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   On 23/03/2024 18:37, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:45:05 +0000   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It would seem from the pin states that it gets permanently stuck in   
   >> 	   
   >>   
   >> while(!gpio_get(ULTRASONIC_IN))   
   >> 		;   
   >>   
   >> Can anyone cast any light on this one?   
   >>   
   >> Or suggest a bug hunting methodology?   
   >   
   > 	Assuming you have access to the source of gpio_get() instrument the   
   > inside of it with tracers (I'd use printf if there's anything listening to   
   > stdout - otherwise find somewhere to put breadcrumbs that you can see in   
   > real time (in ancient times I'd just watch the blinkenlights). Wait for it   
   > to lock up and see what it's doing.   
   >   
   Well I did. That's how I got this far.   
   I know it enters the routine, but never leaves, and the lack of GPIO   
   voltage suggest it is being stuck where it is.   
      
   My choice tree  is between the GPIO out signal never being received by   
   the ultrasonic module, or the GPIO in signal is being missed by the Pi   
   PICO on account of possibly some interrupt masking its appearance until   
   it is too late and its gone low again.   
      
      
   > 	Alternatively run it under strace or similar and wait for it to   
   > lock up or wait for it to lock up and attach gdb (you'll want to compile   
   > with -g for that).   
   >   
   AIUI those are linux tools.   
      
   We are running bare metal-ish here.   
   Back in the day I would have used a chip emulator with hardware break   
   points.   
   And a cost of hundreds of thousands.   
      
   > 	There's three - hopefully one of them will shed some light.   
   >   
      
   It's odd, it may be something to do with short ultrasonic distances.  I   
   have the PCB just lolling around on the desk, and facing a wall a few   
   inches away seemed to make it crash moire predictably   
      
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   “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”   
      
   H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy   
      
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