UART Problems

[JohnRobert]

G'day,

I've been trying to experiment with the CMUCam (http://cmucam.org/), I've got it working on previous chips, but I've been trying to get it working on XMOS.

On the camera's booting it should dump a message over the RX pin, so I have this code set up to *hopefully* catch the chars coming out:

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#include <xs1.h>
#include <print.h>

# define BIT_RATE 19200
# define BIT_TIME XS1_TIMER_HZ / BIT_RATE

in  port RXD = XS1_PORT_1A;

void txByte(out port txd, int byte)
{
	unsigned time;
	txd <: 0 @ time;
	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
	time += BIT_TIME;
	txd @ time <: >> byte;
	}
	time += BIT_TIME;
	txd @ time <: 1;
	time += BIT_TIME;
	txd @ time <: 1;
}

char rxByte(in port rxd)
{
	unsigned byte, time;
	rxd when pinseq (0) :> void @ time;
	time += BIT_TIME / 2;
	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
	time += BIT_TIME;
	rxd @ time :> >> byte;
	}
	time += BIT_TIME;
	rxd @ time :> void;
	return (byte >> 24);
}

void main(){
	printstrln("CMUCam Output");
	printstrln("==================");
	while (1){
		printcharln(rxByte(RXD));
	}
}

But... Nothing in the console output.

Links:

Command Reference:
http://cmucam.org/attachments/download/ ... st-102.pdf

Product Home:
http://cmucam.org/projects/cmucam4

Hardware:
XC-1A
CMUCam v4

I have the XC-1A's 1A (first port in prototyping area) hooked up to the RX pin of the camera.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

John

EDIT: To test I boot up the XMOS, upload the code, then restart the camera. The camera is receiving power and functioning, this I know because the TV output is working (stuff is showing on the TV).

[Bianco]

You do see those two lines in your console?

printstrln("CMUCam Output");
printstrln("==================");

[JohnRobert]

Sorry, I should have said that, yes I do, that is the only console output.

[franksanderdo]

Hi John,

on a quick view I don't see any trouble with the code.
Even though this does not say the code is ok (I am novice even more then you are) I would have a closer look with an osciloscope if there is any Signal coming. Just to be sure that the wiring ok.

If that is ok you have 2 ways of checking that your code is working:
a) use another output pin to which you set equal to the input pin. There you can measure that the right information reaches your code
b) print each "bit value" to console. This most probably will disturb the timing, but it helps to see if and (partially) what information reaches your code.

Reagards
Frank

[segher]

Hi John,

Nothing in your code resets the cmucam, so it is quite possible that
it is just sitting there, waiting for input. Try sending it some nonsense
commands (or real ones) so it will talk to you?

[JohnRobert]

Will do.

On a quick note, I don't have an oscilloscope :(

[JohnRobert]

Just had a big "Doh!" moment... Realized that I was plugging the "RX" pin of the camera into the designated "RX" pin on the chip... So I was listening on the RX pin of the camera, instead of TX, and now I'm getting phesible results.

Sorry for this...

[franksanderdo]

Hi John,

you would not be able to imagine how many times I did the same ;-)
No worries, this is why I said have a look on the signal.
I only have a cheap osciloscope just good good enough to see that there are changes in the signal.
It helped me already 1391 times (more or less) ;-)

Good to know it works now.
Regards
Frank