at Serial port COM.

zms1616 · February 20, 2023, 8:52am

Is there any other way to fix this without using --no-stub? Upload times are way slower with it.