I switched to using VSCode with PlatformIO from Atom with PlatformIO about a month ago. Today uploading to my Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express the board just locks up. There is no serial output from setup(). You cannot even upload again without manually putting the board into bootloader mode. If I switch to Atom/PlatformIO, the exact code uploads and runs fine. I’ve tried simple code using VSCode and that still works.
Using the latest version of libraries and bootloader and core.
Any one have ideas on what to investigate or try?
Thanks,
Let’s make sure you’re using the all-latest versions. Open a CLI and execute
pio platform update nordicnrf52
and retry uploading. Does it work now?
Performed update, but nothing updated and the upload still locks up the board.
pdavis@Pauls-MBP emu_converter_adafruit % pio platform update nordicnrf52
Platform nordicnrf52
--------
Updating platformio/nordicnrf52 9.1.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi 1.70201.0 @ >=1.60301.0,<1.80000.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52 1.10200.0 @ ~1.10200.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/framework-cmsis 2.50700.210515 @ ~2.50700.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/tool-adafruit-nrfutil 1.503.0 @ ~1.503.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/tool-sreccat 1.164.0 @ ~1.164.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/tool-openocd 2.1100.211028 @ ~2.1100.0 [Up-to-date]
Updating platformio/tool-bossac-nordicnrf52 1.10901.201022 @ ~1.10901.0 [Up-to-date]
Does this also happen with the simplest possible code & platformio.ini?
[env:adafruit_feather_nrf52840]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = adafruit_feather_nrf52840
framework = arduino
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <Adafruit_TinyUSB.h>
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
Serial.println("Hello!");
delay(1000);
}
No, it does not hang with simple code.
Then there’s a possible regression in your code with respect to the updated nordicnrf52 platforms and the therein used Arduino core. Possible your Atom installation was using an older nordicnrf52 version. Things like an exception / crash within the constructor of a globally constructed object can have the effect you’re seeing. It’s hard to say what exactly is happening without the complete code or a debugger though. If you have a e.g. JLink, you may to try to connect it to the board to see exactly in which line of code it’s stuck.
An alternative would be to roll-back the used nordicnrf52 platform version. See Nordic nRF52 — PlatformIO latest documentation in combination with Releases · platformio/platform-nordicnrf52 · GitHub to gradually roll back from 9.1.0 to earlier version until things start working again.
Thanks Maxgerhardt for your help. No I don’t have a debugger. But, my Atom is working right now with the same code and libraries and core. So, it seems to me, for some reason VSCode loads/compiles differently than the Atom environment.
Do you have access to the CLI in Atom? What does it show for pio platform show nordicnrf52? What does it show for a verbose compilation (pio run -v)?
Here is what you requested. Couldn’t find a way to upload a text file.
nordicnrf52 ~ Nordic nRF52
==========================
The nRF52 Series are built for speed to carry out increasingly complex tasks in the shortest possible time and return to sleep, conserving precious battery power. They have a Cortex-M4F processor and are the most capable Bluetooth Smart SoCs on the market.
Version: 9.1.0
Home: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/nRF52-Series-SoC
Repository: https://github.com/platformio/platform-nordicnrf52.git
Vendor: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/nRF52-Series-SoC
License: Apache-2.0
Frameworks: arduino, mbed, zephyr
Packages
--------
Package toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi
--------------------------------
Type: toolchain
Requirements: >=1.60301.0,<1.80000.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 1.70201.0
Original version: 7.2.1
Description: GNU toolchain for Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-R processors
Package framework-mbed
----------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~6.60900.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52
--------------------------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~1.10200.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 1.10200.0
Original version: 1.2.0
Description: Arduino Wiring-based Framework for Nordic Semiconductor nRF52 BLE SoC
Package framework-arduinonordicnrf5
-----------------------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~1.700.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package framework-arduino-mbed
------------------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~2.6.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package framework-cmsis
-----------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~2.50700.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 2.50700.210515
Original version: 5.7.0
Description: Vendor-independent hardware abstraction layer for the Cortex-M processor series
Package framework-zephyr
------------------------
Type: framework
Requirements: ~2.20700.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-adafruit-nrfutil
-----------------------------
Requirements: ~1.503.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 1.503.0
Original version: 5.3
Description: adafruit-nrfutil is a Python package that includes the adafruit-nrfutil command line utility and the nordicsemi library.
Package tool-sreccat
--------------------
Requirements: ~1.164.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 1.164.0
Original version: 1.64
Description: Collection of powerful tools for manipulating EPROM load files
Package tool-openocd
--------------------
Type: uploader
Requirements: ~2.1100.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 2.1100.211028
Original version: 11.0
Description: Open On-Chip Debugger. Free and Open On-Chip Debugging, In-System Programming and Boundary-Scan Testing
Package tool-nrfjprog
---------------------
Type: uploader
Requirements: ~1.90702.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-jlink
------------------
Type: uploader
Requirements: ^1.63208.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-bossac-nordicnrf52
-------------------------------
Type: uploader
Requirements: ~1.10901.0
Installed: Yes
Version: 1.10901.201022
Original version: 1.9.1
Description: Basic Open Source SAM-BA Application (BOSSA) for Nordic nRF52 microcontrollers
Package tool-cmake
------------------
Requirements: ~3.21.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-dtc
----------------
Requirements: ~1.4.7
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-ninja
------------------
Requirements: ^1.7.0
Installed: No (optional)
Package tool-gperf
------------------
Requirements: ^3.0.0
Installed: No (optional)
Boards
------
ID MCU Frequency Flash RAM Name
------------------------------- -------- ----------- -------- ------- -----------------------------------------
96b_nitrogen NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB 96Boards Nitrogen
adafruit_clue_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Adafruit CLUE nRF52840
adafruit_cplaynrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Circuit Playground Bluefruit
adafruit_feather_nrf52832 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52832 Feather
adafruit_feather_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express
adafruit_feather_nrf52840_sense NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Adafruit Feather Bluefruit Sense
adafruit_itsybitsy_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express
adafruit_ledglasses_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 232KB Adafruit LED Glasses Driver nRF52840
adafruit_metro_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Metro nRF52840 Express
bbcmicrobit_v2 NRF52833 64MHz 512KB 128KB BBC micro:bit V2
bluey NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Bluey nRF52832 IoT
delta_dfbm_nq620 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Delta DFBM-NQ620
dwm1001_dev NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB decaWave DWM1001 Module Development Board
electronut_blip NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB ElectronutLabs Blip
electronut_papyr NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB ElectronutLabs Papyr
hackaBLE NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB hackaBLE
holyiot_yj16019 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Holyiot YJ-16019
laird_bl652_dvk NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB BL652 Development Kit
laird_bl653_dvk NRF52833 64MHz 512KB 128KB BL653 Development Kit
laird_bl654_dvk NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB BL654 Development Kit
laird_pinnacle_100_dvk NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB Laird Connectivity Pinnacle 100 DVK
nano33ble NRF52840 64MHz 960KB 256KB Arduino Nano 33 BLE
nicla_sense_me NRF52832 64MHz 515.25KB 62.78KB Arduino Nicla Sense ME
nrf52832_mdk NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Makerdiary nRF52832-MDK
nrf52833_dk NRF52833 64MHz 512KB 128KB Nordic nRF52833-DK
nrf52840_dk NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB Nordic nRF52840-DK
nrf52840_dk_adafruit NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Nordic nRF52840-DK (Adafruit BSP)
nrf52840_mdk NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB Makerdiary nRF52840-MDK
nrf52_dk NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Nordic nRF52-DK
particle_argon NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Particle Argon
particle_boron NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Particle Boron
particle_xenon NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Particle Xenon
raytac_mdbt50q_rx NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB Raytac MDBT50Q-RX Dongle
redbear_blenano2 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB RedBearLab BLE Nano 2
redbear_blend2 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB RedBearLab Blend 2
reel_board NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB PHYTEC reel board
reel_board_v2 NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB PHYTEC reel board v2
ruuvitag NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Ruuvi Tag
sdt52832b NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB SDT52832B
stct_nrf52_minidev NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Taida Century nRF52 mini board
thingy_52 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB Nordic Thingy:52 (nRF52-PCA20020)
ublox_bmd345eval_nrf52840 NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB u-blox BMD-345-EVAL
ublox_evk_nina_b1 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB u-blox EVK-NINA-B1
vbluno52 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB VNG VBLUno52
Processing adafruit_feather_nrf52840 (platform: nordicnrf52; board: adafruit_feather_nrf52840; framework: arduino; lib_archive: False; build_flags: -I include)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/nordicnrf52/adafruit_feather_nrf52840.html
PLATFORM: Nordic nRF52 (9.1.0) > Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express
HARDWARE: NRF52840 64MHz, 243KB RAM, 796KB Flash
DEBUG: Current (blackmagic) External (blackmagic, cmsis-dap, jlink, stlink)
PACKAGES:
- framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52 1.10200.0 (1.2.0)
- framework-cmsis 2.50700.210515 (5.7.0)
- tool-adafruit-nrfutil 1.503.0 (5.3)
- tool-sreccat 1.164.0 (1.64)
- toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi 1.70201.0 (7.2.1)
LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
Found 46 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
Dependency Graph
|-- <SdFat - Adafruit Fork> 1.2.4 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/SdFat - Adafruit Fork)
| |-- <SPI> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/SPI)
| | |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <ButtonDebounce> 1.0.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/ButtonDebounce)
|-- <CRC_Check> (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/lib/CRC_Check)
|-- <I2C_EEPROM> 1.5.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/I2C_EEPROM)
| |-- <Wire> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/Wire)
| | |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <LEDs> (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/lib/LEDs)
| |-- <NRF52_TimerInterrupt> 1.3.0 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/NRF52_TimerInterrupt)
| | |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <LiquidCrystal_I2C> 1.1.4 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/LiquidCrystal_I2C)
| |-- <Wire> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/Wire)
| | |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <SD> 1.2.4 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/SD)
| |-- <SPI> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/SPI)
| | |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <SPI> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/SPI)
| |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
|-- <Utils> (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/lib/Utils)
|-- <Wire> 1.0 (/Users/pdavis/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52/libraries/Wire)
| |-- <Adafruit TinyUSB Library> 1.7.1 (/Users/pdavis/Documents/eclipse-workspace/3341816_EMU_Converter_Box/Technical/Work/SW/Code/emu_converter_adafruit/.pio/libdeps/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/Adafruit TinyUSB Library)
Building in release mode
MethodWrapper(["checkprogsize"], [".pio/build/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/firmware.elf"])
Advanced Memory Usage is available via "PlatformIO Home > Project Inspect"
RAM: [ ] 4.7% (used 11580 bytes from 248832 bytes)
Flash: [= ] 9.4% (used 76584 bytes from 815104 bytes)
.pio/build/adafruit_feather_nrf52840/firmware.elf :
section size addr
.text 75740 155648
.ARM.exidx 8 231388
.data 836 536895488
.bss 10744 536896324
.heap 223940 536907068
.ARM.attributes 50 0
.comment 126 0
.debug_frame 3568 0
.stabstr 387 0
Total 315399
========================= [SUCCESS] Took 4.01 seconds =========================
NOTE: the output is the same for these two commands when comparing Atom/PlatformIO to VSCode/PlatformIO.
That’s… interesting. Usually TinyUSB is sourced from the framework folder, not as a library dependency as if it were declared in lib_deps.
Do you work on exactly the same project folder (same path) in VSCode and Atom or did you duplicate the folders?
I used to have my libraries defined in PlatformIO.ini but found the version wasn’t matching what was being shown in the graph dependency, so I removed them. I use the same project folder via SVN for both VSCode and Atom. Here is my platformIO.ini:
[env:adafruit_feather_nrf52840]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = adafruit_feather_nrf52840
framework = arduino
lib_archive = no
; This will make the include folder global to all libraries.
build_flags = -I include
Early on I couldn’t get it to compile without including “lib_archive=no”. Not sure what this does.
I’m using a MacBook Pro here macOS Big Sir. I just tried VSCode for this project on Windows 10 and it worked uploading this project. I’m going to reinstall VSCode on my Mac and see if that helps.
I uninstall my VSCode and removed all the resource files:
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.VSCode.helper.plist
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.VSCode.plist
rm -fr ~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode
rm -fr ~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode.ShipIt/
rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/
rm -fr ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.microsoft.VSCode.savedState/
rm -fr ~/.vscode/
Reinstalled VSCode and PlatformIO extension. Now it works uploading my platformio project.