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ST B-L475E-IOT01A
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This page discusses the port of NuttX to the STMicro B-L475E-IOT01A
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Discovery kit powered by STM32L475VG Cortex-M4. This board targets IoT
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nodes with a choice of connectivity options including WiFi, Bluetooth LE,
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NFC, and sub-GHZ RF at 868 or 915 MHz, as well as a long list of various
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environmental sensors.
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Board Features
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==============
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B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery kit key features and specifications:
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- MCU: STM32L475 Series MCU based on ARM Cortex-M4 core with 1 MB Flash memory, 128 KB SRAM
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- Storage: 64 Mbit (8MB) Quad-SPI Flash memory (Macronix)
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- Connectivity:
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- Bluetooth 4.1 LE module (SPBTLE-RF)
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- Sub-GHz (868 or 915 MHz) low-power-programmable RF module (SPSGRF-868 or SPSGRF-915)
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- Wi-Fi module based on Inventek ISM43362-M3G-L44 (802.11 b/g/n compliant)
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- Dynamic NFC tag based on M24SR with its printed NFC antenna
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- Sensors:
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- 2x digital omni-directional microphones (MP34DT01)
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- Capacitive digital sensor for relative humidity and temperature (HTS221)
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- 3-axis magnetometer (LIS3MDL)
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- 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope (LSM6DSL)
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- 260-1260 hPa absolute digital output barometer (LPS22HB)
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- Time-of-Flight and gesture-detection sensor (VL53L0X
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- USB – 1x micro USB OTG port (Full speed)
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- Expansion – Arduino UNO V3 headers, PMOD header
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- Debugging – On-board ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer with USB
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re-enumeration capability: mass storage, virtual COM port and debug
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port
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- Misc – 2 push-buttons (user and reset)
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- Power Supply – 5V via ST LINK USB VBUS or external sources
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The board supports ARM mbed online compiler, but can also be programmed
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using IDEs such as IAR, Keil, and GCC-based IDEs. STMicro also provides
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HAL libraries and code samples as part of the STM32Cube Package, as well
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as X-CUBE-AWS expansion software to connect to the Amazon Web Services
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(AWS) IoT platform.
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NOTES:
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1. The board usese Wi-Fi® module Inventek ISM43362-M3G-L44 (802.11 b/g/n
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compliant), which consists of BCM43362 and STM32F205 host processor
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that has a standard SPI or UART interface capability. It means you
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will only use AT command to talk with Wi-Fi® module by SPI. All the
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tcp/ip stack is built-in STM32F205 in Wi-Fi® module.
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This cannot integrate cleanly with the NuttX network stack. A
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USERSOCK option was recently added that would permit implementation
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of the Inventek support in an applications. But that would then
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preclude the 6LoWPAN integration into IPv6.
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2. The board uses Bluetooth® V4.1 module (SPBTLE-RF), which has built-in
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BLE stack. Similar with wifi, you only use simple AT command to talk
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with this BLE module.
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3. STMicro provides contiki 6lowpan for mesh.
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http://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/osxcontiki6lp.html but mesh
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network is not popular in the market, star network is the mainstream
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for its simplicity and robustness.
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LEDs and Buttons
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================
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The black button B1 located on top side is the reset of the STM32L475VGT6.
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The blue button B1 located top side is available to be used as a digital
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input or as alternate function Wake-up. When the button is depressed the
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logic state is "0", otherwise the logic state is "1".
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Two green LEDs (LD1 and LD2), located on the top side are available for
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the user. To light a LED a high logic state "1" should be written in the
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corresponding GPIO.::
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Reference Color Name Comment
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B2 blue Wake-up Alternate function Wake-up
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LD1 green LED1 PA5 (alternate with ARD.D13)
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LD2 green LED2 PB14
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These LEDs are not used by the board port unless CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS is
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selected. In that case, the usage by the board port is defined in
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include/board.h and src/lpc31_leds.c. The LEDs are used to encode
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OS-related events as follows:
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SYMBOL Meaning LED2 LED1
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------------------- ----------------------- -------- --------
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LED_STARTED NuttX has been started OFF OFF
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LED_HEAPALLOCATE Heap has been allocated OFF OFF
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LED_IRQSENABLED Interrupts enabled OFF OFF
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LED_STACKCREATED Idle stack created ON OFF
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LED_INIRQ In an interrupt N/C N/C
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LED_SIGNAL In a signal handler N/C N/C
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LED_ASSERTION An assertion failed N/C N/C
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LED_PANIC The system has crashed N/C Blinking
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LED_IDLE MCU is is sleep mode Not used
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Thus if LED2 is statically on, NuttX has successfully booted and is,
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apparently, running normmally. If LED1 is flashing at approximately
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2Hz, then a fatal error has been detected and the system has halted.
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NOTE: That LED2 is not used after completion of booting and may
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be used by other board-specific logic.
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Of course, if CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS is not selected, then both LEDs are
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available for use by other logic.
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Serial Console
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==============
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Arduino Serial Shield
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---------------------
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An TLL-to-RS232 Converter shield may be used with UART4:
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UART4:
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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STM32L475VGTx Board Signal Arduino Connector
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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UART4_RX PA1 ARD.D0-UART4_RX CN3 pin1 RX/D0
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UART4_TX PA0 ARD.D1-UART4_TX CN3 pin2 TX/D1
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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Virtual COM Port
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----------------
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The serial interface USART1 is directly available as a virtual COM port
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of the PC connected to the ST-LINK/V2-1 USB connector CN7.
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USART1:
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-------------- ---------------- --------------
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STM32L475VGTx Board Signal STM32F103CBT6
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-------------- ---------------- --------------
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USART1_TX PB6 ST-LINK-UART1_TX USART2_RX PA3
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UAART1_RX PB7 ST-LINK-UART1_RX USART2_TX PA2
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-------------- ---------------- --------------
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The virtual COM port settings are configured as: 115200 b/s, 8 bits data,
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no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
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Other Options
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-------------
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USART2 - Available on CN10 if solder bridges closed.
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-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
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STM32L475VGTx Board Signal PMOD / Solder Bridges
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-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
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USART2_RX PD4 PMOD-UART2_RX CN10 pin1 or 2 (SB12, SB14)
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USART2_TX PD5 PMOD-UART2_TX CN10 pin2 TX/D1 (SB20)
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-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
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USART3 - Dedicated to ISM43362-M3G-L44 Serial-to-Wifi Module.
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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STM32L475VGTx Board Signal Arduino Connector
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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USART3_RX PD9 INTERNAL-UART3_RX CN3 pin1 RX/D0
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USART3_TX PD8 INTERNAL-UART3_TX CN3 pin2 TX/D1
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-------------- ---------------- ------------------
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Configurations
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Information Common to All Configurations
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----------------------------------------
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Each B-L475E-IOT01A configuration is maintained in a sub-directory and
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can be selected as follow::
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tools/configure.sh [-l|c|n] /b-l475e-iot01a:<subdir>
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Where:
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-l selects the Linux (l) host environment. The [-c|u|n] options
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select one of the Windows environments. Default: Use host setup
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in the defconfig file
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[-c|n] selects the Windows host and a Windows environment:
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Cygwin (c), or Windows native (n). Default Cygwin
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Before building, make sure that:
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1. The PATH environment variable include the correct path to the
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directory than holds your toolchain binaries.
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2. Check the .config file. Make sure that the configuration is set for
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your build platform (e.g., Linux vs. Windows) and that the toolchain
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is set for the toolchain type you are using.
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The <subdir> that is provided above as an argument to the
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tools/configure.sh must be is one of those listed below.
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And then build NuttX by simply typing the following. At the conclusion of
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the make, the nuttx binary will reside in an ELF file called, simply,
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nuttx.::
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make
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NOTES:
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1. These configurations use the mconf-based configuration tool. To
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change any of these configurations using that tool, you should:
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a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
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see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
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b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
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reconfiguration process.
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2. Unless stated otherwise, all configurations generate console
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output on USART1 (i.e., for ST-Link Virtual COM port). The
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relevant configuration settings are listed below::
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CONFIG_STM32_USART1=y
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CONFIG_STM32_USART1_SERIALDRIVER=y
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CONFIG_STM32_USART=y
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CONFIG_USART1_SERIALDRIVER=y
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CONFIG_USART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
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CONFIG_USART1_RXBUFSIZE=256
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CONFIG_USART1_TXBUFSIZE=256
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CONFIG_USART1_BAUD=115200
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CONFIG_USART1_BITS=8
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CONFIG_USART1_PARITY=0
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CONFIG_USART1_2STOP=0
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3. All of these configurations are set up to build under Windows using the
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"GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors" that is maintained by ARM
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(unless stated otherwise in the description of the configuration).
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https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm
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That toolchain selection can easily be reconfigured using
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'make menuconfig'. Here are the relevant current settings:
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Build Setup::
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y : Window environment
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CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y : Cywin under Windows
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System Type -> Toolchain::
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CONFIG_ARM_TOOLCHAIN_GNU_EABI=y : GNU ARM EABI toolchain
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Configuration sub-directories
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-----------------------------
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nsh:
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----
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Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at examples/nsh. This
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configuration is focused on low level, command-line driver testing.
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spirit-6lowpan
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--------------
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This is another version of nsh that is similar to the above 'nsh'
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configuration but is focused on testing the Spirit1 integration with
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the 6LoWPAN network stack. It supports point-to-point, 6LoWPAN
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communications between two b-l47e-iot01a boards. Additional differences
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from the 'nsh" configuration are summarized below:
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NOTES:
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1. You must must have two b-l475e-iot01a boards.
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2. IPv6 networking is enabled with TCP/IP, UDP, 6LoWPAN, and NSH Telnet support.
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3. Configuration instructions: NSH does not configuration or
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bring up the network. Currently that must be done manually.
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The configurations steps are:
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a) Assign a unique 8-bit node address to the Spirit1 board in the
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WPAN::
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nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 37
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Where 37 the address is an example. It should be different for
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each radio, but in the the range 1..ed and ef..fe (ee and ff are
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the reserved for multicast and broadcast addresses, respectively.
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Zero is a valid address but not recommended).
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b) Bring each the network up on each board in the WPAN::
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nsh> ifup wpan0
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You can entry nsh> ifconfig to see if the node address and
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derived IPv4 are set correctly (the IPv6 address will not be
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determined until the network is UP).
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4. examples/udp is enabled. This will allow two Spirit1 nodes to
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exchange UDP packets. Basic instructions:
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On the server node::
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nsh> ifconfig
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nsh> udpserver &
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The ifconfig command will show the IP address of the server. Then on
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the client node use this IP address to start the client::
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nsh> udpclient <server-ip> &
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Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got above.
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NOTE: There is no way to stop the UDP test once it has been started
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other than by resetting the board.
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5. examples/nettest is enabled. This will allow two Spirit1 nodes to
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exchange TCP packets. Basic instructions:
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On the server node::
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nsh> ifconfig
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nsh> tcpserver &
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The ifconfig command will show the IP address of the server. Then on
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the client node use this IP address to start the client::
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nsh> tcpclient <server-ip> &
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Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got above.
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NOTE: Unlike the UDP test, there the TCP test will terminate
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automatically when the packet exchange is complete.
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6. The NSH Telnet daemon (server) is enabled. However, it cannot be
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started automatically. Rather, it must be started AFTER the network
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has been brought up using the NSH 'telnetd' command. You would want
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to start the Telent daemon only if you want the node to serve Telent
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connections to an NSH shell on the node.::
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nsh> ifconfig
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nsh> telnetd
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Note the 'ifconfig' is executed to get the IP address of the node.
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This address derives from the 8-bit node address that was assigned
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when the node was configured.
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7. This configuration also includes the Telnet client program. This
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will allow you to execute a NSH one a node from the command line on
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a different node. Like::
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nsh> telnet <server-ip>
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Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got for
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the ifconfig comma on the remote node. Once the telnet session
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has been started, you can end the session with::
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nsh> exit
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STATUS:
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2017-08-01: Testing began. The Spirit1 no configurations with no
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errors, but there are no tests yet in place to exercise it.
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2017-08-02: The nettest, udp, telnet test programs were added.
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2017-08-03: Successfully exchanging packets, but there there are
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issues with address filtering, CRC calculation, and data integrity
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(like bad UDP checksums). Lot's more to be done!
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2017-08-04: Fixed some of the address filtering issues: In Basic
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packets, need to force the Spirit to send the destination address.
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This fixes address filtering. But...
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Converted to STack vs Basic packets. We need to do this because
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the Basic packets do not provide the source node address. Now
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correctly gets the source node address and uncompresses the source
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IP address.
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In addition, to avoid packet loss due to data overrun, I enabled
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the AutoAck, TX retries, the RX timeout options.
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With these changes (along with other, significant bugfixes), both
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the UDP test is now fully functional. CRC filtering still must be
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disabled.
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2017-08-05: Add the Telnet client problem. Verified HC06 tests with
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no debug output; verified Telnet seessions between two spirit nodes.
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At this point everything seems functional, but somewhat reliable.
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Sometimes things seem to initialize in a bad state.
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2017-08-06: Reducing the FIFO to 94 bytes fixed the problem with the
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2 byte CRC.
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Test Matrix:
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The following configurations have been tested successfully (with
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CRC disabled):
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=========== ===== ===== ======
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COMPRESSION UDP TCP Telnet
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=========== ===== ===== ======
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hc06 08/04 08/04 08/05
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hc1
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ipv6
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=========== ===== ===== ======
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Other configuration options have not been specifically addressed
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(such non-compressable ports, non-MAC based IPv6 addresses, etc.)
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spirit-starhub and spirit-starpoint
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These two configurations implement hub and and star endpoint in a
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star topology. Both configurations derive from the spirit-6lowpan
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configuration and most of the notes there apply here as well.
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1. You must must have three b-l475e-iot01a boards in order to run
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these tests: One that serves as the star hub and at least two
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star endpoints.
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2. The star point configuration differs from the primarily in the
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spirit-6lowpan in following is also set::
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CONFIG_NET_STAR=y
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CONFIG_NET_STARPOINT=y
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The CONFIG_NET_STARPOINT selection informs the endpoint that it
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must send all frames to the hub of the star, rather than directly
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to the recipient.
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The star hub configuration, on the other hand, differs from the
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spirit-6lowpan in these fundamental ways::
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CONFIG_NET_STAR=y
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CONFIG_NET_STARHUB=y
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CONFIG_NET_IPFORWARD=y
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The CONFIG_NET_IPFORWARD selection informs the hub that if it
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receives any packets that are not destined for the hub, it should
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forward those packets appropriately.
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3. TCP and UDP Tests: The same TCP and UDP tests as described for
|
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the spirit-6lowpan coniguration are supported on the star
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endpoints, but NOT on the star hub. Therefore, all network testing
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is between endpoints with the hub acting, well, only like a hub.
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Each node in the configuration must be manually initialized.
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Ideally, this would be automatically initialized with software logic
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and configuration data in non-volatilbe memory. The the procedure
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is manual in this example. These are the basic initialization
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steps with E1 and E2 representing the two star endpoints and C
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representing the star hub::
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C: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the hub
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C: nsh> telnetd <-- Starts the Telnet daemon on the hub
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C: nsh> ifconfig <-- To get the IP address of the hub
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E1: nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 37 <-- Sets E1 endpoint node address
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E1: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the E1 node
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E1: nsh> telnetd <-- Starts the Telnet daemon on the E1 node
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E1: nsh> ifconfig <-- To get the IP address of E1 endpoint
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||
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E2: nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 38 <-- Sets E2 endpoint node address
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E2: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the E2 node
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E2: nsh> telnetd <-- Starts the Telnet daemon on the E2 node
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E2: nsh> ifconfig <-- To get the IP address of E2 endpoint
|
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It is not necessary to set the hub node address, that will automatically
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be set to CONFIG_SPIRIT_HUBNODE when the hub boots. CONFIG_SPIRIT_HUBNODE
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is the "well-known" address of the star hub.
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The modified usage of the TCP test is then show below::
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E1: nsh> tcpserver &
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E2: nsh> tcpclient <server-ip> &
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Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the E1 endpoint.
|
||
|
||
Similarly for the UDP test:
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||
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E1: nsh> udpserver &
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E2: nsh> udpclient <server-ip> &
|
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|
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Telenet sessions may be initiated from the any node to any other node:
|
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|
||
XX: nsh> telnet <server-ip> <-- Runs the Telnet client on any node XX
|
||
|
||
Where <server-ip> is the IP address of either the E1 or E2 endpoints
|
||
or of the star hub.
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|
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4. Hub UDP Test. The hub of the star does not support the same level of
|
||
test as for the endpoint-to-endpoint tests described above. The primary
|
||
role of the hub is packet forwarding. The hub does support to test
|
||
applications, however: (1) A Telnet client that will permit the hub to
|
||
establish remote NSH sesstions with any endpoint, and (2) A special
|
||
version of the udpclient program to support testing of Spirit broadcast.
|
||
|
||
IPv6 does not support "broadcast" in the same since as IPv4. IPv6
|
||
supports only multicast. The special multicast address, ff02::1 is
|
||
the "all-nodes address" and is functionally equivalent to broadcast.
|
||
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The spirit radios do support both multicast and broadcast with the
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special addresses 0xee and 0xff, respectively. So the Spirit driver
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will map the all-nodes IPv6 to the Spirit destination address 0xff and
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the packet will be broadcast to all Spirit nodes.
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Here are the procedures for using the test
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C: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the hub
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E1: nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 37 <-- Sets E1 endpoint node address
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E1: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the E1 node
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E1: udpserver & <-- Start the UDP server
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E2: nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 38 <-- Sets E2 endpoint node address
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E2: nsh> ifup wpan0 <-- Brings up the network on the E2 node
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E2: udpserver & <-- Start the UDP server
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C: udpclient & <-- Starts the UDP client side of the test
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The client will broadcast the UDP packets and, as each UDP packet is
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sent, it will be received by BOTH endpoints.
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STATUS:
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2017-08-05: Configurations added. Early testing suggests that there is
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a problem when packets are received from multiple sources at high rates:
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New incoming packets appear to cause RX FIFO errors and the driver does
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not recover well.
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2017-08-06: The RX FIFO errors are worse when debug is enabled. This led
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me to believe that the cause of the RX FIFO errors was due to too many
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interactions by the LP and HP work queue. I restructured the tasking to
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reduce the amount of interlocking, but this did not eliminate the RX FIFO
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||
errors.
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|
||
Hmmm.. this statement appears in the STMicro driver: "Sometimes Spirit1
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seems to NOT deliver (correctly) the 'IRQ_RX_DATA_READY' event for
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||
packets which have a length which is close to a multiple of RX FIFO size.
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||
Furthermore, in these cases also the content delivery seems to be
|
||
compromised as well as the generation of RX/TX FIFO errors. This can be
|
||
avoided by reducing the maximum packet length to a value which is lower
|
||
than the RX FIFO size."
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||
|
||
I tried implementing the RX FIFO almost full water mark thinking this
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||
might be a work around... it is not. Still RX FIFO errors. From my
|
||
reading, the only known work-around is to reduce the maximum packet
|
||
size so that it is smaller than 96. I tried setting the maximum packet
|
||
length to 84 and that did NOT eliminate the RX FIFO error.
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||
|
||
At the end of the TCP test, the "nsh> ifconfig" command shows that
|
||
there were two TX timeouts. Perhaps this is related? I found that
|
||
the TX timeout was not being cancelled. It must be canceled on each
|
||
TX completed or TX error. This DID eliminate the RX FIFO error, but
|
||
now the test hangs and does not complete.
|
||
|
||
Another Errata: "Using the STack packet format and no CRC field, the
|
||
reading from RX FIFO to the last received byte, is not possible. ..."
|
||
Workaround: "By configuring the packet handler with at least one byte
|
||
of CRC, the problem is solved. If the CRC is not required in the
|
||
application, configure one byte of CRC in the receiver only, to read
|
||
the payload correctly from RX FIFO."
|
||
|
||
Reducing the FIFO to 94 bytes fixed the problem with the 2 byte CRC
|
||
but did not resolve that occasional RX FIFO error.
|
||
|
||
2017-08-07: The hang noted yesterday was due to logic that did not
|
||
restart the poll timer in the event that Spirit was not ready when the
|
||
time expired. Just unconditionally performing the poll fixed this.
|
||
|
||
Then I noticed several assertions. In a busy radio environment, there
|
||
are many race conditions. Most typically, just when the driver is
|
||
setting up to perform a transmission, the hardware commits to a
|
||
reception. The symptom is that the driver times out out waiting to go
|
||
into the TX state (because it is in the RX state). The logic needed to
|
||
be beefed up to handle this routinely without asserting and without
|
||
leaving the Spirit in a bad state.
|
||
|
||
The TCP test beats the radio very hard and it is actually heartening
|
||
that there are no failures that lead to data loss in this environment.
|
||
I would say it is functional but fragile in this usage, but probably
|
||
robust in a less busy environment.
|
||
|
||
2017-08-08: Added broadcast packet transfers using the hub-based
|
||
broadcast UDP client. This appears to be a problem the HC06
|
||
compression and/or decompression. The decompression logic comes up
|
||
with the destination address of ff02::ff00:00fe:3500 (which derives
|
||
from the receiving node address of 37) instead of the all-nodes
|
||
multicast address of ff02::0001. It is then out of sync with the
|
||
IPHC headers and is unable to uncompress the rest of the packet
|
||
correctly.
|
||
|
||
Trying again with HC1 compression, I see other isses. The first
|
||
frame is received correctly, but the following frames have an incorrect
|
||
packet length and generate RX FIFO errors. Forcing the send size to
|
||
12 bytes of payload in apps/examples/udp (vs 96), eliminates this
|
||
problem and the broadcast works well.
|
||
|
||
There is probably another issue related to broadcast TX setup: If
|
||
we are sending to the multicast or broadcast address, should we
|
||
not also disable ACKs, retries, and RX timeouts? What will happen
|
||
if multiple radios ACK? At a minimum it could keep the driver
|
||
unnecessarily busy. There is some prototype code to do just this
|
||
in the driver, but does not seem to work.
|
||
|
||
2017-08-26: There was only a single buffer for reassemblying larger
|
||
packets. This could be a problem issue for the hub configuration
|
||
which really needs the capability concurrently reassemble multiple
|
||
incoming streams. The design was extended to support multiple
|
||
reassembly buffers.
|
||
|
||
Initial testing shows the same basic behavior as noted before:
|
||
The UDP test works and TCP test (usually) works. There are,
|
||
however, are errors in reported by the hub in the TCP test.
|
||
Occasionally the test will hang when the server echoes the data
|
||
back to the client. These errors are presumably the result of ACKs
|
||
from the receiver colliding with frames from the sender.
|
||
|
||
Needs more investigation.
|
||
|
||
2017-09-08: The HC06 all nodes address decode problem mentioned on
|
||
2017-08-08 has been corrected. The behavior in the test case has
|
||
not yet been reverified. I suspect that there made to some radio
|
||
configuration problems that are causing the RX FIFO errors and the
|
||
strange broadcast behavior. I recently got an STEVAL-IDS001V5M
|
||
sniffer that should tell me what is going on. But I have not yet
|
||
had sufficient free time to continue this testing.
|