Hi Matrin,
I do some modification and run everything again. It turns out the black screen is due to the Box in black in my splash screen. I changed the color of the Box and the it works. BUT now I think I find the problem and need your help to solve it. The problem is QSPI memory. It seems when TouchGFX wants to load assets from external flash, it faced with hard fault.
In my splash screen there is a LOGO image which it must be faded in after 1-sec. Splash screen loaded and then stuck there. When I delete that LOGO application works fine. That's why I suspect the external flash.
The linker code if as follow
/*
*****************************************************************************
**
** File : LinkerScript.ld
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32F469NIHx Device with
** 2048KByte FLASH, 256KByte RAM
**
** Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
** to application requirements.
**
** Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used.
**
** Target : STMicroelectronics STM32
**
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
** (c)Copyright Ac6.
** You may use this file as-is or modify it according to the needs of your
** project. Distribution of this file (unmodified or modified) is not
** permitted. Ac6 permit registered System Workbench for MCU users the
** rights to distribute the assembled, compiled & linked contents of this
** file as part of an application binary file, provided that it is built
** using the System Workbench for MCU toolchain.
**
*****************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = 0x20030000; /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x200; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400; /* required amount of stack */
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 2048K
RAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 192K
CCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x10000000, LENGTH = 64K
QSPI (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x90000000, LENGTH = 16M
}
/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
/* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
.isr_vector :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
/* The program code and other data goes into FLASH */
.text :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
*(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
*(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */
*(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */
*(.eh_frame)
KEEP (*(.init))
KEEP (*(.fini))
. = ALIGN(4);
_etext = .; /* define a global symbols at end of code */
} >FLASH
/* Constant data goes into FLASH */
.rodata :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
*(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.ARM.extab : { *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*) } >FLASH
.ARM : {
__exidx_start = .;
*(.ARM.exidx*)
__exidx_end = .;
} >FLASH
.preinit_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
.init_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.init_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
.fini_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
/* used by the startup to initialize data */
_sidata = LOADADDR(.data);
/* Initialized data sections goes into RAM, load LMA copy after code */
.data :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_sdata = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
. = ALIGN(4);
_edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} >RAM AT> FLASH
_siccmram = LOADADDR(.ccmram);
/* CCM-RAM section
*
* IMPORTANT NOTE!
* If initialized variables will be placed in this section,
* the startup code needs to be modified to copy the init-values.
*/
.ccmram :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_sccmram = .; /* create a global symbol at ccmram start */
*(.ccmram)
*(.ccmram*)
. = ALIGN(4);
_eccmram = .; /* create a global symbol at ccmram end */
} >CCMRAM AT> FLASH
/* Uninitialized data section */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss secion */
_sbss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss start */
__bss_start__ = _sbss;
*(.bss)
*(.bss*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss end */
__bss_end__ = _ebss;
} >RAM
/* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
._user_heap_stack :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM
/* Remove information from the standard libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
ExtFlashSection : { *(ExtFlashSection) } >QSPI
}
The linker commands are borrowed from original firmware.
I add some screenshots of my QSPI setting. It maybe worth to note that I enabled QUADSPI global interrupt.
Hi again Martin,
I take one step more. I add External Loader to Debugger.
Now it seems debugger do some modifications on external memory. After it finishes the downloading process my application runs very well. 🙂
The most awkward thing is when I reset the board it does not work again and it stuck at somewhere that screen shows salt-and-pepper noise. :\
Any suggestion?
Thanks for your time and efforts.
