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When you want to store information in any embedded project then you can either use external storage devices or internal storage of embedded controller. The internal storage space (SRAM or EEPROM) is usually very small with limited number of erase/write cycles. Therefore external storage devices are better choice especially due to their low cost, easy replacement and high number of erase/write cycles.
PSoC6 (CY8CKIT-062-WiFi-BT) kit has onboard 3V 512 Mbit (64 Mbyte) QSPI Flash Memory (S25FL512S). Cypress has also provided an example to read and this external flash memory (CE220823) but these examples are for PSoC Creator and ModusTool Box IDEs. So these examples cannot be used any application with WICED-Studio. Also the PSoC6 SDK in WICED studio does not provide all the functionality. Another problem with Wireless application is that it store some data on this flash and only 16MB is accessible. If you will write any data at the start of this external flash then it might stop working unlike other two IDE.
In this project we will write an external flash test code which will write data at those locations which are not erased during reprogramming and not used by filesystem.bin. After writing some data at these locations we will use slightly modified Cypress example to read that data. and verified that reprogramming didn't erase that data.
I have also modified the wiced SDK (wiced_platform.h) and platform files (CY8CKIT_062=> platform.c & platform.h) to add support of all the onboard LED lights. In this WICED project I will be using these newly added LED lights just to indicate the completion of FLASH operation. These modified files are attached below.
WICED Studio Code:
In WICED Studio we easily access the external flash by using the SDK function that automatically initialize all the QSPI settings and configure the GPIO accordingly.
Function to initialize external flash is;
int init_sflash( /*@out@*/ sflash_handle_t* const handle, /*@shared@*/ void* peripheral_id, sflash_write_allowed_t write_allowed_in );
The above mentioned function is available at WICED=>platform=>MCU=>PSoC6=>peripheral =>spi_flash folder.
If we analyze this function we found that WICED studio is only using 16MB of external memory and then dividing that memory into normal and backup sectors.
In this example we use the FLASH address of inside the backup sector. Choose the external memory address of
uint32_t extMemAddress = 16000000 ;
Caution! do not use the sflash_chip_erase.
We can erase the flash sector of our extMemAddress by using the function shown below;
int sflash_sector_erase ( const sflash_handle_t* handle, unsigned long device_address )
After erasing the desired sector we can write data at that location by using this function.
int sflash_write( const sflash_handle_t* const handle, unsigned long device_address, /*@observer@*/ const void* const data_addr, unsigned int size )
After writing any data to external memory we read that data to verify the success of our earlier operations.
int sflash_read( const sflash_handle_t* const handle, unsigned long device_address, /*@out@*/ /*@dependent@*/ void* const data_addr, unsigned int size )
The final code to test the external flash will look like this,
/******************************************************************************
* File Name: main.c
*
* Version 2.0
*
* Description:
* Demonstrates interfacing with an external memory by using the Serial Memory
* Interface (SMIF) hardware block in Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI)
* mode.
*
* Related Document: CE220823_PSoC6_SMIFMemWriteAndRead.pdf
*
*******************************************************************************
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*******************************************************************************
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#include "wiced.h"
#include "spi_flash.h"
#include "stdio.h"
#include "string.h"
#define PACKET_SIZE (64u) /* Memory Read/Write size */
#define MAX_ADDRESS_SIZE (3u) /* Memory address size */
//#define NUM_BYTES_PER_LINE (16u) /* Used when array of data is printed on the console */
//#define LED_TOGGLE_DELAY_MSEC (1000u) /* LED blink delay */
void CheckStatus(char *message, uint32_t status)
{
if(0u != status)
{
printf("\n================================================================================\n");
printf("\nFAIL: %s\n", message);
printf("Error Code: 0x%08lX\n", status);
printf("\n================================================================================\n");
while(true) /* Wait forever here when error occurs. */
{
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_3,WICED_LED_ON);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 500 );
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_3,WICED_LED_OFF);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 500 );
}
}
}
void application_start(){
int ret=-1;
wiced_init();
sflash_handle_t qspi_flash_handle;
sflash_write_allowed_t qspi_flash_allowed_write_in = SFLASH_WRITE_ALLOWED;
void* qspi_flash_peripheral_id=0;
unsigned long flash_size=0;
ret = init_sflash(&qspi_flash_handle, qspi_flash_peripheral_id, qspi_flash_allowed_write_in);
sflash_get_size(&qspi_flash_handle, &flash_size);
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("Memory Size: %lu | status: %d\r\n", flash_size, ret));
/* Initialize the transfer buffers */
uint8_t txBuffer[PACKET_SIZE];
uint8_t rxBuffer[PACKET_SIZE];
/* Initialize tx buffer and rx buffer */
for(uint32_t index = 0; index < PACKET_SIZE; index++)
{
txBuffer[index] = (uint8_t) (index & 0xFF);
rxBuffer[index] = 0;
}
// uint32_t extMemAddress = 260000 ;
uint32_t extMemAddress = 16000000 ;
ret = -1;
ret = sflash_sector_erase(&qspi_flash_handle, extMemAddress);
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("Erase Sector | status: %d\r\n", ret));
ret = -1;
ret = sflash_write(&qspi_flash_handle, extMemAddress, txBuffer, PACKET_SIZE);
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("Write Data: %d | status: %d\r\n", PACKET_SIZE, ret));
ret = -1;
ret = sflash_read(&qspi_flash_handle, extMemAddress, rxBuffer, PACKET_SIZE);
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("Read Data: %d | status: %d\r\n", PACKET_SIZE, ret));
for (int i=0; i<PACKET_SIZE; i++)
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("txBuffer[%d] = %d | rxBuffer[%d] = %d\n", i, txBuffer[i], i, rxBuffer[i]));
CheckStatus("Read data does not match with written data. Read/Write operation failed.", memcmp(txBuffer, rxBuffer, PACKET_SIZE));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\n================================================================================\n"));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\nSUCCESS: Read data matches with written data!\n"));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\n================================================================================\n"));
while(1){
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_4,WICED_LED_ON);
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_5,WICED_LED_OFF);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 1000 );
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_4,WICED_LED_OFF);
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_5,WICED_LED_ON);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 1000 );
}
}
Code from Cypress example:
We will use the CheckStatus() function as it is.
void CheckStatus(char *message, uint32_t status)
{
if(0u != status)
{
printf("\n================================================================================\n");
printf("\nFAIL: %s\n", message);
printf("Error Code: 0x%08lX\n", status);
printf("\n================================================================================\n");
while(true) /* Wait forever here when error occurs. */
{
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_3,WICED_LED_ON);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 500 );
wiced_led_set_state(WICED_LED_INDEX_3,WICED_LED_OFF);
wiced_rtos_delay_milliseconds( 500 );
}
}
}
Copy these two from PSoC example but modify the MAX_ADDRESS_SIZE to 3 to meet the WICED SMIF driver library.
#define PACKET_SIZE (64u) /* Memory Read/Write size */ #define MAX_ADDRESS_SIZE (3u) /* Memory address size */
Also the code lines of comparing the write and read data will be the same.
CheckStatus("Read data does not match with written data. Read/Write operation failed.", memcmp(txBuffer, rxBuffer, PACKET_SIZE));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\n================================================================================\n"));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\nSUCCESS: Read data matches with written data!\n"));
WPRINT_APP_INFO(("\n================================================================================\n"));
Modified Modus Toolbox Code:
Download the External flash example for modus toolbox from link given at the END. Open the project in modustool box and modify few code lines as shown below.
Modify the address as shown below;
uint8_t extMemAddress[MAX_ADDRESS_SIZE] = {0xF4, 0x24, 0x00, 0x00};
This code will be used to verify the earlier stored data. This address is choosen to make sure that reprogramming using WICED Studio does not effect it.
After running the Flash testing code created in WICED Studio, we will reprogram the PSoC6 device with some other program and then use this code to read the earlier saved flash data.
Flash Testing:
ModusTool Box and PSoC Creator Example: CE220823: PSoC6 - SMIF memory write and read operation
PART 1: Micro Monster - Succulent Plants Monitoring System
PART 2: Establishing and Testing the Secure Connection
PART 3: Remote Device Restart, Factory Reset and Data storage on External Flash
PART 4: Remote Firmware Download and Update
PART 5: Sensors Interfacing
PART 6: Final Testing and Demo