CC1310: SimpleLink Sub-1 GHz Sensor to Cloud

Chris Kang78

Intellectual 380 points

Part Number: CC1310

Hello,

I got a bundle eval board for SimpleLInk Sub-1 GHz Sensor to Cloud.

Based on the quick start guide, first thing was to program Linux image on the SD card.

When I plugged it into the PC, two drives came up and asked to format.Issues.docx

After formatting, I ran the Win32DiskImager to program the image but I got an error.

Could anyone help me out?

over 7 years ago

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago

Guru 735685 points

I remember the img file need to download to 8G SD card. What SD card capacity do you use?

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I used the 8G SD card which came with the bundle package.

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Try to format your SD card to test again.

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I already tried formatting the SD card many times but no success - quick format and long format both...
Just in case, could you explain how to format the card correctly.

When I insert the card to reader, it shows two drives - D and E.
In the D drive, there are two files. In the E drive, there is no file.

Is that expected?

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Intellectual 380 points

Actually I deleted the partition of both drives and re-formatted it.
After that, I could program the image.
Now there are two files on the E drive - MLO(108KB) and u-boot.img(632KB).
On the F driver, there is no file.
Is this ok?

I also plugged it into the BBB board and powored up but nothing happened.
I connected FTDI cable to the debug port but no data coming out.

Is there any other steps needed?

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

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On the serial port, I could see "CCCCCCCC" periodically.
At least the processor does something...

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Try to refer to discussions in

0 Severin Suveren over 7 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

TI__Mastermind 23730 points

Chris,

Any updates on this?

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to Severin Suveren

Intellectual 380 points

Still no success...

I tried to format and reflash the SD card many times but it doesn’t work.

Could you explain how to make it more detail?

Thanks

Chris

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

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If you intend to boot from SD card, you have to press and hold boot button on BBB when you power on it.

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

Yes I did it. I’ve got it from the Quick start guide abd Reference manual.

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Then, I suppose you don’t make a SD card image correctly.

0 Severin Suveren over 7 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

TI__Mastermind 23730 points

Could you verify the flashed image on the SD card was written correctly? For all we know there could be issues with the SD card.

0 Chris Kang78 over 7 years ago in reply to Severin Suveren

Intellectual 380 points

I followed the procedure as the datasheets described.

Could you provide more detail procedure?

Thanks,

Chris

0 Severin Suveren over 7 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Mastermind 23730 points

What procedure from what datasheet?

0 YiKai Chen over 7 years ago

Guru 735685 points

Do you download am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img.zip to get am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img from software-dl.ti.com/.../index_FDS.html ?

0 Severin Suveren over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Mastermind 23730 points

Chris,

Any updates on this?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Severin Suveren

Intellectual 380 points

Yes, I downloaded the same image file and flashed the SD card.

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Do you use 8G SD card?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

Yes, it was the SD card in the shipping package.

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

I suggest you to find another 8G SD to test again.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Intellectual 380 points

I followed this reference guide.

RD.pdf

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Intellectual 380 points

I've asked a TI FAE to get me another programmed SD card.

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

I suppose this is SD card issue and expect it can be fixed by a new SD card.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

What kind of SD card do I need to get? class? SD vs. SDHC?

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

I suppose you can use 8G Micro SDHC card.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I got new SD card and repeated the procedure but it failed.
It keeps showing “CCCCCCCC” every 20 seconds.
It may be a board problem.

One thing I want to make sure on the SD card, it has two drives after imaging. On the first one, it shows two files but the other one shows no file.
This happened on both SD cards.

Is that expected?

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Can you take a picture to show me how you connect everything including microSD to your BBB? Please also point out which button you press and hold when you power on BBB.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

This is not my first time to use BBB.

I had been using BBB eval board for other product design many times.

I am very sure how it should be connected.

Also I tried all three buttons but no success.

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Do you try another BBB to see if it works?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I will try tomorrow.

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

I try am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img on a 8G microSD and see the same issue on my BBB. I speculate you need 16G microSD card to use am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img. I would suggest you to use older version am335x-evm-linux-03.02.00.05 on 8G microSD for testing this on BBB. I can boot my BBB with am335x-evm-linux-03.02.00.05 on 8G Micro SD card.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

Thank you for the update. Where can I get the old image?

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

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am335x-evm-linux-03.02.00.05.img

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

With the image, I could boot from SD card!

Btw I couldn't reuse the first SD card which was programmed with 5.0.0.15 image.

I had to use new SD card.

Once I programmed the 5.0.0.15 image file on new SD card, somehow it can't be re-flashed again.

Per the reference design document, I tried to run a shell "setup_beaglebone.sh" but I couldn't find the file on the BBB.

Does the 3.2.0.5 image support the feature?

Please see the attached error report.

BBB-AWS set up.pdf

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

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"setup_beaglebone.sh" is only required when you use Wireless Connectivity Cape (Wi-Fi® Optional) on BBB. I suppose you don’t have to do that.

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I have the cape board as well. Anyways I don't need it for now.

What is nest step to do demo without cape board set up.
From my understanding, I need to connect Ethernet to network and open a browser to BBB, right?

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Yes

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Intellectual 380 points

I could connect BBB but still need help.

BBB-Network connection.pdf

0 YiKai Chen over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

Guru 735685 points

Do you follow the steps in to setup TI 15.4 Linux GW running on BBB?

0 Fredrik K over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

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Hi Chris,

I was contacted by Brian about this support case. I will contact the authors of the TI Design to clarify what the solution to your problem. Please allow me a few days to come back to you.

I accidentally hit "Thinks resolved" instead of reply, feel free to reject :-)

Regards,
Fredrik

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Fredrik K

Intellectual 380 points

Hi Fredrik,

Thank you for following up this issue.

Sure please let me know when you get an update.

Thanks,

Chris

0 Hector_r over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Genius 12415 points

Hi Chris,

Sorry for the delayed responce. Are you still having problems with this?

Did you follow the steps in section "3.1.2.7.3 Starting the Application" of www.ti.com/.../tiduci9c.pdf ?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Hector_r

Intellectual 380 points

Hi,

Actually the problem happened at the step as attached.

After reflashing SD card, the BBB doesn't boot up.

0 Hector_r over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Genius 12415 points

Let me test this out and I will get back to you. Does this happen even if you hold the boot button on the BBB?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Hector_r

Intellectual 380 points

Yes.

0 Hector_r over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Genius 12415 points

Hi Chris,

I have tried that step with 2 different beaglebone blacks and so far I havent had a problem loading the image into the SD card and booting the BBB. Do you follow the steps here software-dl.ti.com/.../Overview_Getting_Started_Guide.html ?

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Hector_r

Intellectual 380 points

Hi Hector,

Yes, that's what I followed.

One thing that it points out it could be an image issue.

I tried old version image and it worked.

have you tried this image?

am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img

0 Hector_r over 6 years ago in reply to Chris Kang78

TI__Genius 12415 points

I did my tests using "am335x-evm-linux-05.01.00.11.img" but no I have not tried am335x-evm-linux-05.00.00.15.img

0 Chris Kang78 over 6 years ago in reply to Hector_r

Intellectual 380 points

Where can I get the version of image? am335x-evm-linux-05.01.00.11.img.
Let me try it on my board.

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