VESC not recognized by os

ESK8 Electronics
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I have 2 VESCs hw v4.10. One connects to bldc tool, one does not. I get the blue light on the vesc, but nothing else. It is not recognized by the os. I have 3 different pcs and 6 usb cables.

Here is what I get: Connected to win 10, 8, 7, xp - not in device manager. No new device at all. Connected to Linux (ubuntu, centos) - dmesg results: no vesc, no unknown device.

Connected to working vesc via canbus - bldc tool: set CAN Fwd get message that cannot connect

Connected to 2 different stlink V2 - make upload: init failed.

All of these techniques work on the other vesc(except canbus of course) , the one that works.

I have also had stlink wiring checked by someone at vedder’s site and it works on the other vesc.

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With respect to ground; is there 3.3V present on the reset and 3.3V pin?

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Yes. 3.3V on both

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To bad, that would have been an easy fix.

There are now 4 main options:

  1. the crystal is incorrect / bad soldered.
  2. crystal capacitors are bad / wrong value
  3. Wrong or no firmware (do you have programmer?)

Or just the general soldering errors around USB / micro controller.

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Yes. I have 2 different stlink v2. I can’t get the make upload to work on the bad vesc. I can get each stlink to connect to os properly. But when I try make upload, I get:

Error: open failed in procedure ‘transport’ ** OpenOCD init Failed ** shutdown command invoked.

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My apologies, I don’t know where my mind was neglecting you tried to program them with a debugger :(.

Well, in this case (3.3 present and reset @ 3.3): The STM needs only power to be programmed -> check for shorts and opens in the program wires and if STM is placed with correct orientation ( happend to me, don’t laugh). Can you maybe post a few pictures?

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Wires are 6" long.

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other programmer

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when i connect either, I get blue light on vesc

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You need to connect the data pin, also known as SWIM. On the VESC it is the 6th pin, unlabeled.

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still fails. same error on make upload

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Check all the pins on the stm32 chip. Might have a small bridge somewhere.

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ok, checked all the connections. seemed ok. switched to other programmer. same error

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checked continuity on the back of each board. all jumpers are working

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I think something might be wrong with the mcu. You might need to replace it. Check for bridges.

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If your wires are really 6" long I am supprised that you managed to program the other ones( did you program the others?). I have bad experience with long wires ( unless you lowered the swd clock speed ).

All other stuff sounds and looks like it should work. Where are you situated? Your name sounds France?

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6" is 6 inches not much longer than the width of my hand

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And I am in denver colorado, usa

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I have carefully looked over the entire board under magnificaion. All the solder joints look perfect to me. Not sure what to do now.

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At this point, you might as well try re-flowing the whole pcb with flux and a heat gun.