Is there a dog in my py?

[claus]

Hi all,

I have just received my fipy/pytrack modules and am trying to do run some of the examples. However I get a periodic "reset" signal

rst:0x7 (TG0WDT_SYS_RESET),boot:0x1a (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
...

about every 30 seconds and my programs get interrupted and I end at the prompt. I have found out that when I run a program that uses (and feeds) a watchdog timer, everything works nicely. So maybe there is a (watch)dog activated in my fipy? I have tried to install another firmware (1.20.1.r2 instead of 1.20.2.r1) but it didn't help. How can I get rid of this annoying periodic reset?

I have alredy tried the following (this is Ubuntu 20.04), but it does not seem to finish ok.

pycom-fwtool-cli -p /dev/ttyACM0 erase_all
Running in PIC mode
Erasing the board can take up to 40 seconds.
Exception: Timed out waiting for packet content

Any hints?

Kind regards, Claus

[Gijs]

Hi,
Your issue might be related to this post: https://forum.pycom.io/topic/6412/pycom-board-periodically-restarts

Can you perhaps try to install a fresh firmware and clear the CONFIG and NVS partitions?

Best,
Gijs

[claus]

Yes, exactly the same issue! I'll try what is proposed over there, thank you very much!

[claus]

@Gijs said in Is there a dog in my py?:

and clear the CONFIG and NVS partitions

This seems to fix the problem for me. I had installed fresh firmware bur without resetting these two. Thanks again!