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DM8168 can not stably start up

There is a problem about start up from SD card of DM8168 .I choose the way of boot mode is from SD card first.But sometimes when the board is powering on,DM8168 could not start up from SD card,there is no any message printed,and the SD_POW pin is still keep low level.And sometimes the board could start up from SD card. I have checked power system,and i also have verified the power sequence in time,it's good! So i want to know if there is any other factor that can affect the chip boot up when it's on the time of powering on.

The follow is power sequence in time and the PowerOn reset 

3.3V 0ms (beginning)

1.0V_AVS 4ms

1.0V_CON    6ms

1.8V 26ms

1.5V 34ms

0.9V 48ms

PowerOnReset 400ms (end)

Thanks

  • I have the similar situation with you, when i set it as uart boot mode, they are something output on the uart tx line, but the baud rate looks like only 30us,  not in default 115200bps.  and the ddr3 clock has no output. 

  • me too, We designed a board using DM8168. use SD boot mode.

    Sometimes it's start up,we test SD_ POW is high and DDR3 clock is continuous,sometimes it can't start up, SD_POW is low and didn't see DDR3 clock output,but we can see the OSC 27MHZ is up.

     On 25.4 of "sprugx8.pdf" it seems something wrong at ROM code start-up. who can give me a hand.

    Thanks!

  • Moving this topic into Linux Form? why?  I think it is the hardware problem........i need a replay about this

  • I think it's seems hardware problem too,because when the board isn't start up ,there is nothing on UART line and the DDR3 seems didn't work.

  • Hi,everyone

    On 25.12 of "sprugx8.pdf" , tacing TMS320DM8168ACYG2  use SEED-XDS560V2 + CCS5 we found some different :

    when is satart up the tracing data as follows:

    4031d040:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d044:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d048:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d04c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d050:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d054:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d058:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d05c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d060:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d064:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d068:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d06c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d070:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d074:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d078:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d07c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d080:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d084:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d088:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d08c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d090:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d094:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d098:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d09c:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d0a0:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d0a4:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8
    4031d0a8:   10C5387F SBCNE           R3, R5, PC, ROR R8

    But when it didn't satart up :

    4031d040:   00000006 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R6
    4031d044:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d048:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d04c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d050:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d054:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d058:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d05c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d060:   A9743B92 LDMGEEA         R4!, {R1, R4, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13}^
    4031d064:   25B1E9A8 LDRCS           R14, [R1, #2472]!
    4031d068:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d06c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d070:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d074:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d078:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d07c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d080:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d084:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d088:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d08c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d090:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d094:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d098:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d09c:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d0a0:   00000009 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R9
    4031d0a4:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    4031d0a8:   00000000 ANDEQ           R0, R0, R0
    ......... ...

    who can help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Another question:

    Is there any other good method use JTAG to tracing us problem ?

    Thanks!