Re: Unable to get nsh working on Adafruit Feather rp2040

2023-07-21 Thread Alan C. Assis
Hi Richard,

Probably it is a MacOS issue.

I just confirmed it still working fine on Linux (Ubuntu 23.04).

These are the step-by-step process:

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$ git clone -b 1.1.2 https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk.git

$ sudo mkdir /opt/pico

$ sudo mv pico-sdk /opt/pico/

$ make distclean

$ export PICO_SDK_PATH=/opt/pico/pico-sdk

$ ./tools/configure.sh raspberrypi-pico:nsh

$ make -j

$ ls -l nuttx.uf2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 alan alan 254464 jul 21 14:41 nuttx.uf2

Press and hold BOOTSEL button, then plug the USB cable

Copy nuttx.uf2 to Rasp Pico Disk volume

Plug a 3.3V USB/Serial adapter this way:

USB/SerialRaspPico
-+
GND  |GND
RXD  |GP0
TXD  |GP1


Configure minicom or other serial console tool to use 115200 @ 8n1
(disable HW Flow Control)

Remove the cable and connect again

Press enter and you will see the NuttShell:

nsh> uname -a
NuttX 12.2.1 4e24230d4a Jul 21 2023 14:41:45 arm raspberrypi-pico

nsh> free
   total   used   freelargest  nused  nfree
Umem: 264364   8796 255568 255568 38  1
nsh>

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BR,

Alan

On 7/20/23, Richard Fox  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to NuttX and to the pico-sdk, (and RTOSs in general). I have an
> Adafruit Feather RP2040 that I was using to experiment with NuttX and I
> haven't been able to get either the nsh or usbnsh apps to work, (and I
> haven't really tried anything else).
>
> I have the Feather RP2040 connected to my Mac using an Adafruit #954 USB
> to TTL serial cable (pre 2014). I have the device wired so that the
> serial cable is connected to GND, Green TX to rp2040:GPIO1, white RX to
> rp2040:GPIO0.
>
> Using this configuration, I have successfully built installed, and
> tested the pico-sdk "pico-examples/build/uart/hello_uart" example that
> prints a string via the serial cable to a terminal emulator on the Mac.
> This was operating at 115200 baud.
>
> I've also successfully built and installed the bi-directional example
> from the Arduino distribution: Arduino:Built-in Examples:4.
> Communications:SerialPassThrough and am able to send to and receive from
> the Feather RP2040 through the serial cable and through the
> cu.usbmodem101 device that gets created when the controller is attached
> to my Mac with a USB cable. Communications were at 9600 baud.
>
> I have the following environment variables set in my build terminal.
>   export PICO_SDK_PATH=/opt/pico/pico-sdk
>   export HOST_PLATFORM=mac
>
> I can start the build process and it seems to succeed:
>
> make distclean
> ./tools/configure.sh -m adafruit-feather-rp2040:nsh
> make -j4
> ...
> LN: platform/board to
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/apps/platform/dummy
> Register: hello
> Register: nsh
> Register: getprime
> Register: sh
> Register: ostest
> CPP:
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/nuttx/boards/arm/rp2040/adafruit-feather-rp2040/scripts/adafruit-feather-rp2040-flash.ld->
>
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apacheLD: nuttx
>
>
> Generating: nuttx.uf2
> tools/rp2040/elf2uf2 nuttx nuttx.uf2;
> Done.
>
> Then I copy the uf2 binary over to the mounted controller volume using
> the handy BOOTSEL feature.
> After the volume is disconnected and my Mac has harped at me for doing
> it wrong, I open a screen to the device:
>
>   screen /dev/cu.usbserial-110 115200
>
> Hit return a few times and get no response.
>
> I've tried rebooting the controller, disconnecting and reconnecting the
> serial cable, doing both. Nothing seems to make any difference. I've
> tried swapping the RX/TX connections just in case there was a pin
> assignment setting different than the pico-sdk and arduino setups but it
> didn't make any difference.
>
> I've tried also using the usbnsh code but there is never a second device
> created in /dev/ to connect to. That is, /dev/cu.usbserial* device is
> present from the serial cable connection but the "modem" device that
> gets created by using the arduino passthrough, for example,
> /dev/cu.usbmodem101 does not exist when the usbnsh configured RP2040 is
> connected to a USB port.
>
> I figure that I'm missing some step, perhaps something I need to set
> using the optional mkconfig step that I'm skipping over but the solution
> eludes me.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Rich.
>
>
>


Re: Unable to get nsh working on Adafruit Feather rp2040

2023-07-20 Thread Nathan Hartman
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:28 PM Richard Fox  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to NuttX and to the pico-sdk, (and RTOSs in general). I have an
> Adafruit Feather RP2040 that I was using to experiment with NuttX and I
> haven't been able to get either the nsh or usbnsh apps to work, (and I
> haven't really tried anything else).
>
> I have the Feather RP2040 connected to my Mac using an Adafruit #954 USB
> to TTL serial cable (pre 2014). I have the device wired so that the
> serial cable is connected to GND, Green TX to rp2040:GPIO1, white RX to
> rp2040:GPIO0.
>
> Using this configuration, I have successfully built installed, and
> tested the pico-sdk "pico-examples/build/uart/hello_uart" example that
> prints a string via the serial cable to a terminal emulator on the Mac.
> This was operating at 115200 baud.
>
> I've also successfully built and installed the bi-directional example
> from the Arduino distribution: Arduino:Built-in Examples:4.
> Communications:SerialPassThrough and am able to send to and receive from
> the Feather RP2040 through the serial cable and through the
> cu.usbmodem101 device that gets created when the controller is attached
> to my Mac with a USB cable. Communications were at 9600 baud.
>
> I have the following environment variables set in my build terminal.
> export PICO_SDK_PATH=/opt/pico/pico-sdk
> export HOST_PLATFORM=mac
>
> I can start the build process and it seems to succeed:
>
> make distclean
> ./tools/configure.sh -m adafruit-feather-rp2040:nsh
> make -j4
> ...
> LN: platform/board to
>
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/apps/platform/dummy
> Register: hello
> Register: nsh
> Register: getprime
> Register: sh
> Register: ostest
> CPP:
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/nuttx/boards/arm/rp2040/adafruit-feather-rp2040/scripts/adafruit-feather-rp2040-flash.ld->
>
> /Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apacheLD: nuttx
>
>
> Generating: nuttx.uf2
> tools/rp2040/elf2uf2 nuttx nuttx.uf2;
> Done.
>
> Then I copy the uf2 binary over to the mounted controller volume using
> the handy BOOTSEL feature.
> After the volume is disconnected and my Mac has harped at me for doing
> it wrong, I open a screen to the device:



I'm not familiar with this board or BOOTSEL so this might be a dumb
question, but is it supposed to be the nuttx.uf2 file? (Note: It is
possible to produce several different types of binary images. On my boards,
I use "nuttx" -- no extension.)

More ideas below...


screen /dev/cu.usbserial-110 115200
>
> Hit return a few times and get no response.
>

By chance do you have sn oscilloscope or logic analyzer to look at the
serial signals and see if anything is being transmitted, and at what baud
rate?

Have you tried running "make menuconfig" (after configure.sh and before
make) to verify that the serial driver is in fact enabled and that the
console is configured to use it? (Maybe the output is going elsewhere.)

Does the board have software-controlled LEDs and if so do they light up,
blink, or stay off? l

Do you have ability to try single step debugging, at least for the first
part of bootup, to see if anything is running?

Maybe others will have other ideas.

Especially, input from someone familiar with this board will be helpful!!

Hope this helps,
Nathan


Unable to get nsh working on Adafruit Feather rp2040

2023-07-20 Thread Richard Fox

Hi,

I'm new to NuttX and to the pico-sdk, (and RTOSs in general). I have an 
Adafruit Feather RP2040 that I was using to experiment with NuttX and I 
haven't been able to get either the nsh or usbnsh apps to work, (and I 
haven't really tried anything else).


I have the Feather RP2040 connected to my Mac using an Adafruit #954 USB 
to TTL serial cable (pre 2014). I have the device wired so that the 
serial cable is connected to GND, Green TX to rp2040:GPIO1, white RX to 
rp2040:GPIO0.


Using this configuration, I have successfully built installed, and 
tested the pico-sdk "pico-examples/build/uart/hello_uart" example that 
prints a string via the serial cable to a terminal emulator on the Mac. 
This was operating at 115200 baud.


I've also successfully built and installed the bi-directional example 
from the Arduino distribution: Arduino:Built-in Examples:4. 
Communications:SerialPassThrough and am able to send to and receive from 
the Feather RP2040 through the serial cable and through the 
cu.usbmodem101 device that gets created when the controller is attached 
to my Mac with a USB cable. Communications were at 9600 baud.


I have the following environment variables set in my build terminal.
export PICO_SDK_PATH=/opt/pico/pico-sdk
export HOST_PLATFORM=mac

I can start the build process and it seems to succeed:

make distclean
./tools/configure.sh -m adafruit-feather-rp2040:nsh
make -j4
...
LN: platform/board to 
/Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/apps/platform/dummy

Register: hello
Register: nsh
Register: getprime
Register: sh
Register: ostest
CPP: 
/Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apache-nuttx/nuttxspace/nuttx/boards/arm/rp2040/adafruit-feather-rp2040/scripts/adafruit-feather-rp2040-flash.ld-> 
/Users/rfox/Documents/Computers/rtos/apacheLD: nuttx 



Generating: nuttx.uf2
tools/rp2040/elf2uf2 nuttx nuttx.uf2;
Done.

Then I copy the uf2 binary over to the mounted controller volume using 
the handy BOOTSEL feature.
After the volume is disconnected and my Mac has harped at me for doing 
it wrong, I open a screen to the device:


screen /dev/cu.usbserial-110 115200

Hit return a few times and get no response.

I've tried rebooting the controller, disconnecting and reconnecting the 
serial cable, doing both. Nothing seems to make any difference. I've 
tried swapping the RX/TX connections just in case there was a pin 
assignment setting different than the pico-sdk and arduino setups but it 
didn't make any difference.


I've tried also using the usbnsh code but there is never a second device 
created in /dev/ to connect to. That is, /dev/cu.usbserial* device is 
present from the serial cable connection but the "modem" device that 
gets created by using the arduino passthrough, for example, 
/dev/cu.usbmodem101 does not exist when the usbnsh configured RP2040 is 
connected to a USB port.


I figure that I'm missing some step, perhaps something I need to set 
using the optional mkconfig step that I'm skipping over but the solution 
eludes me.


Thanks for any advice,
Rich.