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README for the Espressif ESP32 Core board (V2)
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==============================================
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The ESP32 is a dual-core system from Espressif with two Harvard
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architecture Xtensa LX6 CPUs. All embedded memory, external memory and
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peripherals are located on the data bus and/or the instruction bus of
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these CPUs. With some minor exceptions, the address mapping of two CPUs
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is symmetric, meaning they use the same addresses to access the same
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memory. Multiple peripherals in the system can access embedded memory via
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DMA.
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The two CPUs are named "PRO_CPU" and "APP_CPU" (for "protocol" and
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"application"), however for most purposes the two CPUs are
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interchangeable.
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Contents
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========
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o ESP32 Features
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o ESP32 Toolchain
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o Memory Map
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o Serial Console
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o Buttons and LEDs
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o Ethernet
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o SMP
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o OpenOCD for the ESP32
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o Executing and Debugging from FLASH and IRAM
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o Configurations
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o Things to Do
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STATUS
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======
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Currently we have support to UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc.
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Espressif is working to include support to WiFi and Bluetooth, but
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it will depends on their external libraries to get it up and running.
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ESP32 Features
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==============
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* Address Space
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- Symmetric address mapping
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- 4 GB (32-bit) address space for both data bus and instruction bus
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- 1296 KB embedded memory address space
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- 19704 KB external memory address space
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- 512 KB peripheral address space
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- Some embedded and external memory regions can be accessed by either
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data bus or instruction bus
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- 328 KB DMA address space
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* Embedded Memory
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- 448 KB Internal ROM
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- 520 KB Internal SRAM
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- 8 KB RTC FAST Memory
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- 8 KB RTC SLOW Memory
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* External Memory
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Off-chip SPI memory can be mapped into the available address space as
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external memory. Parts of the embedded memory can be used as transparent
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cache for this external memory.
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- Supports up to 16 MB off-Chip SPI Flash.
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- Supports up to 8 MB off-Chip SPI SRAM.
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* Peripherals
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- 41 peripherals
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* DMA
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- 13 modules are capable of DMA operation
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ESP32 Toolchain
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===============
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You must use the custom Xtensa toolchain in order to build the ESP32 Core
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BSP. The steps to build toolchain with crosstool-NG on Linux are as
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follows:
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git clone https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG.git
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cd crosstool-NG
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git checkout esp-2019r2
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git submodule update --init
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./bootstrap && ./configure --enable-local && make
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./ct-ng xtensa-esp32-elf
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./ct-ng build
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chmod -R u+w builds/xtensa-esp32-elf
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export PATH="crosstool-NG/builds/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin:$PATH"
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These steps are given in setup guide in ESP-IDF repository:
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https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/get-started/linux-setup-scratch.html
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Memory Map
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==========
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Address Mapping
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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BUS TYPE START LAST DESCRIPTION NOTES
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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0x00000000 0x3F3FFFFF Reserved
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Data 0x3F400000 0x3F7FFFFF External Memory
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Data 0x3F800000 0x3FBFFFFF External Memory
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0x3FC00000 0x3FEFFFFF Reserved
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Data 0x3FF00000 0x3FF7FFFF Peripheral
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Data 0x3FF80000 0x3FFFFFFF Embedded Memory
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Instruction 0x40000000 0x400C1FFF Embedded Memory
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Instruction 0x400C2000 0x40BFFFFF External Memory
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0x40C00000 0x4FFFFFFF Reserved
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Data / 0x50000000 0x50001FFF Embedded Memory
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Instruction
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0x50002000 0xFFFFFFFF Reserved
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Embedded Memory
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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BUS TYPE START LAST DESCRIPTION NOTES
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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Data 0x3ff80000 0x3ff81fff RTC FAST Memory PRO_CPU Only
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0x3ff82000 0x3ff8ffff Reserved
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Data 0x3ff90000 0x3ff9ffff Internal ROM 1
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0x3ffa0000 0x3ffadfff Reserved
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Data 0x3ffae000 0x3ffdffff Internal SRAM 2 DMA
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Data 0x3ffe0000 0x3fffffff Internal SRAM 1 DMA
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Boundary Address
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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BUS TYPE START LAST DESCRIPTION NOTES
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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Instruction 0x40000000 0x40007fff Internal ROM 0 Remap
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Instruction 0x40008000 0x4005ffff Internal ROM 0
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0x40060000 0x4006ffff Reserved
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Instruction 0x40070000 0x4007ffff Internal SRAM 0 Cache
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Instruction 0x40080000 0x4009ffff Internal SRAM 0
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Instruction 0x400a0000 0x400affff Internal SRAM 1
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Instruction 0x400b0000 0x400b7FFF Internal SRAM 1 Remap
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Instruction 0x400b8000 0x400bffff Internal SRAM 1
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Instruction 0x400c0000 0x400c1FFF RTC FAST Memory PRO_CPU Only
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Data / 0x50000000 0x50001fff RTC SLOW Memory
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Instruction
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External Memory
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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BUS TYPE START LAST DESCRIPTION NOTES
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----------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------------
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Data 0x3f400000 0x3f7fffff External Flash Read
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Data 0x3f800000 0x3fbfffff External SRAM Read and Write
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Boundary Address
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----------------
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Instruction 0x400c2000 0x40bfffff 11512 KB External Flash Read
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Linker Segments
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------------------ ---------- ---------- ---- ----------------------------
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DESCRIPTION START END ATTR LINKER SEGMENT NAME
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------------------ ---------- ---------- ---- ----------------------------
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FLASH mapped data: 0x3f400010 0x3fc00010 R drom0_0_seg
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- .rodata
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- Constructors/destructors
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COMMON data RAM: 0x3ffb0000 0x40000000 RW dram0_0_seg (NOTE 1,2)
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- .bss/.data
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IRAM for PRO cpu: 0x40080000 0x400a0000 RX iram0_0_seg
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- Interrupt Vectors
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- Low level handlers
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- Xtensa/Espressif libraries
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RTC fast memory: 0x400c0000 0x400c2000 RWX rtc_iram_seg (PRO_CPU only)
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- .rtc.text (unused?)
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FLASH: 0x400d0018 0x40400018 RX iram0_2_seg (actually FLASH)
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- .text
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RTC slow memory: 0x50000000 0x50001000 RW rtc_slow_seg (NOTE 3)
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- .rtc.data/rodata (unused?)
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NOTE 1: Linker script will reserve space at the beginning of the segment
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for BT and at the end for trace memory.
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NOTE 2: Heap enads at the top of dram_0_seg
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NOTE 3: Linker script will reserve space at the beginning of the segment
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for co-processor reserve memory and at the end for ULP coprocessor
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reserve memory.
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Serial Console
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==============
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UART0 is, by default, the serial console. It connects to the on-board
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CP2102 converter and is available on the USB connector USB CON8 (J1).
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It will show up as /dev/ttypUSB[n] where [n] will probably be 0 (is it 1
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on my PC because I have a another device at ttyUSB0).
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Buttons and LEDs
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================
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Buttons
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-------
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There are two buttons labeled Boot and EN. The EN button is not available
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to software. It pulls the chip enable line that doubles as a reset line.
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The BOOT button is connected to IO0. On reset it is used as a strapping
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pin to determine whether the chip boots normally or into the serial
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bootloader. After reset, however, the BOOT button can be used for software
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input.
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LEDs
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----
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There are several on-board LEDs for that indicate the presence of power
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and USB activity. None of these are available for use by software.
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Ethernet
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========
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ESP32 has a 802.11 hardware MAC, so just connects to external PHY chip.
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Due to ESP32's GPIOs are not enough, so recommanded users to use RMII
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to connect ESP32 to PHY chip, current driver also only supports RMII option.
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The RMII GPIO pins are fixed, but the SMI and functional GPIO pins are optional.
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RMII GPIO pins are as following:
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ESP32 GPIO PHY Chip GPIO
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IO25 <--> RXD[0]
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IO26 <--> RXD[1]
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IO27 <--> CRS_DV
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IO0 <--> REF_CLK
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IO19 <--> TXD[0]
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IO21 <--> TX_EN
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IO22 <--> TXD[1]
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SMI GPIO pins (default option) are as following:
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ESP32 GPIO PHY Chip GPIO
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IO18 <--> MDIO
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IO23 <--> MDC
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Functional GPIO pins(default option) are as following:
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ESP32 GPIO PHY Chip GPIO
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IO5 <--> Reset_N
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Espressif has an offcial Ethernet development board:
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https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/hw-reference/esp32/get-started-ethernet-kit.html
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This driver has been tested according to this board and ESP32 core
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board + LAN8720 module. If users have some issue about using this driver,
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please refer the upper official document, specially the issue that GPIO0
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causes failing to bring the ESP32 chip up.
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SMP
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===
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The ESP32 has 2 CPUs. Support is included for testing an SMP configuration.
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That configuration is still not yet ready for usage but can be enabled with
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the following configuration settings:
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RTOS Features -> Tasks and Scheduling
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CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
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CONFIG_SMP=y
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CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
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CONFIG_SMP_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
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Debug Tip: During debug session, OpenOCD may mysteriously switch from one
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CPU to another. This behavior can be eliminated by uncommenting one of the
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following in scripts/esp32.cfg
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# Only configure the PRO CPU
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#set ESP32_ONLYCPU 1
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# Only configure the APP CPU
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#set ESP32_ONLYCPU 2
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Open Issues:
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1. Cache Issues. I have not thought about this yet, but certainly caching is
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an issue in an SMP system:
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- Cache coherency. Are there separate caches for each CPU? Or a single
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shared cache? If the are separate then keep the caches coherent will
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be an issue.
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- Caching MAY interfere with spinlocks as they are currently implemented.
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Waiting on a cached copy of the spinlock may result in a hang or a
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failure to wait.
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2. Assertions. On a fatal assertions, other CPUs need to be stopped.
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OpenOCD for the ESP32
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=====================
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First you in need some debug environment which would be a JTAG emulator
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and the ESP32 OpenOCD software which is available here:
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https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32
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OpenOCD Documentation
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---------------------
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There is on overiew of the use of OpenOCD here:
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https://dl.espressif.com/doc/esp-idf/latest/openocd.html
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This document is also available in ESP-IDF source tree in docs
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directory (https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf).
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OpenOCD Configuration File
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--------------------------
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A template ESP32 OpenOCD configuration file is provided in
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ESP-IDF docs directory (esp32.cfg). Since you are not using
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FreeRTOS, you will need to uncomment the line:
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set ESP32_RTOS none
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in the OpenOCD configuration file. You will also need to change
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the source line from:
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find interface/ftdi/tumpa.cfg
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to reflect the physical JTAG adapter connected.
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NOTE: A copy of this OpenOCD configuration file available in the NuttX
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source tree at nuttx/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/scripts/esp32.cfg . It has these
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modifications:
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- The referenced "set ESP32_RTOS none" line has been uncommented
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- The "find interface/ftdi/tumpa.cfg". This means that you will
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need to specify the interface configuration file on the OpenOCD
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command line.
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NOTE: Another OpenOCD configuration file is available in the NuttX
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source tree at
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nuttx/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/scripts/esp32-ft232h.cfg .
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It has been tested with:
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- ESP32-DevKitC V4
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https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/hw-reference/esp32/get-started-devkitc.html
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- Akizukidenshi's FT232HL, a FT232H based JTAG adapter
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http://akizukidenshi.com/catalog/g/gK-06503/
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With JP3 and JP4 closed, and connected to ESP32 as:
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---------------- -------
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ESP32-DevKitC V4 FT232HL
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---------------- -------
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J2 J3 J2
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-------- ------- -------
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IO13 AD0 (TCK)
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IO12 AD1 (TDI)
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IO15 AD2 (TDO)
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IO14 AD3 (TMS)
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GND GND
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-------- ------- -------
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- The following version of OpenOCD from ESP-IDF (macOS version)
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% openocd --version
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Open On-Chip Debugger v0.10.0-esp32-20191114 (2019-11-14-14:19)
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Licensed under GNU GPL v2
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For bug reports, read
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http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
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%
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General OpenOCD build instructions
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----------------------------------
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Installing OpenOCD. The sources for the ESP32-enabled variant of
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OpenOCD are available from Espressifs Github. To download the source,
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use the following commands:
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git clone https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32.git
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cd openocd-esp32
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git submodule init
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git submodule update
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Then look at the README and the docs/INSTALL.txt files in the
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openocd-esp32 directory for further instructions. There area
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separate README files for Linux/Cygwin, macOS, and Windows. Here
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is what I ended up doing (under Linux):
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cd openocd-esp32
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./bootstrap
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./configure
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make
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If you do not do the install step, then you will have a localhost
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version of the OpenOCD binary at openocd-esp32/src.
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Starting the OpenOCD Server
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---------------------------
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- cd to openocd-esp32 directory
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- copy the modified esp32.cfg script to this directory
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Then start OpenOCD by executing a command like the following. Here
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I assume that:
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- You did not install OpenOCD; binaries are available at
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openocd-esp32/src and interface scripts are in
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openocd-eps32/tcl/interface
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- I select the configuration for the Olimex ARM-USB-OCD
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debugger.
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Then the command to start OpenOCD is:
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sudo ./src/openocd -s ./tcl -f tcl/interface/ftdi/olimex-arm-usb-ocd.cfg -f ./esp32.cfg
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I then see:
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Open On-Chip Debugger 0.10.0-dev-g3098897 (2016-11-14-12:19)
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Licensed under GNU GPL v2
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For bug reports, read
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http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
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adapter speed: 200 kHz
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force hard breakpoints
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Info : clock speed 200 kHz
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Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
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Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
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Info : esp32.cpu0: Debug controller was reset (pwrstat=0x5F, after clear 0x0F).
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Info : esp32.cpu0: Core was reset (pwrstat=0x5F, after clear 0x0F).
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Connecting a debugger to OpenOCD
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--------------------------------
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OpenOCD should now be ready to accept gdb connections. If you have
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compiled the ESP32 toolchain using Crosstool-NG, or if you have
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downloaded a precompiled toolchain from the Espressif website, you
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should already have xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb, a version of gdb that can
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be used for this
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First, make sure the project you want to debug is compiled and
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flashed into the ESP32’s SPI flash. Then, in a different console
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than OpenOCD is running in, invoke gdb. For example, for the
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template app, you would do this like such:
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cd nuttx
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xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb -ex 'target remote localhost:3333' nuttx
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This should give you a gdb prompt.
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Breakpoints
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-----------
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You can set up to 2 hardware breakpoints, which can be anywhere in the
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address space. Also 2 hardware watchpoints.
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The openocd esp32.cfg file currently forces gdb to use hardware
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breakpoints, I believe because software breakpoints (or, at least, the
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memory map for automatically choosing them) aren't implemented yet
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(as of 2016-11-14).
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JTAG Emulator
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-------------
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The documentation indicates that you need to use an external JTAG
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like the TIAO USB Multi-protocol Adapter and the Flyswatter2.
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The instructions at http://www.esp32.com/viewtopic.php?t=381 show
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use of an FTDI C232HM-DDHSL-0 USB 2.0 high speed to MPSSE cable.
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The ESP32 Core v2 board has no on board JTAG connector. It will
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be necessary to make a cable or some other board to connect a JTAG
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emulator. Refer to http://www.esp32.com/viewtopic.php?t=381 "How
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to debug ESP32 with JTAG / OpenOCD / GDB 1st part connect the
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hardware."
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Relevant pin-out:
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-------- ----------
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PIN JTAG
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LABEL FUNCTION
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-------- ----------
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IO14 TMS
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IO12 TDI
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GND GND
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IO13 TCK
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-------- ----------
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IO15 TDO
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-------- ----------
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You can find the mapping of JTAG signals to ESP32 GPIO numbers in
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"ESP32 Pin List" document found here:
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http://espressif.com/en/support/download/documents?keys=&field_type_tid%5B%5D=13
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I put the ESP32 on a prototyping board and used a standard JTAG 20-pin
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connector with an older Olimex JTAG that I had. Here is how I wired
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the 20-pin connector:
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----------------- ----------
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20-PIN JTAG ESP32 PIN
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CONNECTOR LABEL
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----------------- ----------
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1 VREF INPUT 3V3
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3 nTRST OUTPUT N/C
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5 TDI OUTPUT IO12
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7 TMS OUTPUT IO14
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9 TCLK OUTPUT IO13
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11 RTCK INPUT N/C
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13 TDO INPUT IO15
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15 RESET I/O N/C
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17 DBGRQ OUTPUT N/C
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19 5V OUTPUT N/C
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------------ ----------
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2 VCC INPUT 3V3
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4 GND N/A GND
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6 GND N/A GND
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8 GND N/A GND
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10 GND N/A GND
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12 GND N/A GND
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14 GND N/A GND
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16 GND N/A GND
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18 GND N/A GND
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20 GND N/A GND
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------------ ----------
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Executing and Debugging from FLASH and IRAM
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===========================================
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Enable Debug Symbols
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--------------------
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To debug with GDB, you will need to enable symbols in the build. You do this
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with 'make menuconfig' then selecting:
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- "Build Setup" -> "Debug Options" -> "Generate Debug Symbols"
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|
||
And, to make debugging easier, also disable optimizations. This will make
|
||
your code a lot bigger:
|
||
|
||
- "Build Setup" -> "Optimization Level" -> "Suppress Optimization"
|
||
|
||
FLASH
|
||
-----
|
||
OpenOCD currently doesn't have a FLASH driver for ESP32, so you can load
|
||
code into IRAM only via JTAG. FLASH-resident sections like .FLASH.rodata
|
||
will fail to load. The bootloader in ROM doesn't parse ELF, so any image
|
||
which is bootloaded from FLASH has to be converted into a custom image
|
||
format first.
|
||
|
||
The tool esp-idf uses for flashing is a command line Python tool called
|
||
"esptool.py" which talks to a serial bootloader in ROM. A version is
|
||
supplied in the esp-idf codebase in components/esptool_py/esptool, the
|
||
"upstream" for that tool is here and now supports ESP32.
|
||
|
||
https://github.com/espressif/esptool/
|
||
|
||
To FLASH an ELF via the command line is a two step process, something like
|
||
this:
|
||
|
||
esptool.py --chip esp32 elf2image --flash_mode dio --flash_size 4MB -o nuttx.bin nuttx
|
||
esptool.py --chip esp32 --port COMx write_flash 0x1000 bootloader.bin 0x8000 partition_table.bin 0x10000 nuttx.bin
|
||
|
||
The first step converts an ELF image into an ESP32-compatible binary
|
||
image format, and the second step flashes it (along with bootloader image and
|
||
partition table binary.)
|
||
The offset for the partition table may vary, depending on ESP-IDF
|
||
configuration, CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET, which is by default 0x8000
|
||
as of writing this.
|
||
|
||
To put the ESP32 into serial flashing mode, it needs to be reset with IO0 held
|
||
low. On the Core boards this can be accomplished by holding the button marked
|
||
"Boot" and pressing then releasing the button marked "EN". Actually, esptool.py
|
||
can enter bootloader mode automatically (via RTS/DTR control lines), but
|
||
unfortunately a timing interaction between the Windows CP2012 driver and the
|
||
hardware means this doesn't currently work on Windows.
|
||
|
||
Secondary Boot Loader / Partition Table
|
||
---------------------------------------
|
||
See https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/components/bootloader
|
||
and https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/components/partition_table .
|
||
|
||
The secondary boot loader by default programs a RTC watchdog timer.
|
||
As NuttX doesn't know the timer, it reboots every ~9 seconds. You can
|
||
disable the timer by tweaking sdkconfig CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_WDT_ENABLE
|
||
and rebuild the boot loader.
|
||
|
||
Running from IRAM with OpenOCD
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
Running from IRAM is a good debug option. You should be able to load the
|
||
ELF directly via JTAG in this case, and you may not need the bootloader.
|
||
|
||
NuttX supports a configuration option, CONFIG_ESP32CORE_RUN_IRAM, that may be
|
||
selected for execution from IRAM. This option simply selects the correct
|
||
linker script for IRAM execution.
|
||
|
||
Skipping the Secondary Bootloader
|
||
---------------------------------
|
||
It is possible to skip the secondary bootloader and run out of IRAM using
|
||
only the primary bootloader if your application of small enough (< 128KiB code,
|
||
<180KiB data), then you can simplify initial bring-up by avoiding second stage
|
||
bootloader. Your application will be loaded into IRAM using first stage
|
||
bootloader present in ESP32 ROM. To achieve this, you need two things:
|
||
|
||
1. Have a linker script which places all code into IRAM and all data into
|
||
IRAM/DRAM
|
||
|
||
2. Use "esptool.py" utility found in ESP-IDF to convert application .elf
|
||
file into binary format which can be loaded by first stage bootloader.
|
||
|
||
Again you would need to link the ELF file and convert it to binary format suitable
|
||
for flashing into the board. The command should to convert ELF file to binary
|
||
image looks as follows:
|
||
|
||
python esp-idf/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp32 elf2image --flash_mode "dio" --flash_freq "40m" --flash_size "2MB" -o nuttx.bin nuttx
|
||
|
||
To flash binary image to your development board, use the same esptool.py utility:
|
||
|
||
python esp-idf/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 921600 write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size 2MB 0x1000 nuttx.bin
|
||
|
||
The argument before app.bin (0x1000) indicates the offset in flash where binary
|
||
will be written. ROM bootloader expects to find an application (or second stage
|
||
bootloader) image at offset 0x1000, so we are writing the binary there.
|
||
|
||
Clocking
|
||
--------
|
||
Right now, the NuttX port depends on the bootloader to initialize hardware,
|
||
including basic (slow) clocking. If I had the clock configuration logic,
|
||
would I be able to run directly out of IRAM without a bootloader? That
|
||
might be a simpler bring-up.
|
||
|
||
Sample OpenOCD Debug Steps
|
||
--------------------------
|
||
I did the initial bring-up using the IRAM configuration and OpenOCD. Here
|
||
is a synopsis of my debug steps:
|
||
|
||
boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/nsh with
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
|
||
CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
|
||
CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
|
||
CONFIG_ESP32CORE_RUN_IRAM=y
|
||
|
||
I also made this change configuration which will eliminate all attempts to
|
||
re-configure serial. It will just use the serial settings as they were left
|
||
by the bootloader:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_SUPPRESS_UART_CONFIG=y
|
||
|
||
Start OpenOCD:
|
||
|
||
cd ../openocde-esp32
|
||
cp ../nuttx/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/scripts/esp32.cfg .
|
||
sudo ./src/openocd -s ./tcl/ -f tcl/interface/ftdi/olimex-arm-usb-ocd.cfg -f ./esp32.cfg
|
||
|
||
Start GDB and load code:
|
||
|
||
cd ../nuttx
|
||
xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb -ex 'target remote localhost:3333' nuttx
|
||
(gdb) load nuttx
|
||
(gdb) mon reg pc [value report by load for entry point]
|
||
(gdb) s
|
||
|
||
Single stepping works fine for me as do breakpoints:
|
||
|
||
Breakpoint 1, up_timer_initialize () at chip/esp32_timerisr.c:172
|
||
72 {
|
||
(gdb) n
|
||
esp32.cpu0: Target halted, pc=0x400835BF
|
||
187 g_tick_divisor = divisor;
|
||
(gdb) ...
|
||
|
||
Configurations
|
||
==============
|
||
|
||
Common Configuration Information
|
||
--------------------------------
|
||
Each ESP32 core configuration is maintained in sub-directories and
|
||
can be selected as follow:
|
||
|
||
tools/configure.sh esp32-core:<subdir>
|
||
make oldconfig
|
||
|
||
Before building, make sure the PATH environment variable includes the
|
||
correct path to the directory than holds your toolchain binaries.
|
||
|
||
If this is a Windows native build, then configure.bat should be used
|
||
instead of configure.sh:
|
||
|
||
configure.bat esp32-core\<subdir>
|
||
|
||
And then build NuttX by simply typing the following. At the conclusion of
|
||
the make, the nuttx binary will reside in an ELF file called, simply,
|
||
nuttx.
|
||
|
||
make oldconfig
|
||
make
|
||
|
||
The <subdir> that is provided above as an argument to the
|
||
tools/configure.sh must be is one of the directories listed below.
|
||
|
||
NOTES:
|
||
|
||
1. These configurations use the mconf-based configuration tool. To
|
||
change any of these configurations using that tool, you should:
|
||
|
||
a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
|
||
see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
|
||
|
||
b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
|
||
reconfiguration process.
|
||
|
||
2. Unless stated otherwise, all configurations generate console
|
||
output on UART0 (see the "Serial Console" section above).
|
||
|
||
3. By default, these configurations assume a 40MHz crystal on-
|
||
board:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_ESP32CORE_XTAL_40MZ=y
|
||
# CONFIG_ESP32CORE_XTAL_26MHz is not set
|
||
|
||
4. Default configurations are set to run from FLASH. You will need
|
||
to set CONFIG_ESP32CORE_RUN_IRAM=y for now (see the " Executing
|
||
and Debugging from FLASH and IRAM" section above).
|
||
|
||
To select this option, do 'make menuconfig'. Then you can find
|
||
the selection under the "Board Selection" menu as "Run from IRAM".
|
||
|
||
Configuration sub-directories
|
||
-----------------------------
|
||
|
||
nsh:
|
||
|
||
Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at apps/examples/nsh.
|
||
|
||
NOTES:
|
||
|
||
1. Uses the CP2102 USB/Serial converter for the serial console.
|
||
|
||
2. I have only tested this in IRAM with UART reconfiguration disabled.
|
||
See "Sample Debug Steps". In that case, NuttX is started via GDB.
|
||
It has, however, been reported to me that this configuration also
|
||
runs when written to address 0x1000 of FLASH with the esptool.py
|
||
(as described above). Then NuttX is started via the second level
|
||
bootloader. I cannot vouch for that since I have never tried it.
|
||
|
||
3. There are open clocking issues. Currently clock configuration
|
||
logic is disabled because I don't have the technical information
|
||
to provide that logic -- hopefully that is coming. As a
|
||
consequence, whatever clock setup was left when NuttX started is
|
||
used. For the case of execution out of IRAM with GDB, the
|
||
settings in boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/include/board.h work.
|
||
To check the timing, I use a stop watch and:
|
||
|
||
nsh> sleep 60
|
||
|
||
If the timing is correct in the board.h header file, the value
|
||
timed with the stop watch should be about 60 seconds. If not,
|
||
change the frequency in the board.h header file.
|
||
|
||
smp:
|
||
|
||
Another NSH configuration, similar to nsh, but also enables
|
||
SMP operation. It differs from the nsh configuration only in these
|
||
additional settings:
|
||
|
||
SMP is enabled:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_SMP=y
|
||
CONFIG_SMP_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
|
||
CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
|
||
CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
|
||
|
||
The apps/testing/smp test is included:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_TESTING_SMP=y
|
||
CONFIG_TESTING_SMP_NBARRIER_THREADS=8
|
||
CONFIG_TESTING_SMP_PRIORITY=100
|
||
CONFIG_TESTING_SMP_STACKSIZE=2048
|
||
|
||
NOTES:
|
||
1. See NOTES for the nsh configuration.
|
||
|
||
ostest:
|
||
|
||
This is the NuttX test at apps/examples/ostest that is run against all new
|
||
architecture ports to assure a correct implementation of the OS. The default
|
||
version is for a single CPU but can be modified for an SMP test by adding:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_SMP=y
|
||
CONFIG_SMP_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
|
||
CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
|
||
CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
|
||
|
||
NOTES:
|
||
1. See NOTES for the nsh configuration.
|
||
2. 2016-12-23: Test appears to be fully functional in the single CPU mode.
|
||
3. 2016-12-24: But when SMP is enabled, there is a consistent, repeatable
|
||
crash in the waitpid() test. At the time of the crash, there is
|
||
extensive memory corruption and a user exception occurs (cause=28).
|
||
|
||
mmcsdspi:
|
||
|
||
This config tests the SPI driver by connecting an SD Card reader over SPI.
|
||
SPI2 is used and kept with the default IOMUX pins, i.e.:
|
||
CS --> 15
|
||
SCK --> 14
|
||
MOSI --> 13
|
||
MISO --> 12
|
||
Once booted the following command is used to mount a FAT file system:
|
||
mount -t vfat /dev/mmcsd0 /mnt
|
||
|
||
spiflash:
|
||
|
||
This config tests the external SPI that comes with an ESP32 module connected
|
||
through SPI1.
|
||
|
||
By default a SmartFS file system is selected.
|
||
Once booted you can use the following commands to mount the file system:
|
||
mksmartfs /dev/smart0
|
||
mount -t smartfs /dev/smart0 /mnt
|
||
|
||
Note that mksmartfs is only needed the first time.
|
||
|
||
psram:
|
||
|
||
This config tests the PSRAM driver over SPIRAM interface.
|
||
You can use the ramtest command to test the PSRAM memory. We are testing
|
||
only 64KB on this example (64 * 1024), but you can change this number to
|
||
2MB or 4MB depending on PSRAM chip used on your board:
|
||
|
||
nsh> ramtest -w 0x3F800000 65536
|
||
RAMTest: Marching ones: 3f800000 65536
|
||
RAMTest: Marching zeroes: 3f800000 65536
|
||
RAMTest: Pattern test: 3f800000 65536 55555555 aaaaaaaa
|
||
RAMTest: Pattern test: 3f800000 65536 66666666 99999999
|
||
RAMTest: Pattern test: 3f800000 65536 33333333 cccccccc
|
||
RAMTest: Address-in-address test: 3f800000 65536
|
||
|
||
Things to Do
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
1. There is no support for an interrupt stack yet.
|
||
|
||
2. There is no clock initialization logic in place. This depends on logic in
|
||
Espressif libraries. The board comes up using that basic 40 MHz crystal
|
||
for clocking. Getting to 80 MHz will require clocking initialization in
|
||
esp32_clockconfig.c.
|
||
|
||
3. I did not implement the lazy co-processor save logic supported by Xtensa.
|
||
That logic works like this:
|
||
|
||
a. CPENABLE is set to zero on each context switch, disabling all co-
|
||
processors.
|
||
b. If/when the task attempts to use the disabled co-processor, an
|
||
exception occurs
|
||
c. The co-processor exception handler re-enables the co-processor.
|
||
|
||
Instead, the NuttX logic saves and restores CPENABLE on each context
|
||
switch. This has disadvantages in that (1) co-processor context will
|
||
be saved and restored even if the co-processor was never used, and (2)
|
||
tasks must explicitly enable and disable co-processors.
|
||
|
||
4. Currently the Xtensa port copies register state save information from
|
||
the stack into the TCB. A more efficient alternative would be to just
|
||
save a pointer to a register state save area in the TCB. This would
|
||
add some complexity to signal handling and also also the
|
||
up_initialstate(). But the performance improvement might be worth
|
||
the effort.
|
||
|
||
5. See SMP-related issues above
|
||
|
||
6. See OpenOCD for the ESP32 above
|
||
|
||
7. Currently will not boot unless serial port initialization is disabled.
|
||
This will use the serial port settings as left by the preceding
|
||
bootloader:
|
||
|
||
I also made this change configuration which will eliminate all attempts to
|
||
re-configure serial. It will just use the serial settings as they were left
|
||
by the bootloader:
|
||
|
||
CONFIG_SUPPRESS_UART_CONFIG=y
|
||
|
||
I have not debugged this in detail, but this appears to be an issue with the
|
||
implementation of esp32_configgpio() and/or gpio_matrix_out() when called from
|
||
the setup logic in arch/xtensa/src/esp32/esp32_serial.c. I am not inclined
|
||
to invest a lot in driver debug until the clock configuration is finalized.
|
||
|
||
UPDATE: This may have been fixed with PR 457:
|
||
|
||
https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/nuttx/pull-requests/457/
|
||
fix-esp32-gpio-enable-reg-and-default-uart/diff
|
||
|
||
That has not yet been verified.
|