Feather M0 Express!
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- rpflaum
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
I am seeing the same on my Windows 10 PC on which I installed the Adafruit serial drivers. The Feather M0 Express does not show up as a FEATHERBOOT drive but does show up as a COM port. On a Windows 7 PC THE board shows up as FEATHERBOOT when resetting into boot loader mode.
- adafruit2
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
rpflaum, we've found and smooshed a bug on windows with the uf2 bootloader, on your win7 machine where FEATHERBOOT appears, please follow the update procedure
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... oader-mode
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... oader-mode
- jerryn
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
When I try to download the bootloader update I get:
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- tannewt
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Oops! Looks like we have a bug. I uploaded the file here too: <removed see below>
- jerryn
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Thanks! The new link worked fine as did the new bootloader.
- rpflaum
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Okay I updated the boot loader on my wife's Windows 7 machine to the latest v1.2. I then loaded circuit python and tried the blinks demo code. This all worked fine on Windows 7 PC. I then took it to my Windows 10 desktop. I do see the python blinks code executing but I do not see a CIRCUITPY drive. Also when I enter the boot loader mode I do not see a FEATHERBOOT drive.
This is the PC that has the Adafruit Serial drivers and all the Arduino package installed.
I then tried a friends Windows 10 PC with nothing special installed and the Feather M0 Express worked just like it did on my wife's Windows 7 PC. Not good yet!!
This is the PC that has the Adafruit Serial drivers and all the Arduino package installed.
I then tried a friends Windows 10 PC with nothing special installed and the Feather M0 Express worked just like it did on my wife's Windows 7 PC. Not good yet!!
- adafruit2
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
rpflaum - weird!
well, only thing we can suggest right now is to send you another feather m0. maybe that will help? email support@adafruit a new feather m0 express
well, only thing we can suggest right now is to send you another feather m0. maybe that will help? email support@adafruit a new feather m0 express
- dhalbert
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
I think I'm seeing what rpflaum is seeing. I have two Feather M0 Express boards, both originally fine. I had updated both with the first updated bootloader attached to the post here: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=115911&p=580474&hi ... mi#p580474. That bootloader worked fine.
Now I just tried <link removed; see below> as given above on one of the M0 Express boards, and the board is hosed in apparently the same way as rpflaum's: no drives appear whether single or double-clicking. There is an "Adafruit Feather M0 (COM3)" in the Device Manager. I tried bossac to upload CircuitPython and it cannot find the port by auto-scan. When I specify COM3 it says "No device found on COM3".
The bootloader you attached and the 1.20.0 one compare as quite different.
I will not attempt the update on my second M0, but I could wire up the SWD pins and reload with openocd or my Segger.
Now I just tried <link removed; see below> as given above on one of the M0 Express boards, and the board is hosed in apparently the same way as rpflaum's: no drives appear whether single or double-clicking. There is an "Adafruit Feather M0 (COM3)" in the Device Manager. I tried bossac to upload CircuitPython and it cannot find the port by auto-scan. When I specify COM3 it says "No device found on COM3".
The bootloader you attached and the 1.20.0 one compare as quite different.
I will not attempt the update on my second M0, but I could wire up the SWD pins and reload with openocd or my Segger.
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- dhalbert
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Update on my previous post: The problem as rpflaum thought does seem to be due to the Adafruit serial driver.
I tried the M0 Express on Linux and FEATHERBOOT appears. I tried it on a Windows 10 machine without any Arduino or Adafruit drivers installed, and FEATHERBOOT appears. Then I went back to my development machine. In Device Manager, I looked at the COM3 port mentioned above. It was the Adafruit driver. I removed it:
1. Right click on the COM port and choose Uninstall Device.
2. When the uninstall dialog appears, check the box that says "Delete the driver software for this device." and click "Uninstall".
You might remove and replace the USB plug again. Now I get a new COM port that just says "USB Serial Device", using the Microsoft driver. And FEATHERBOOT is back again.
rpflaum, try that.
I tried the M0 Express on Linux and FEATHERBOOT appears. I tried it on a Windows 10 machine without any Arduino or Adafruit drivers installed, and FEATHERBOOT appears. Then I went back to my development machine. In Device Manager, I looked at the COM3 port mentioned above. It was the Adafruit driver. I removed it:
1. Right click on the COM port and choose Uninstall Device.
2. When the uninstall dialog appears, check the box that says "Delete the driver software for this device." and click "Uninstall".
You might remove and replace the USB plug again. Now I get a new COM port that just says "USB Serial Device", using the Microsoft driver. And FEATHERBOOT is back again.
rpflaum, try that.
- adafruit2
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
here is another zip of the uf2 bootloader updater for feather m0 in case ya need it. fresh compiled!
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- dhalbert
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
That latest one seems OK. FEATHERBOOT appears regardless of whether or not the Adafruit serial driver is installed. The v1.20.0 one Scott linked to above has a repeatable problem when the Adafruit driver is installed. The driver info says "Adafruit Industries LLC", 11/15/2007, version 5.1.2600.0. (The actual driver is still usbser.sys)here is another zip of the uf2 bootloader updater for feather m0 in case ya need it. fresh compiled!
- tannewt
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Sorry about that folks. I'm not sure why the updater I posted didn't work. I've removed it so others don't use it.
It is important to note that after updating the bootloader you need to reflash CircuitPython. ladyada also did a good livestream about it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxCuB6jxLs0
It is important to note that after updating the bootloader you need to reflash CircuitPython. ladyada also did a good livestream about it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxCuB6jxLs0
- jerryn
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Just a piece of information. All of the boot loader versions worked on my Raspberry Pi and on my Mac.
I did have a problem on the Mac with recognizing the bootloader drive FEATHERBOOT until I removed the HRNDIS driver which I installed a long time ago, but was not working anyway. Once removed all of the bootloaders worked fine. I have had mixed results with the MAC in the past and this driver may have been why.
I did have a problem on the Mac with recognizing the bootloader drive FEATHERBOOT until I removed the HRNDIS driver which I installed a long time ago, but was not working anyway. Once removed all of the bootloaders worked fine. I have had mixed results with the MAC in the past and this driver may have been why.
- nis_
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
Telemetry.
In the Feather M0 Express.
The NeoPixel is configured to flash messages using differing cadences and different colours, to signal the various system states, alert the user to errors of syntax in their code, and what-have-you.
May I turn that feature off semi-permanently?
I would like to see a .config type file that has an entry to disable the semaphore system presently utilizing the NeoPixel.
That said, since I cannot turn it off, it has, in fact, informed me well, and several times so. It is useful. It's just that I am working on a project, in CircuitPython, that is already visually intensive.
Hadn't once looked at any form of Python, until 30 hours ago.
I was surprised to learn so much in so little time. Now it's fun for me, for a different reason than I had planned (which was essentially to continue to use the Feather M0 Express as an Arduino M0 Pro).
I'm able to change environments simply by dragging and dropping the UF2 file
adafruit-circuitpython-feather_m0_express-1.0.0-rc.4.uf2
When I start Arduino IDE, and upload, it just works. To get back into CircuitPython, I drag and drop the UF2. That's it! Nothing else to attend to, to context-switch.
This thing was well thought-out.
Whatever is written to the SPI flash stays there, in either environment.
The UF2 modifies only the SAMD21G18A 256Kb flashROM:
I can access the FAT16 filesys in the Arduino platform, and from CircuitPython (one way or the other) and don't have to re-upload any source code (or datalogger output files, or anything else). The system is well-behaved.
That said, I'm accessing the filesystem out-of-band -- using nautilus under Linux, and using vim:
Like that. In a shell (no GUI at all). I use nautilus
... to go ahead and mount the Feather M0 Express, in the first place.
Then I ignore nautilus and use the shell (the Feather M0 mounts just as expected, on /media/mylogin/CIRCUITPY when the regular-use environment is installed).
Workflow seems optimal.
. . .
Code follows (really, unrelated to the purpose of this post -- a nice side-effect of having to make a post, for me).
Thanks for your consideration.
73, de ARS WA1TNR
https://github.com/wa1tnr
In the Feather M0 Express.
The NeoPixel is configured to flash messages using differing cadences and different colours, to signal the various system states, alert the user to errors of syntax in their code, and what-have-you.
May I turn that feature off semi-permanently?
I would like to see a .config type file that has an entry to disable the semaphore system presently utilizing the NeoPixel.
That said, since I cannot turn it off, it has, in fact, informed me well, and several times so. It is useful. It's just that I am working on a project, in CircuitPython, that is already visually intensive.
Hadn't once looked at any form of Python, until 30 hours ago.
I was surprised to learn so much in so little time. Now it's fun for me, for a different reason than I had planned (which was essentially to continue to use the Feather M0 Express as an Arduino M0 Pro).
I'm able to change environments simply by dragging and dropping the UF2 file
adafruit-circuitpython-feather_m0_express-1.0.0-rc.4.uf2
When I start Arduino IDE, and upload, it just works. To get back into CircuitPython, I drag and drop the UF2. That's it! Nothing else to attend to, to context-switch.
This thing was well thought-out.
Whatever is written to the SPI flash stays there, in either environment.
The UF2 modifies only the SAMD21G18A 256Kb flashROM:
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That said, I'm accessing the filesystem out-of-band -- using nautilus under Linux, and using vim:
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$ rvim -n /media/wa1tnr/CIRCUITPY/code.py
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#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/bin/nautilus --no-desktop "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
Then I ignore nautilus and use the shell (the Feather M0 mounts just as expected, on /media/mylogin/CIRCUITPY when the regular-use environment is installed).
Workflow seems optimal.
. . .
Code follows (really, unrelated to the purpose of this post -- a nice side-effect of having to make a post, for me).
Thanks for your consideration.
73, de ARS WA1TNR
https://github.com/wa1tnr
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# pulse width modulation -- fader -- LED D13 (PA17)
# Adafruit Feather M0 Express -- Circuit Python 2017 July
# Make a Light-Emitting Diode glow in a constantly-changing
# pattern: from bright to dim, and then again, from dim to bright,
# following a sinusoidal waveform function and utilizing pulse
# width modulation techniques to accomplish the task.
# The attached LED is an emitter of light, but has no control
# circuitry inside its package -- it is not a smart device, and may
# be illuminated simply by passing a DC current through it.
# This program makes up for that, by providing modulation.
# The device is monochromatic -- no provision is made to affect
# the colour, as the device is fixed in (colour) frequency.
# Feather M0 Express
# WA1TNR
# based on materials published by Adafruit.
import digitalio
import board
import time
import neopixel
import math
import pulseio
print('')
print('PROGRAM RUNNING')
np = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 10) # changing this from 10 to 8 does no harm?
np.fill((5,0,5)) # magenta
np.write()
time.sleep(1)
np.fill((0,0,0)) # dark/black
np.write()
print('Use Ctrl C to break the loop. Use Ctrl D to reload.')
print('')
# ------------------- pseudo-ADSR -------------------
pwm = pulseio.PWMOut(board.D13) # output on D13
dimmer = 128 # multiplier
attack = 10 # 10 produces least asymmetrical output
def pulse(t, decay, sustain, fade, halla):
fades = fade * dimmer
for i in range(20 * decay):
pdc = int(math.sin(i / (attack * decay) * math.pi) * fades + fades)
# if (pdc == 13):
if (i == 821):
# --------------
print(pdc)
# --------------
pwm.duty_cycle = 1 # darken the LED
time.sleep(halla) # extend the dark time just a bit
pwm.duty_cycle = int(math.sin(i / (attack * decay) * math.pi) * fades + fades)
if ((i / 10) == int(i / 10)): # to print samples at 1:10 ratio
jb = 1 # noop
# --------------
# print(i, pdc)
# --------------
# if (pdc == 65266):
if (i == 275):
time.sleep(sustain) # keep the LED on a bit longer at peak brightness
time.sleep(t) # loop base delay - always present, even in the simplest version of this program
while True:
# def pulse(t, decay, sustain, fade, halla):
pulse(0.0001, 55, 1.5001, 255, 2.31)
# t: time base -- the loop's base-delay (in seconds of civil time)
# decay: respiration rate (blink rate)
# sustain: hang time - at apogee (zenith)
# fade: brightness of LED - gamma - makes the LED much more dim (throughout the cycle)
# halla: extends excursion to nadir (perigee) that much the longer - longer dark time
- tannewt
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Re: Feather M0 Express!
I'm glad you are liking it nis_! When you say you'd like the status pixel off semi-permanently, when would you like it on and when would you like it off? Its pretty easy to turn off with a custom build but I haven't exposed any long-lasting configuration for it yet from CircuitPython.
Thanks!
~Scott
Thanks!
~Scott
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