Latest _BOOT_P2.BIX, January 2024 on the P2 Edge Rev D?

MGreim

Hi,
on Sourceforge
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tachyon-forth/files/TAQOZ/binaries/
I found a new BIX image from January, 06 2024.
Unfortunately it shows only:
BOOTING.... CARD: SANDISK SD SH32G REV$80 #2962451868 DATE:2023/4
then it hangs.
Same Hardware, SD-card etc. as with the BIX file from April 2021.
Also using a new SD (SanDisk Max Endurance 32 Gbyte), re-formating etc. doesn't help.
Is the new software expecting any hardware, that doesn't exist on the P2 Edge Rev. D with the P2 Edge Mini Breakout?

Markus

RossH

A couple of suggestions:

1. If you are using Windows, try the official SD Association format program instead - https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/ - I have had problems with Windows formatted SD cards.
2. Try an SD card other than a SanDisk. I don't have any Max Endurance cards, but I know their Ultra cards have problems.

Ross.

Maciek

@MGreim ,
take a look at the https://sourceforge.net/projects/tachyon-forth/ again. Peter has updated the BIX file most recently. That, perhaps, will fix your issue with reading from SD.

MGreim

Hello Macieck,
Hello Peter,

many thanks - that BIX file works fine!
It seems that the clock frequency was reduced to 200 MHz.
Quote from _BOOT_P2.TXT:
240219 - Loaded new image but set clock to 200MHz in case some SD cards and pcbs have problems with higher than 50MHz SPI frequency.

Now the complete new boot message is:

BOOTING....  CARD: SANDISK   SD SH32G REV$80 #2962451868 DATE:2023/4
KERNEL:  TAQOZ Forth for Parallax P2 Multicore MCU   V2.14.0  'CHIP' 230821-1050  Prop_Ver G 200MHz 
 MODULES:
   1912 *TEXT*
            VGA BMP TEXT 190800-0000
   1304 *BMV*
            BMV VIDEO PLAYER 190800-0000
    774 *WAVE*
            WAVE AUDIO FILE PLAYER 190800-0000
    764 *BMP*
            BMP FILE VIEWER 190800-0000
   2994 *MEDIA*
            TAQOZ INTERACTIVE MEDIA - AUDIO, TEXT, IMAGE & VIDEO DRIVERS 231119-2300 
   2790 *DISK*
            SD DISK REPORTING & FORMATTING TOOLS 190800-0000
   5430 *FILE*
            TAQOZ FAT32 FLAT FILE SYSTEM for SD CARD plus VIRTUAL MEMORY  240105-1800
    132 *MATHS*
            MATHS EXTRAS - 231025-0000 
   4946 *P2ASM*
            TAQOZ INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLER for the PARALLAX P2 - 210124-1200
   1802 *SPIRAM*
            LY68L6400 8MB SPI RAM ACCESS 191020-0000
   1836 *DECOMPILER*
            A decompiler for TAQOZ 190825-0000
    860 *UBI2C*
            EFM8UB3 I2C COMMANDS 210118-0000
    762 *RTC*
            RV-3028 RTC DATE and TIME 190800-0000
    930 *SMARTPINS*
            SMARTPIN FUNCTIONS and drive modes 190800-0000
    376 *P2CLOCK*
            P2 CLOCK CONTROL 190800-0000
   3948 *ANSI*
            ANSI TERMINAL SUPPORT 200410-0000
   1490 *EXTEND*
            Primary kernel extensions for TAQOZ 231111-1930
   6230 *SPIFLASH*

MEMORY MAP
  CODE:
        0C3AA  50,090 bytes
  NAMES:
        1B725  18,455 bytes
  DATA:
        02919  969 bytes
  ROOM:
               62,331 bytes
HARDWARE
  PCB
        P2      
  CLOCK IN
        20.000000MHZ
CONFIG
  VGA PINS:
        0 1 2 3 4 
  AUDIO PINS:
        6 7 
DEVICES
  SD CARD
        31.9GB  SANDISK   SD SH32G REV$80 #2962451868 DATE:2023/4
I2C DEVICES
STATS
        cpufreq: 200MHz  systicks: 2,371  

As written:
SD: SanDisk Max Endurance 32 Gbyte
HW: P2 Edge Rev. D with the P2 Edge Mini Breakout board