Intermittent Firmware Upload issue from Linux #4
Description
What platform are you using?
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Arduino: 1.8.13
Arduino_Apollo3: 2.x.x
What version of the device are you using? Is there a firmware version?
How is the device wired to your platform?
USB-C Cable from PC to device.
How is everything being powered?
USB-C Cable from PC to device.
Are there any additional details that may help us help you?
Steps to reproduce?
For a while now (since sparkfun/Arduino_Apollo3#94 was resolved) I have had an issue where, intermittently, I would be unable to upload a firmware without disconnecting and then reconnecting the board from the PC.:
/home/user/.arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/2.1.0/tools/uploaders/svl/dist/linux/svl /dev/ttyUSB0 -f /tmp/arduino_build_772970/Serial.ino.bin -b 921600 -v
Artemis SVL Bootloader
Script version 1.7
Phase: Setup
Cleared startup blip
Failed to enter bootload phase
Phase: Setup
Cleared startup blip
Failed to enter bootload phase
Phase: Setup
Cleared startup blip
Failed to enter bootload phase
Target failed to enter bootload mode. Verify the right COM port is selected and that your board has the SVL bootloader.
Ultimately I tracked the problem down after I realized that this only happens after I open the port with the Linux program screen as a serial monitor.
After some investigation I found that screen makes a number of changes to the OS settings for the port.
The relevant change can be reversed with the following command:
$> stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 hupclAt which point the the firmware can now be uploaded (without having to reconnect the device):
/home/user/.arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/2.1.0/tools/uploaders/svl/dist/linux/svl /dev/ttyUSB0 -f /tmp/arduino_build_772970/Serial.ino.bin -b 921600 -v
Artemis SVL Bootloader
Script version 1.7
Phase: Setup
Cleared startup blip
Got SVL Bootloader Version: 5
Sending 'enter bootloader' command
Phase: Bootload
have 118568 bytes to send in 58 frames
Sending frame #1, length: 2048
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Sending frame #58, length: 1832
Upload complete
Nominal bootload bps: 46841.17