Hello,
I am writing an I2C master transmitter object. The problem I am having is that the IRQ Handler for I2C1 is not firing. According to the manual, it should fire after the start condition is sent and the status register is 0x08. When I step through the code with the debugger, the status code is 0x08. I am using an MCB1700 development board. Why is it not firing? Did I not configure something properly? For tests, All I am doing is toggling an LED on when the interrupt fires. Once I solve this problem, I will write the rest of the code.
#include <stdio.h> #include <LPC17XX.h> #include "GPIO1Output.h" GPIO1Output out(P1_28); __irq void I2C1_IRQHandler(void) { if (LPC_I2C1->I2STAT == 0x08) { out.Set(); } } int main(void) { // Initialize I2C. LPC_PINCON->PINSEL0 = 0x0F; LPC_PINCON->PINMODE_OD0 = 0x03; NVIC_EnableIRQ(I2C1_IRQn); LPC_I2C1->I2CONSET = 0x40; LPC_I2C1->I2CONSET = 0x20; int status = LPC_I2C1->I2STAT; }
It always helps if you explicitly state what processor you're using. Don't just leave us to infer it from other details.
The MCB1700 comes in two versions - with different processors! Which one, exactly, do you have?
http://www.keil.com/mcb1700/
"I am writing an I2C master transmitter object"
Before you do that, have you looked at supplied examples - from Keil and NXP ?
__irq void I2C1_IRQHandler(void)
One of the "key features" claimed by ARM for the new Cortex-M3 was that it didn't require special interrupt handlers - so why are you adding the __irq here...?
Mr Andrew Neil. I am just curious what is your day job? I find it hard to believe that you have time to actually do any work, given the number of posts you have made to various forums (Keil and ST to name just two). You seem to have an answer/opinion about everything. I can only hope that you're self employed so you're not doing all this on your employer's time :)
I did put breakpoints in the ISR. They are never reached.
Did you power the i2c peripheral?
In the configuration wizard for the system_LPC17xx.c there is a check by the I2C1 in the Power Control for Perepherials Register (PCONP), so yes, power is enabled here. Is there something else? I disabled power to all perepherials I am not using.
Where in the ISR did you set your breakpoint?
If an interrupt doesn't happen, then the single-stepping would normally continue as normal. If the processor does not continue to single-step, then you have to consider problems with stack space for the interrupt, or that you do reach the interrupt but get jumped to another place than you thought. Or that you reach the ISR again and again and again because you don't clear the interrupt.
Single stepping is working fine. That means the interrupt is not firing. There must be something I am not setting up right. I also tried one of the other I2C channels. No Cigar.
You probably did, but did indeed follow the "basic configuration" procedure described in the NXP user manual? NXP offer a sample code bundle at the LPC1768 page that build with uv4.
Maybe you are using a non-standard startup file that calls the i2c interrupt function differently? Do other interrupts work?
Funny that you ask, do other interrupts work. The answer is no. Other ones do not work either. At the link is a picture of my startup files. Are they not standard?
imageshack.us/.../
Take the startup files of a working Keil example for the MCB1700. Overwrite yours. What happens?
The interrupts work when I overwrite one of Keil's examples. When I started the project, a wizard ran in Keil that placed the startup_LPC17xx.h file. I manually placed the startup_LPC17xx.c from the startup directory otherwise I would not be able to call anything. Is there anything I should have done differently here?
I met to say the wizard placed the startup_LPC17xx.s file, not the the startup_LPC17xx.h file.
Don't waste your time. Run a diff between the projects and correct in your own sources.
The projects contain older versions of the files. Merging them with mine will cause other problems. Is there a document that says how to properly create a project so that everything will function properly?
Here is the project. I do not wish to rely on other projects just to allow interrupts to work. That startup file does contain definitions for all the IRQ service routines but they somehow are not linking. My entire project is available for download here:
www.filedropper.com/firmware
So how can you properly configure this simple project?
OK, here is the lowndown:
The most recent version of the files do not work! The core_cm3.c file version 1.20, the LPC17xx.c 1.10, the system_LPC17xx.c 1.01, and the startup_LPC17xx.s 1.0 are the combination of the files that work. There is either something very wrong with the new files or I am missing something.
Should I use the old files or do any of you know how to make the new ones work?
You could compare them against the "new" files - and spot the differences.
http://winmerge.org/
You could step through with the "old" files to see what happens when it is working, then do the same with the "new" files - and see where it stops...
There are differences, more in some of the files than the others. I could not find based upon these differences what was causing the malfunction.
Also, stepping through the files does not work as the debugger just stops and does not specify where it stopped at. What now?
Any chance you'll be posting your diff report here, caring to do so using the proper format specifiers?
What do you mean by diff report?
Any diff tool out there ,including Winmerge, can save the result to a file.
"Diff" here is short for "Difference" - ie, the report of the differences between the files.
Here is the report for each file:
www.filedropper.com/differencereport
When I debug with the latest files, the debugger hangs and the t1: field keeps increasing. When I click the stop button, the yellow arrow appears pn the line with a B assembly statement (see screenshot). Does this say anything?
Infinite loop branching to itself.
Your interrupt handling must map in an access to your ISR from the relevant interrupt vector. Does your startup file do that?
How can I tell? I would think that the startup file would take care of that.
There is a reason why an embedded developer should have at least some knowledge about assembler for the target architecture. The way to tell is to locate the interrupt vectors in the startup file, and then follow the path until you either get to your ISR, or somewhere you do not want to reach - like your infinite branch.
The datasheet for your processor - actually "User Manual" is the name NXP users - does a good job of telling you where the interrupt vectors are.
Another thing you really have to know about is the difference between single-stepping C source code and single-stepping processor instructions. It is possible to single-step in the startup file too. It's your single-stepping source lines (which indirectly means that the compiler sets a breakpoint on the next source line) that have had you not notice the infinite loop until now. When suspecting interrupt problems, it's often needed to perform instruction-level single-stepping.
I use the startup file provided with Keil. Do they want me to set up the routines manually?
I just don't understand. In the example projects the interrupts work, and the startup and configuration files are no different (I looked at examples using the most recent files too). Im stuck and I seriously doubt I am doing anything wrong as I cannot figure out from the examples.
Thanks, Ben
Note that the NVIC function does not name the ISR. The mapping to ISR is just by having the correct name of the ISR in relation to the startup file. And any ISR not supplied by you have a default ISR supplied during linking.
So what did you find out when you single-stepped through the startup file? When your ISR was not called - what other function was called? Was it just a question of Keil having changed the default name for the ISR function?
Stepping through the startup file only just initializes the reset handler and the stack heap. Then it jumps into the infinate loop that is supposed to be the interrupt (the B instruction).
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