Programming external CC2530 with SmartRF05

Katie Miller

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2530, CC2530EM, CC2520, Z-STACK, SIMPLICITI

Hi,

I am trying to program an external CC2530 microcontroller through the SmartRF05 EB. I have created a custom board and have it connected to the ExtSoC Debug on the EB. It is correctly recognized by the SmartRF05 board. (It says CC2530 on the LCD screen when I power it up) In addition, when I use SmartRF Studio 7, it says that I am correctly sending and receiving packets between this board and another EM connected to a SmartRF05 board. So I think my custom board is working properly. However, when I try to do a simple program of setting output pins high or low, nothing happens on my connected chip.

I am running the following code. This is just a simple test, I am not using ZStack or anything like that. I can step through the code using IAR, and it says the port 0 goes low on the last line, but when I test with a multimeter all of the pins are high except for P0_1 . Are there any settings that I am supposed to change to get the SmartRF05 board to program an external chip? Any headers that I should be removing, they are all in their default positions. In addition the RS232 is enabled and the EM selection set to SoC/TRX.

void main()

{

    P0SEL &= 0;
    P0DIR |= 0xFF;

    P0 = 0;

}

Thank you for any help.

over 14 years ago

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago

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Hi,

In the end of your code add while(1); then run the code again

void main()
{
P0SEL &= 0;
P0DIR |= 0xFF;

P0 = 0;

while(1);
}

0 Katie Miller over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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Hi,

Still having the same problem, the output remains high. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago in reply to Katie Miller

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Hey,

On your custom board all the pins (on port 0) except P0_1 connected to something (aren't floating)?

0 Katie Miller over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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P0_6 is floating, but the rest are connected to something.

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago in reply to Katie Miller

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Two more questions:

what are the includes (headers) u are using in the simple example of yours?
If you download the same code to cc2530EM mounted on smartRF05EB, you
observe the same behavior?

0 Katie Miller over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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I am using the following two header files.

#include<iocc2530.h>
#include <hal_cc8051.h>

That was a good idea, I hadn't thought to test it on an EM. It does the exhibit the same behavior, so maybe there is just something simple wrong with my code.

0 Katie Miller over 14 years ago in reply to Katie Miller

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I am not exactly sure what the problem was, but instead of having the code above in its own project, I moved it into a function and added it to the example light_switch code and the output correctly goes low or high. Thank you very much for your help Igor.

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago in reply to Katie Miller

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Hi Katie,

To create the simple project of yours you've used a blank environment set (correct me if I wrong).

In the project options (Alt-F7)->Debugger->Setup (tab)

There is a drop down menu, you should select Texas Instrument, also you should select check the

"Override default" and paste this line "$TOOLKIT_DIR$\config\devices\Texas Instruments\ioCC2530F256.ddf"

And you are welcome :)

0 Katie Miller over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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Hi Igor,

That worked perfectly. Thank you again for your help.

Katie

0 Ken Bueltmann over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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Hi Igor, I amstruggling with the cc/msp combo modules. Is there any literature detailing override commands as you have suggested?

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago in reply to Ken Bueltmann

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Hi Ken,

If you can provide a little more information about modules and/or anything you have in mind and can

be useful to base my answer/suggestions on, it would be great.

0 Ken Bueltmann over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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Sorry to be so vague, it is a lsr proflex module, with a dual chip mspf5437 and cc2520, i am using the uif fet programmer from ti Thanks.

0 Igor Sherer over 14 years ago in reply to Ken Bueltmann

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Hi,

Lets do it step by step:

What are the "override" commands you are looking for?
Have you downloaded the Z-stack solution, there are plenty of documents.

0 Ken Bueltmann over 14 years ago in reply to Igor Sherer

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Hi Igor,

Thanks for the reply. I have recently downloaded a full version of IAR, and my debug problems are over. It works now.

Currently I would like to get the module to work with SimpliciTI as a zigbee serial connection.

I have been able to compile the SimplicTi stack provided by LSR. When I try to integrate the UART code as per SWRA306 I am unable to get it to work.

It has multiple errors in the uart.c file which they provide. I realize that the module is a F5437 and the code is for the RF05, but I am unclear how I can adapt it for this purpose.

have you had any experience with this?

Thanks. Ken B

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