XMOS/startkit board

Hi Richard,

What is the issue? Is it documented somewhere, to save you having to re-type it to explain it in detail again?

There isn't enough information to help you currently.

Here is the STRACE dump for Community_13.2.3 XMOS Xtimecomposer using

xgdb -ex conn

a lot of information and a lot of missing files.

Please note that the usbfs was mounted and the board was seen by dmesg

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Sep 30 00:22 startkit-1 -> bus/usb/001/003

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Sep 29 18:05 startkit-2 -> bus/usb/002/001

usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=20b1, idProduct=f7d3

usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

usb 1-1: Product: XMOS startKIT

usb 1-1: Manufacturer: XMOS

usb 1-1: SerialNumber: XSK0xai7Dkj6F2RP

usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 20b1:f7d3 XMOS Ltd

richard@debian:/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1$ ls

1-1:1.0              bDeviceClass     bMaxPower           descriptors

ep_00         power    speed

authorized           bDeviceProtocol  bNumConfigurations  dev

idProduct     product  subsystem

avoid_reset_quirk    bDeviceSubClass  bNumInterfaces      devnum

idVendor      quirks   uevent

bcdDevice            bmAttributes     busnum              devpath

manufacturer  remove   urbnum

bConfigurationValue  bMaxPacketSize0  configuration       driver

maxchild      serial   version

vi product         XMOS startKIT

vi idProduct      f7d3

vi idVendor       20b1

vi manufacturer XMOS

vi busnum        1

vi serial            XSK0xai7Dkj6F2RP

Hi Richard,

That's not a lot of information unfortunately.

I'm assuming you've already tried lots of things to resolve this, so if you've not got anywhere I'd suggest trying something known to work, like a different 13.x version.

Version 13.0.1 worked for me, I didn't try a later 13.x release with startKIT. Version 13.0.1 is still available for download.

I tried it on Windows. With Linux I only tested that it installed successfully. I didn't use it, but it certainly installed (I believe I installed on Ubuntu, most likely using the latest LTS version that would have been available in mid-2014).

So, in summary, I've confirmed 13.0.1 functioned with the startKIT, using Windows, and didn't crash, I was able to use it for developing code and programming the board and debugging, i.e. the usual things people would do with this IDE.

If you're running Linux it is possible to stick Windows in a VM. But 13.0.1 Linux may work for you, worth a try if you have not already attempted this.

where can I get Version 13.0.1? I don't see it on there web site. I need

the 32-bit version for Linux.

Thank You

Here is the STRACE dump for Community_13.2.3 XMOS Xtimecomposer using

xgdb -ex conn

a lot of information and a lot of missing files.

Please note that the usbfs was mounted and the board was seen by dmesg

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Sep 30 00:22 startkit-1 ->

bus/usb/001/003

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Sep 29 18:05 startkit-2 ->

bus/usb/002/001

usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=20b1, idProduct=f7d3

usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,

SerialNumber=3

usb 1-1: Product: XMOS startKIT

usb 1-1: Manufacturer: XMOS

usb 1-1: SerialNumber: XSK0xai7Dkj6F2RP

usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 20b1:f7d3 XMOS Ltd

richard@debian:/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1$ ls

1-1:1.0              bDeviceClass     bMaxPower           descriptors

ep_00         power    speed

authorized           bDeviceProtocol  bNumConfigurations  dev

idProduct     product  subsystem

avoid_reset_quirk    bDeviceSubClass  bNumInterfaces      devnum

idVendor      quirks   uevent

bcdDevice            bmAttributes     busnum              devpath

manufacturer  remove   urbnum

bConfigurationValue  bMaxPacketSize0  configuration       driver

maxchild      serial   version

vi product         XMOS startKIT

vi idProduct      f7d3

vi idVendor       20b1

vi manufacturer XMOS

vi busnum        1

vi serial            XSK0xai7Dkj6F2RP

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Richard Hinerfeld

Hi Richard,

The small triangle (shown circled below) needs to be clicked on, to see the older versions.

Hi Richard,

It is ok to see lots of file not found types of messages in such strace, it just means the OS is traversing through the paths, to find the shared library, it is not always a guarantee of an issue. In any case, I didn't see anything immediately obvious.

By the way, is your USB port USB 3.0 capable? If so, you might want to use a port that does not support USB 3.0. There are sometimes issues with that with many older products. Things should be backward compatible, but often the application and driver can have some inconsistency.

what triangle?

All those versions are not there except 13.23

I have only USB 2.0 ports!

I give up!

I tried the version 13.0.1 and it has the same problem.

I thank you for the help,but, I will not be buying XMOS products in the future.

I have spend a lot of time trying to get this to work and XMOS has

been of no help

at all!

Please note: I have two different ESP8266 boards.

On from China and one I purchased from Adafruit.

1. The HUZZAH

2. One From China

I flashed both these boards with the ESP8266.bin file for micropython.

Both boards came up with no problem at all,the first time.

This is the way it should be.

Please also note: The NodeMcu code and binaries have given me nothing

but problems.

I will not be using this code in the future.

This is the reason most Embedded developers are using open-source

hardware and software. As you cannot depend on the companies to

provide solutions to their

problems.

Also if any products are not supported completely on Linux I will not

purchase them.

I have Windows XP installed on my machine so that I can use some of

the IDEs for

embedded work. Such as Atmel Studio 6.1. It took me months to get it working

correctly on Windows XP.

Also this is the only USB board that I have had problems with.

I wonder what happened to XMOS.