A few posts before I wrote about about the project “Campus Door System “. In our real time environment part of the project we are using the miniMODUL-167 which is equipt with an RTC-8583.<\/p>\n
For I\u00b2C\u00a0 < -> RTC interfacing we are using sources which can be downloaded <\/a>from the Phytec ftp servers. For the whole project we have been using this source without problems \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n After rolling out the system to one of our customers\u00a0a few weeks later the system suddenly stopped, only a reset could clear the situation. Our in-house systems have never shown this kind of symptoms. So what the hell was going on?<\/p>\n After some days I found out that the problem might be located on the RTC part. After the crash the RTC delivers such funny things like 56 h 78 m 99 s , lol, ok so the RTC counters only compare for equals thats for sure :-). But what part of our code is setting the RTC\u00a0 ?<\/p>\n To make it short, the problem was a combination of our system architecture and the way the used I\u00b2C library is working.<\/p>\n Because the I\u00b2C library has a low level layer which is responsible for generating the bit pattern of the I\u00b2C data, this part of the code is prone to wrong designed interrupt architecture.<\/p>\n Sample of the low level I\u00b2C:<\/p>\n This is exactly what happend. In-house we have only a certain amount of readers connected to the external buses of the access system. But our customer has over 100 readers installed. So the interrupt load was at a level where the situation could arise that at the moment where the I\u00b2C bit pattern is generated a few interrupts suspended the pattern generation. This leads in the worst case to a write instead of a read flag \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n A quick fix was to globally disable interrupts in I\u00b2C write situations or a better solution would be to move the accourding code to a high priojority interrupt.<\/p>\n I’m also writing this because some of my colleagues also use this lib – and yes they also do not read manuals \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n have fun<\/p>\n Mario<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A few posts before I wrote about about the project “Campus Door System “. In our real time environment part of the project we are using the miniMODUL-167 which is equipt with an RTC-8583. For I\u00b2C\u00a0 < -> RTC interfacing we are using sources which can be downloaded from the Phytec ftp servers. For the … Continue reading Phytec 8564-RTC I\u00b2C interface library used in interrupt driven env.<\/span> \/****************************************************************************\/\r\n\/* sends one bit to I2C-bus, also used for sending ACKNOWLEDGE condition *\/\r\n\r\nvoid I2CSendBit(BYTE State) {\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay();\r\n I2CPutSCL(0); \/* setup SCL (redundant) *\/\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay();\r\n I2CPutSDA(State); \/* setup SDA *\/\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay();\r\n I2CPutSCL(1); \/* enable SDA writing *\/\r\n\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay(); \/* let SCL get stabilized High *\/\r\n\r\n while(!I2CGetSCL()); \/* wait until SCL-line is released *\/\r\n\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay();\r\n I2CPutSCL(0); \/* disable SDA writing (SDA is now *\/\r\n \/* clocked) *\/\r\n\/\/ I2CDelay();\r\n I2CPutSDA(1); \/* release SDA *\/\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/****************************************************************************\/\r\n\/* set SCL-line to desired state\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n\r\nvoid I2CPutSCL(BYTE State)\r\n{\r\n if(!State)\r\n {\r\n I2C_PORT &= ~I2C_SCL_MSK;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \/* set SCL-Line to ZERO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n#ifdef __C166__\r\n I2C_PORT_DIR |= I2C_SCL_MSK;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* set SCL-Pin for OUTPUT Mode\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n#endif\r\n \/* enable output AFTER setting of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n \/* correct level to avoid '1'-level\u00a0 *\/\r\n \/* spikes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n }\r\n else\r\n {\r\n#ifdef __C166__\r\n I2C_PORT_DIR &= ~I2C_SCL_MSK;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* set SCL-Pin for INPUT Mode\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n#endif\r\n \/* this is possible because of the\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n \/* external pull-up resistor !\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n \/* set SCL-line to ONE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n I2C_PORT |= I2C_SCL_MSK;\r\n }\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/****************************************************************************\/\r\n\/* read state of\u00a0 SCL-line\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n\/* WARNING: This function should be used only if SCL-line is in High-level !*\/\r\n\/* (This function is for used only for realizing the Slow-Down-Mode)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n\r\nBYTE I2CGetSCL(void)\r\n{\r\n #ifdef __C166__\r\n I2C_PORT_DIR &= ~I2C_SCL_MSK;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* set SCL-Pin for INPUT Mode\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n #endif\r\n\r\n if(I2C_PORT&I2C_SCL_MSK)\r\n return(1);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* read SCL-line status\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/\r\n else\r\n return(0);\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n