PE in KDS 3.0.0 Drops Open-Drain Setting for I2C Pins that are Renamed

[robbolton]

When configuring I2C Chains for MK65, I must first manually set them for Open-Drain. This problem has already been raised in another post:

https://community.freescale.com/message/574420#comment-574420

However, I have found an additional problem. If the SCL and SDA pins have been set to open-drain, the setting will not get generated if the Signal has been renamed. We typically will rename signals to match the schematic. I agree in the above post that the setting should automatically be turned on, but I believe the additional problem of losing the setting if the pin is renamed is a bug. Am I missing something?

[MarekTrmac]

Hi Rob,

can you share more details how to reproduce your problem? I suppose you are changing pin configuration in PinSettings component. If you share "ProcessorExpert.pe" project, that would be helpful.

Regards

Marek

[robbolton]

I am unable to share my project due to sensitivity. However, I can provide further detail on how I recreate the problem:

1.) I have a PE project using MK65FN2M0VMI18

2.) I open the ComponetInspector by highlighting pin_mux_PingSettings, which is in the Components View, Under Components.

3.) Under the Routing tab, I click on I2C sub-tab

4.) Under I2C0 chain, I click the Init checkbox. If I click on the "Generate Processor Expert Code" icon under the Components View, at this point the pin_mux.c file will NOT have the open-drain setting set to true for I2C0.

5.) By going back to the I2C sub-tab, I can now right click the default names for SCL and SDA under Pin/Signal Selection, and select Pin Functional Properties. I then set Open Drain to Enable. After generating the PE code again, the I2C pins will have the Open Drain setting in pin_mux.c.

6.) Now, if I go to change the names of the I2C0 chain SCL and SDA under Pin/Signal Selection, and generate the PE code for a 3rd time, the Settings are gone fro pin_mux.c. The setting is still enabled in the GUI. I can then change the name back to the default name, and if I generate the PE code a 4th time, the setting is back in pin_mux.c.

Hope that is clear,

Rob

[Jorge_Gonzalez]

Hello Rob:

Marek is correct, this was an issue with Processor Expert that was fixed in the update Processor Expert for Kinetis 3.0.2. See below from Release Notes:

Indeed you can install KDS v3.2. Or you can try to install the Processor Expert for Kinetis 3.0.2 update in your current KDS version (Help -> Install New Software -> Freescale KDS Update Site):

Regards!

Jorge Gonzalez

[robbolton]

Thanks, I was able to update and found you were both correct. Other pins that I had renamed as well are now having their pin functions generate correctly.

[MarekTrmac]

Rob, I'd recommend to install KDS 3.2. I'm not able to reproduce the issue. It seems it is already fixed in the latest version. Regards,

Marek