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ESP8266 does not respond #15137

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Stovka opened this issue Oct 1, 2020 · 8 comments · Fixed by #15186
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ESP8266 does not respond #15137

Stovka opened this issue Oct 1, 2020 · 8 comments · Fixed by #15186
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Type: bug The issue reports a bug / The PR fixes a bug (including spelling errors)
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@Stovka
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Stovka commented Oct 1, 2020

Hello I am new to the RIOT OS. I can't get my ESP8266 working.

Description

After succesful flash there is no communication with ESP8266

Steps to reproduce the issue

main.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include "xtimer.h"
int main(void)
{
        puts("setup");
        while(1){
                puts("loop");
                xtimer_sleep(1);
        }
         return 0;
}

Makefile

APPLICATION = test
BOARD ?= esp8266-esp-12x
RIOTBASE ?= /home/ubuntu/RIOT
USEMODULE += xtimer
USEMODULE += esp_spiffs
include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include

make flash term

Expected results

setup, loop, loop, ...

Actual results

ubuntu@ubutnu-VirtualBox:~/project/esp8266-1$ make flash term
Building application "test" for "esp8266-esp-12x" with MCU "esp8266".

"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/pkg/spiffs
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/build/pkg/spiffs/src -f /home/ubuntu/RIOT/Makefile.base MODULE=spiffs
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/boards/esp8266-esp-12x
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/boards/common/esp8266
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/core
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/freertos
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/periph
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/sdk
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/nvs_flash/src
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/spi_flash
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/util/src
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/freertos
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/periph
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/vendor
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/vendor/xtensa
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers/mtd
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers/periph_common
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/pkg/spiffs/fs
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/auto_init
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/div
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/log
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/luid
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/newlib_syscalls_default
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/ps
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/random
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/random/tinymt32
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/stdio_uart
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/vfs
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/xtimer
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 275952	   5024	  29056	 310032	  4bb10	/home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/test.elf
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp8266 elf2image --flash_mode dout   --flash_size 1MB --flash_freq 26m    --version 3 -o /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/test.elf.bin /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/test.elf; printf "\n" > /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "nvs, data, nvs, 0x9000, 0x6000\n" >> /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "phy_init, data, phy, 0xf000, 0x1000\n" >> /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "factory, app, factory, 0x10000, " >> /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; ls -l /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/test.elf.bin | awk '{ print $5 }' >> /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; python3 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/gen_esp32part.py --verify /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.bin
esptool.py v2.4.0
Parsing CSV input...
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp8266 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 --before default_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dout   --flash_freq 26m    0x0000 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader.bin 0x8000 /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.bin 0x10000 /home/ubuntu/project/esp8266-1/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/test.elf.bin
esptool.py v2.4.0
Connecting....
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
MAC: 50:02:91:fd:8a:1b
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Changing baud rate to 460800
Changed.
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Flash params set to 0x0341
Compressed 9344 bytes to 6292...
Wrote 9344 bytes (6292 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 0.1 seconds (effective 503.8 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 3072 bytes to 85...
Wrote 3072 bytes (85 compressed) at 0x00008000 in 0.0 seconds (effective 3507.3 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 281056 bytes to 193363...
Wrote 281056 bytes (193363 compressed) at 0x00010000 in 4.4 seconds (effective 516.3 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm -p "/dev/ttyUSB0" -b "115200"  
Twisted not available, please install it if you want to use pyterm's JSON capabilities
2020-10-01 10:33:36,091 # Connect to serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Welcome to pyterm!
Type '/exit' to exit.

Versions

Operating system: Windows 10 -> VM Virtual Box -> Ubuntu 20.04.1

I followed this guide
Everything went ok except installing coccinelle which I added from ppa. and python-serial which i used python3-serial instead
I tried both toolchain installation(riotdocker, manual) with same result
Before ESP8266 I tried arduino nano that is working fine.

ubuntu@ubutnu-VirtualBox:~/RIOT$ make print-versions

Operating System Environment
----------------------------
         Operating System: "Ubuntu" "20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
                   Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64 x86_64
             System shell: /usr/bin/dash (probably dash)
             make's shell: /usr/bin/dash (probably dash)

Installed compiler toolchains
-----------------------------
               native gcc: gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) 9.3.0
        arm-none-eabi-gcc: missing
                  avr-gcc: avr-gcc (GCC) 5.4.0
         mips-mti-elf-gcc: missing
           msp430-elf-gcc: missing
       riscv-none-elf-gcc: missing
  riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc: missing
     riscv-none-embed-gcc: missing
     xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc: missing
   xtensa-esp8266-elf-gcc: xtensa-esp8266-elf-gcc (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-80-g6c4433a5) 5.2.0
                    clang: missing

Installed compiler libs
-----------------------
     arm-none-eabi-newlib: missing
      mips-mti-elf-newlib: missing
        msp430-elf-newlib: missing
    riscv-none-elf-newlib: missing
riscv64-unknown-elf-newlib: missing
  riscv-none-embed-newlib: missing
  xtensa-esp32-elf-newlib: missing
xtensa-esp8266-elf-newlib: "2.2.0"
                 avr-libc: "2.0.0" ("20150208")

Installed development tools
---------------------------
                   ccache: missing
                    cmake: missing
                 cppcheck: Cppcheck 1.90
                  doxygen: 1.8.17
                      git: git version 2.25.1
                     make: GNU Make 4.2.1
                  openocd: missing
                   python: Python 2.7.18rc1
                  python2: Python 2.7.18rc1
                  python3: Python 3.8.2
                   flake8: 3.7.9 (mccabe: 0.6.1, pycodestyle: 2.5.0, pyflakes: 2.1.1) CPython 3.8.2 on Linux
               coccinelle: spatch version 1.0.8 compiled with OCaml version 4.08.1
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wosym commented Oct 2, 2020

I'm not familiar with the ESP8266 at all, but does it require a separate FTDI cable? Or is it integrated in the same USB-interface you programmed it over?
This line in your output makes me assume it does require a separate cable:
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm -p "/dev/ttyUSB0" -b "115200"

Did you connect it properly?

Also: personally I would avoid doing embedded things in a VM if possible. It's always a mess to get hardware working on it.

@Stovka
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Stovka commented Oct 2, 2020

It is NODEMCU Lua ESP8266 ESP-12E CP2102. It has integrated USB-interface(micro-USB connector). I also tried ESP-01 with this serial programmer with same result. In VirtualBox I bridged interface: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller. Also When I compile and flash from Arduino IDE(also inside VM) everything works. I think the code is not even running on chip. When I compile a flash it with /RIOT/tests/leds nothing is blinking. Flashing process looks fine, board is flashing communication LED during writing. But after reset there is nothing.

I will try to flash it from my Raspberry Pi without VM.

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benpicco commented Oct 4, 2020

That should just work.
Can compile any of the example applications using make BOARD=esp8266-esp-12x flash term?

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Stovka commented Oct 4, 2020

Unfortunately same result.

ubuntu@ubutnu-VirtualBox:~/RIOT/examples/hello-world$ make BOARD=esp8266-esp-12x flash term
Building application "hello-world" for "esp8266-esp-12x" with MCU "esp8266".

"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/boards/esp8266-esp-12x
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/boards/common/esp8266
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/core
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/freertos
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/periph
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/sdk
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/nvs_flash/src
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/spi_flash
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/util/src
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/freertos
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/periph
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/vendor
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp_common/vendor/xtensa
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers/mtd
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/drivers/periph_common
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/auto_init
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/log
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/luid
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/newlib_syscalls_default
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/ps
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/random
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/random/tinymt32
"make" -C /home/ubuntu/RIOT/sys/stdio_uart
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 275744	   4996	  28608	 309348	  4b864	/home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/hello-world.elf
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp8266 elf2image --flash_mode dout   --flash_size 1MB --flash_freq 26m    --version 3 -o /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/hello-world.elf.bin /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/hello-world.elf; printf "\n" > /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "nvs, data, nvs, 0x9000, 0x6000\n" >> /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "phy_init, data, phy, 0xf000, 0x1000\n" >> /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; printf "factory, app, factory, 0x10000, " >> /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; ls -l /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/hello-world.elf.bin | awk '{ print $5 }' >> /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv; python3 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/gen_esp32part.py --verify /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.csv /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.bin
esptool.py v2.4.0
Parsing CSV input...
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp8266 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 --before default_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dout   --flash_freq 26m    0x0000 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader.bin 0x8000 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/partitions.bin 0x10000 /home/ubuntu/RIOT/examples/hello-world/bin/esp8266-esp-12x/hello-world.elf.bin
esptool.py v2.4.0
Connecting....
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
MAC: 50:02:91:fd:8a:1b
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Changing baud rate to 460800
Changed.
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Flash params set to 0x0341
Compressed 9344 bytes to 6292...
Wrote 9344 bytes (6292 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 0.1 seconds (effective 509.9 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 3072 bytes to 84...
Wrote 3072 bytes (84 compressed) at 0x00008000 in 0.0 seconds (effective 2871.8 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 280816 bytes to 193024...
Wrote 280816 bytes (193024 compressed) at 0x00010000 in 4.3 seconds (effective 519.3 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...
/home/ubuntu/RIOT/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm -p "/dev/ttyUSB0" -b "115200"  
Twisted not available, please install it if you want to use pyterm's JSON capabilities
2020-10-04 17:51:54,622 # Connect to serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Welcome to pyterm!
Type '/exit' to exit.
2020-10-04 17:52:07,098 # Serial port disconnected, waiting to get reconnected...
2020-10-04 17:52:08,100 # Serial port disconnected, waiting to get reconnected...
2020-10-04 17:52:09,102 # Serial port disconnected, waiting to get reconnected...
2020-10-04 17:52:10,103 # Serial port disconnected, waiting to get reconnected...
2020-10-04 17:52:11,105 # Try to reconnect to /dev/ttyUSB0 again...
2020-10-04 17:52:11,173 # Reconnected to serial port /dev/ttyUSB

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benpicco commented Oct 4, 2020

I just tried it myself and can confirm the observation.

This is a new bug, thank you for reporting! Output works fine with 2020.07.

I'll try a bisect.

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benpicco commented Oct 4, 2020

81cb769 is the first bad commit

commit 81cb769cadd31e4fb30711bf6a3da85fa88b2135
Author: Leandro Lanzieri <leandro.lanzieri@haw-hamburg.de>
Date:   Mon Aug 10 14:45:39 2020 +0200

    makefiles: avoid building archives when compiling

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Stovka commented Oct 4, 2020

Perfect! I look forward to the new release.

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benpicco commented Oct 4, 2020

Let's keep the issue open until it's fixed 😉

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