CC2538: Write to NV at specific address

Bumblebee

Part Number: CC2538
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: Z-STACK

Hi TI,

Is there a way to write only at a specific register address and specific column in NV memory? I've tried using the API but somehow, when I try to reprogram the chip, the memory is written in a different address, that is, sometimes it's at 0x0027e260, sometimes at 0x0027e800.

over 9 years ago

0 Jose Maria Alvarez over 9 years ago

Genius 3415 points

Hi Bumblebee,

You can look at the section 10 in the OSAL API.pdf provided at Z-Stack 3.0.0\Documents\API folder. In order to have a new item yo need to use osal_nv_item_init() function, then osal_nv_read() and osal_nv_write() in order to read and write the NV item. The NV items are defined in ZComDef.h so you can look to the items already reserved and add new Id's from 0x0401 to 0x0FFF. By the way I don't think that you need to care about the memory locations where the NV data is stored.

I hope this helps,

0 Bumblebee over 9 years ago in reply to Jose Maria Alvarez

Expert 2575 points

I see, but how do I check in SmartProgrammer 2 the data written to the NV address if it keeps on changing?

0 Jose Maria Alvarez over 9 years ago in reply to Bumblebee

Genius 3415 points

Hi Bumblebee,

The NVM section is defined from 0x0027C800 to 0x0027F7FF, so you can read the NVM in the edit section by reading 12287 bytes from the address 0x0027C800.

Regards,

0 Bumblebee over 9 years ago in reply to Jose Maria Alvarez

Expert 2575 points

Thanks Jose. Within 12287 bytes, how should I know which exact address and start/end of column I've written to using the NV api? If you can share how to pinpoint this, would be very useful for node failure analysis using only the smart programmer 2 in the future.

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