I have created a custom design for CC8520 for my product's application. There is a problem for CCDebugger to recognize the device. It seems that there is no answer from the device after CCDebugger tries to reset it. Therefore, CC8520 device is not found and cannot be programmed with any image. I have followed the reference design for both schematic and layout. The problem persists for some of the boards and not for the others (ration around 50/50) from the same manufacturing batch.
I have seen similar issue here: http://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless_connectivity/f/155/p/59518/223762.aspx#223762
Placing a pull-up resistor or RC filter on the RSTN pin didn't help to solve this issue.
Two interesting notes:
1) As some of the boards are recognized while others are not, makes me think there is no schematic or layout issues in the design.
2) If a target board is programmed once, it is always being recognized and is available for programming later (even it couldn't be recognized for couple of CCDebugger resets before). So it seems like the first initial programming of the device is somehow 'hard'.
PPW Configurator Firmware 1.4.2
CCDebugger Firmware version 43
Do you have any ideas? Similar issues encountered?