atmega64 rx interrupt not working while enc28j60 connected - atmega

ENC28J60 is connected with ATMega64. All functions are working fine except Rx interrupt in microcontroller.
When I am enabling receive USART interrupt adding
UCSR1B |= (1 << RXCIE1);
Microcontroller is rebooting with a time interval.

I guess : wrong vector table or power problems. You have to provide the code, schematics and how you power the micro & ENC...

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SoftwareSerial example not working as expected

I recently bought an Arduino UNO to read the data outputted by my Smart Meter. The meter uses serial communication and I would like to see the values being outputted on my laptop screen. I figured I would need to use the SoftwareSerial library to read the incoming data and print that data on my screen using the hardware serial and the Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE. To become familiar with (software) serial communication on the Arduino, I reviewed the documentation of the SoftwareSerial library. Problem is, I can't get the most basic example to work and I have been stuck on this for quite a while now. The example code is below, the example can be found here
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySerial(10, 11); // RX, TX
void setup() {
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(57600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
Serial.println("Goodnight moon!");
// set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
mySerial.begin(4800);
mySerial.println("Hello, world?");
}
void loop() { // run over and over
if (mySerial.available()) {
Serial.write(mySerial.read());
}
if (Serial.available()) {
mySerial.write(Serial.read());
}
}
As far as I understand this, the following should happen:
- Type text in Serial Monitor window.
- Serial.read() reads this data and writes it to the Software Serial.
- The Software Serial reads this data and writes it back to Serial.
- That which was written appears on the screen.
But whatever I try, nothing happens. Among things I tried to following:
- Change the baud rate for both software and hardware serial (9600 for instance).
- Tried a different SoftwareSerial library (AltSoftSerial).
- Tried different RX and TX pins for SoftwareSerial.
- Instead of Serial.write(mySerial.read());, store the result in a char first.
I'm probably missing something obvious. I would be grateful to anyone who could shed some light on this or offer an alternative way for me to read the data from my Smart Meter.
Edit
I had no wiring, because the example specified "There is no circuit for this example". I tried all three options suggested by #slash-dev, but none had the expected behaviour:
SoftwareSerial with wires connecting pin 1 to pin 10 and pin 0 to pin 11. It prints strange characters:
Goodnight moon!
Ùniÿhtÿmoÿn!ÿ
nihtmoÿttt
AltSoftSerial with wires connecting 1-8 and 0-9. First prints Goodnight moon! and then it keeps printing Ô당¥�¡Ñ�moon!.
NeoSWSerial with wires connecting 1-10 and 0-11. Same as AltSoftSerial but keeps printing Ôë‹–+ë¡Ñ�j½½¹…j.
The baud rates must be the same on Serial and mySerial.
And you don't describe the connections, so I have to ask: Did you connect a wire from pin 1 (Serial transmit) to pin 10 (mySerial receive), and another wire from pin 0 (Serial receive) to pin 11 (mySerial transmit)? Note how they are crossed.
AltSoftSerial is really the best choice, but it only works on pin 8 (RX) and pin 9 (TX), which would require connecting 8 to 1 and 9 to 0. SoftwareSerial is very inefficient, because it disables interrupts for long periods of time. This can interfere with other parts of your sketch or other libraries.
My NeoSWSerial library is another alternative. It's almost as efficient as AltSoftSerial, but it works on any two pins. It can transmit and receive at the same time (unlike SoftwareSerial), but it only works at bauds 9600, 19200 and 38400.
EDIT:
I think what you've tried is probably working ok. All the software serial libraries use interrupts for processing individual bits instead of one interrupt per character. When there are other interrupts in the system (millis() TIMER0 or Serial), the bit "calculations" can be affected. This manifests as receiving the wrong byte. Your loopback test makes it especially susceptible because the sending and receiving are synchronized (the initial receive interrupt occurs while the transmit interrupt is starting the next char).
If you just hook 0 to 1, I think it will work, because the UART is able to send and receive at the same time, and it deals with complete characters, not bits. The character interrupts do not disturb the sending or receiving of the bits.
In developing the NeoSWSerial library, I have seen this manifest the same way. I had to use two Arduinos to fully test asynchronously (i.e., not synchronized). In your case, using AltSoftSerial for the SmartMeter should work fine, and you can choose different baud rates. If you are echoing the SmartMeter characters to Serial, be sure you have a higher baud rate on Serial.
This is most likely not related to the issues now 5 years ago, but in my case I was using the Arduino IDE 2.0.0-rc5 which was not writing to the soft serial for unknown reasons. I downgraded to Arduino IDE 1.8.19 and the same serial sketch worked.

how to get AT response from ESP8266 connected to arduino

I am fighting with ESP8266 wifi module and connecting arduino. After updating firmware to newest version i started to programm arduino to get data incoming from wifi. I saw many examples about maiking webserver via ESP8266 but none of them works for me.
ESP is connected to my Arduino Leonardo:
>
Arduino -> ESP8266
power 3.3V -> vcc
ground -> ground
tx -> rx (via logic level converter 5->3.3V)
rx -> tx (via logix level converter
power 3.3V ->gpio0 (without any resistors)
I made simple sketch:
void setup(void){
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial1.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
if(Serial1.available())
{
Serial.println("WIFI IS AVAILABLE");
Serial1.println("AT");
delay(1000);
} else {
Serial.println("WIFI not available.");
delay(1000);
}
}
After executing it ESP8266 is powered (red led is on) and also every second blue led (blinks). That makes me sure that in fakt "AT" command is transmited to module. But there are also two issues:
i want to get response from esp - in this case word "OK". I tried Serial1.read() but it only reads one byte. Serial1.readString() makes my messages "wifi not available" and sametimes "wifi is available" as if for a while the connection would be unavailable
after uploading sketch to arduino and having powered esp8266 wifi module is always unavailable - i need to power the module off and on again to have it working.
Anybody please can help me?
What you need to do is change your approach a bit. Do not check if data is available. The trick is to send the module something and then check for data.
Do something like:
while (Serial.available() > 0)
Serial.read();
to clear the buffer before any command you want to send. Then send the command. Then check for data as a response.
Do not rely on that Blue LED as any indication. It is only an indication that the ESP8266 is busy using the WiFi in some sort of way, whether it is doing keepalives, initializing WiFi or whatever. It can be totally unrelated to whatever you are sending. If you do not receive a valid response then you must assume that there is comms issues between you and the module. One thing though is that if that Blue LED never goes off then either the module has frozen or the firmware was corrupted. I have had that many times. I then reload the firmware and usually that fixes it. It usually only happens during development times where I reset, upload code or change wires.
I use mine with an atmega328 on a separate slef-built board and not the one on the Uno and run that board on 3.3v itself and then use a logic level converter between that atmega board and my Uno so that I can program it. But I have had sporadic issues with non-comms but I suspect it might be power related. Be aware that running your Serial via the logic level converter might also be causing comms issues.
Proposed wiring: All pins except RX,TX,VCC and GND goes to VCC via 10K pullup resistors. RX goes to the arduino's TX and TX goes to the arduino's RX. Of course you know where VCC and GND goes.

Unable to communicate with ESP8266 via Arduino Uno

I recently bought an ESP8266 (ESP-01, 1M) yet I have been unsuccessful in making it respond at all.
I have attempted to communicate with it using an Arduino Uno running the built-in BareMinimum script (and also the script described here) to work like an FTDI.
However, when any AT commands are sent to it via the Serial Monitor there is no response whatsoever using either approach.
The red power LED is on, yet the blue LED is always off.
My wiring:
GND - GND
RX - RX
TX - TX
VCC - 3v3
CH_PD - 3v3
I would love some clues as to how to solve this error,
Okay, seems like the same problem I spent hours.
Your Arduino TX has a high level of 5V. If you send a message to your ESP with this voltage you will (surely) destroy it. And I think thats happend to you.
So you have to buy a new ESP.
For the next try:
If you use a baudrate of 9600 you can just use two 10kOhm resistors to half your TX voltage. (I did this already and it worked without problems)
For sending a message to your Arduino 3.3V from your ESP are enought.
For higher baudrates you can use a logic level converter: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-the-logic-level-converter

Arduino Input pin from external system

Is possible for Arduino to receive a 5V into a inputPin from a external battery?
If I have a system that has it's own power supply and after an event fires 5V. How can Arduino read this input?
This is an electrical problem, no software issue I presume.
Here is how to proceed:
1) Make sure both boards have the same ground (connect GND together and make sure there is no conflict)
2) Connect your output to an input on the Arduino board (pin 2 e.g.). This connection is preferably done using a resistor, 1 kOhm will be ok.
On software side, just set this pin as input pinMode(2,INPUT); in setup() and then get its value status = digitalRead(2); in loop().

Wake PIC16F1825 from sleep with RS232

Is it possible to wake a Microchip PIC16F1825 from sleep using RS232 without looking characters?
Because one of the permissible RX pins supports interrupt on change, I thought this might be possible.
Has anybody implemented this successfully?
Sure!
From datasheet PIC16(L)F1825/1829:
9.1 Wake-up from Sleep
The device can wake-up from Sleep through one of the following events:
1. External Reset input on MCLR pin, if enabled
2. BOR Reset, if enabled
3. POR Reset
4. Watchdog Timer, if enabled
5. Any external interrupt
6. Interrupts by peripherals capable of running
during Sleep (see individual peripheral for more information)
So you can use:
1)External interrupt INTERRUPT-ON-CHANGE, if you are connecting RX pin with one of other pins which is configured as interrupt-on-change.
2)Peripheral interrupt RCIF: USART Receive Interrupt Flag bit. When receiver buffer is full (one UART word is received), an interrupt is pending and your CPU should wake up.

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