How to store stack info into flash for DA14585 when hard-fault or NMI happens?

Question

Hello, is there a way to get contents in stack and store them into flash when Hard-fault or NMI happen? If it can't write flash in the situation, is there a mechanism to copy them into a block of SRAM which can be kept even when system has been re-started?

OV_Renesas · Answer

Hi Jerry,

Thank you for posting your question on our Online Engineering Community.
What data exactly are you interested in saving? In which scenario are you facing a Hard Fault or NMI?
The RAM cannot be retained if a power off has occurred. Only the data on the SPI Flash will be saved.
In order to save data in the SPI Flash please follow our Tutorial here:
DA145XX Tutorial SDK6 Peripheral Drivers — DA145XX Tutorial SDK peripherals (renesas.com)
Chapter 5. SPI Flash.

Kind Regards,
OV_Renesas

OV_Renesas · Answer

Hi Jerry,

Thank you for the reply.
When you receive a Hard Fault error the device crashes and you are not going to be able to save the data into the Flash or print them via UART.
Please refer on our SDK6 Debugging Tutorial: Tutorial Dialog SDK 6.0.x Debugging — SDK6 Debugging Tutorial (renesas.com)
It shows the steps you have to make to understand the Hard Fault Error.
If you want you can share your code implementation here, so we can take a look on why you are getting this Hard Fault Error.

Kind Regards,
OV_Renesas

OV_Renesas · Answer

Hi Jerry, Thank you for the reply and the clarifications. The SDK6 does not support the same mechanism as DA14683. However you can print out the Registers for HardFault Errors or NMI so you can see what caused the issue. In order to do that, you will have to do the following: On da1458x_config_advanced.h file: /****************************************************************************************************************/
/* Output the Hardfault arguments to serial/UART interface. */
/****************************************************************************************************************/
#define CFG_PRODUCTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT 
 On da1458x_config_basic.h file: #undef CFG_DEVELOPMENT_DEBUG

#undef CFG_PRINTF

#define CFG_UART1_SDK On user_periph_setup.h file add the following: /// Divider for 115200 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_115K2 8
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_115K2 11

/// Character format
enum
{
 /// char format 5
 UART_CHARFORMAT_5 = 0,
 /// char format 6
 UART_CHARFORMAT_6 = 1,
 /// char format 7
 UART_CHARFORMAT_7 = 2,
 /// char format 8
 UART_CHARFORMAT_8 = 3
}; On hardfault_handler.c file you should change: // Switch to XTAL16 clock, if necessary
 if (GetBits16(CLK_CTRL_REG, RUNNING_AT_XTAL16M) == 0)
 {
 while ( !GetBits16(SYS_STAT_REG, XTAL16_SETTLED) ); // this takes some mili seconds

 SetBits16(CLK_CTRL_REG, SYS_CLK_SEL, 0); // select XTAL 16MHz
 } into this: if(GetBits16(CLK_CTRL_REG, RUNNING_AT_XTAL32M) == 0)
 {
 while ( !GetBits16(SYS_STAT_REG, XTAL32M_SETTLED) ); // this takes some mili seconds
 } Please also refer here, regarding the changes on hardfault_handler.c file: Build error with PRODUCTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT enabled &mdash; SDK6 Known Limitations List 0.1 documentation (renesas.com) Keep in mind, that for UART1 we are going to use the P2_5 pin which is declared on ueser_periph_setup.h file: /***************************************************************************************/
/* Production debug output configuration */
/***************************************************************************************/
#if PRODUCTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT
#if defined (__DA14531__)
 #define PRODUCTION_DEBUG_PORT GPIO_PORT_0
 #define PRODUCTION_DEBUG_PIN GPIO_PIN_11
#else
 #define PRODUCTION_DEBUG_PORT GPIO_PORT_2
 #define PRODUCTION_DEBUG_PIN GPIO_PIN_5
#endif
#endif You can change P2_5 to any pin that suits you. I worked on the ble_app_peripheral project, and in order to create a Hard Fault error I added the following line on the user_app_init custom callback function: *(uint32_t*)0x07F00000 = 0x90; When I compile and run the project, I am able to see on my terminal: Unfortunately, there is not a mechanism to save this data into the SPI Flash. Kind Regards, OV_Renesas

OV_Renesas · Answer

Hi Jerry, Thank you for the reply. Yes, baudrate 921600 can be used. /// Divider for 921600 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_921K6 1
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_921K6 1 For all the available baudrate options you can find the defines on the prod_test example on user_periph_setup.h file: /// Divider for 1000000 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_1M 1
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_1M 0

/// Divider for 921600 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_921K6 1
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_921K6 1

/// Divider for 500000 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_500K 2
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_500K 0

/// Divider for 460800 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_460K8 2
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_460K8 3

/// Divider for 230400 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_230K4 4
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_230K4 5

/// Divider for 115200 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_115K2 8
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_115K2 11

/// Divider for 57600 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_57K6 17
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_57K6 6

/// Divider for 38400 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_38K4 26
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_38K4 1

/// Divider for 28800 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_28K8 34
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_28K8 12

/// Divider for 19200 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_19K2 52
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_19K2 1

/// Divider for 14400 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_14K4 69
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_14K4 7

/// Divider for 9600 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_9K6 104
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_9K6 3

/// Divider for 2400 bits/s
#define UART_BAUDRATE_2K4 416
#define UART_FRAC_BAUDRATE_2K4 11

/// Character format
enum
{
 /// char format 5
 UART_CHARFORMAT_5 = 0,
 /// char format 6
 UART_CHARFORMAT_6 = 1,
 /// char format 7
 UART_CHARFORMAT_7 = 2,
 /// char format 8
 UART_CHARFORMAT_8 = 3
};
 Kind Regards, OV_Renesas