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i2c force_hw won't work

 
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i2c force_hw won't work
PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:18 am     Reply with quote

I've write this dummy program, to test the i2c speed.
If I set the #use i2c(... FORCE_HW) it won't work. If I delete the FORCE_HW statement, it works (about 300khz).
The source is:
Code:

#include <main.h>
#include <18F8722.h>
#use delay(clock=32000000)
#use i2c(Master,Fast=400000,sda=PIN_C4,scl=PIN_C3, force_hw)

void main()
{
   setup_oscillator(osc_32mhz);
   
   while(1)
   {
   output_bit(PIN_D3,1);
   i2c_write(0b01010101);
   output_bit(PIN_D3,0);
   }
}


the problem is here (line 00012)
Code:
00000:  GOTO   0022
.................... #use i2c(Master,Fast=400000,sda=PIN_C4,scl=PIN_C3, force_hw)
00004:  BCF    FC6.7
00006:  BCF    F9E.3
00008:  MOVFF  05,FC9
0000C:  MOVLW  02
0000E:  BTFSC  FC6.7
00010:  BRA    001C
00012:  BTFSS  F9E.3
00014:  BRA    0012
00016:  MOVLW  00
00018:  BTFSC  FC5.6
0001A:  MOVLW  01
0001C:  MOVWF  01
0001E:  GOTO   00A0 (RETURN)
.................... void main()
.................... {
00022:  CLRF   FF8
00024:  BCF    FD0.7
00026:  CLRF   FEA
00028:  CLRF   FE9
0002A:  MOVLW  70
0002C:  MOVWF  FD3
0002E:  MOVLW  40
00030:  MOVWF  F9B
00032:  MOVF   FD3,W
00034:  BSF    F94.3
00036:  BSF    F94.4
00038:  MOVLW  13
0003A:  MOVWF  FC8
0003C:  MOVLW  28
0003E:  MOVWF  FC6
00040:  BCF    FC7.7
00042:  BCF    FC7.6
00044:  MOVF   FC1,W
00046:  ANDLW  C0
00048:  IORLW  0F
0004A:  MOVWF  FC1
0004C:  MOVLW  07
0004E:  MOVWF  FB4
....................    while(1)
.................... {
.................... output_bit(PIN_D3,1);
00096:  BSF    F8C.3
00098:  BCF    F95.3
.................... i2c_write(0b01010101);
0009A:  MOVLW  55
0009C:  MOVWF  05
0009E:  BRA    0004
.................... output_bit(PIN_D3,0);
000A0:  BCF    F8C.3
000A2:  BCF    F95.3
.................... }
000A4:  BRA    0096
.................... 
.................... }
000A6:  BRA    00A6

bit F9E.3 is 0 and the BTFSS will not jump the BRA function.
I'm using PCWHD 4.104
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:53 pm     Reply with quote

Do you have 4.7K pull-up resistors installed on the i2c bus ? You need them.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:44 am     Reply with quote

Have you configured the two port pins as INPUTS? This may not be intuitive, but I seem to recall it is mentioned as a requirement in some of the POC data sheets.

Can you post the code generated by the option thta you say works?

I am currently trying to get I2C working on a PIC18F25K22 and failing - with or without FORCE_HW!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:12 am     Reply with quote

I've got the pull-up resistor (2K2). I'm setting pin C3 and C4 as input
Code:
00034:  BSF    F94.3
00036:  BSF    F94.4

If I recompile with the force_sw statement it work.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:31 am     Reply with quote

Start by setting up a proper I2C transaction. You cannot 'write' a byte, without first sending a start. I suspect the software is allowing this, but the hardware won't. The SSPIF, (F9E.3), only gets set, once the hardware has sent the byte. Try sending a start, the byte, then a stop. This should allow the hardware to work.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:56 pm     Reply with quote

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If I set the #use i2c(... FORCE_HW) it won't work.

I've got the pull-up resistor (2K2). I'm setting pin C3 and C4 as input

What's the testing environment ? Is this Proteus or a real board ?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:49 pm     Reply with quote

it's a demo board from microchip (pic18explorer).
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:37 pm     Reply with quote

Have you actually tried sending a start first, as I suggested?.
The 'point', is that the hardware I2C, has different 'modes' of operation. It _won't_ clock out a byte, and generate the interrupt, if it is in 'idle' mode. It is in idle mode, till you send a start. Hence what you are trying to do, will cause the code to hang, as you describe.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:18 pm     Reply with quote

I still say that the SCL line is either missing the pull-up or it's being held
at a Ground level. That will cause the code to lockup in the polling loop
for the SSPIF bit in PIR1, while waiting for that bit to go high.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:52 am     Reply with quote

Yes. The hardware will test for this, while the software version won't. You can 'get away' with things using software approaches, which hardware won't let you do.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:05 pm     Reply with quote

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I still say that the SCL line is either missing the pull-up or it's being held at a Ground level.

It may be a result of missing start condition, though. If the problem persists after performing a correct I2C transaction, it's time to review the hardware.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:25 am     Reply with quote

Hi

Have you got anywhere with this? As I posted earlier, I have a very similar issue with a PIC18F25K22 part (compiler version 4.112), although I have not yet tried taking out the FORCE_HW in #use i2c ( ..).

What I have is a small test routine that works if I compile for an 18F252 (at 10Mhz xtal, PLL to give 40Mhz clock), and does NOT work if I compile for the 18F25K22. It is as if there is no actual I2c clock, as I cannot even see the start bit generation, and then I hang once I've written to the SSP1BUF (at 0xFC9).

I shall start a new thread and post my findings - I am currently looking through the differences in the two list files from my good/bad compilations. Needless to say, at first glance, all the i2c stuff looks to be the same, just at slightly difference addresses.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:10 am     Reply with quote

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I am currently looking through the differences in the two list files from my good/bad compilations.

Which code you are referring to? In the present thread, we have yet seen only an example of incorrect I2C usage (missing start/stop), which is supposed to fail. If you have problems also with correct I2C usage, that suggests a compiler bug, please show the respective code.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:55 am     Reply with quote

My basic problem with the 18F25K22 part is now resolved - see the new thread I started. Turns out it related to port C pins defaulting to analog inputs and this not being set correctly by the complier when you requested I2C functionality.

I have taken a quick look at the data sheet mentioned at the beginning of this post, but sadly don't think the same applies in this instance...
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