Okay... admittedly this is slightly off topic, since I don't think it really has anything to do with the KEIL tools per se, but I am using KEIL tools on this project. I originally posted this on AT91.COM, but since that forum gets so little traffic I'm cross posting here hoping that someone can help.
I created an ASSERT macro for my project and noticed something funny. Basically, my ASSERT macro dumps the expression, filename and line number out the debug UART and then attempts to reset the micro by writing to the reset controller. Sometimes the macro works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't work, the symptom is that the micro does not appear to come out of reset. After much investigation and trial and error I tried to reset the micro using a different method. I called the reset vector as shown below:
((void(*)(void))0x100000)(); // reset vector is 0x100000
Using the above method to reset the micro seems to make my ASSERT macro work rock solid.
My question is, does anyone know about any problems or common mistakes with getting the processor to reset via the RSTC...? Here's how I used the RSTC to reset the micro:
typedef volatile unsigned int * pMR; // pointer to microcontroller register #define RSTC_CR (*((pMR) 0xFFFFFD00)) #define RSTC_CR_PROCRST ((unsigned int)1 << 0) #define RSTC_CR_PERRST ((unsigned int)1 << 2) #define RSTC_KEY(x) ((unsigned int)(x) << 24) RSTC_CR = RSTC_CR_PROCRST | RSTC_CR_PERRST | RSTC_KEY(0xA5);
Can anyone tell me whether they see something wrong with how I'm trying to reset the micro as shown above, or how I should do it differently...?
Thanks !!