ATSAMD21G18A custom board not working

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Posted by mattia88: Thu. Jan 9, 2020 - 10:44 AM
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Hello everyone! This is my first post...

I've built a breakout board for the MCU with the minimum number of components (schematics attached),
but I can't program it with the atmel ICE! Atmel Studio does not recognize the chip and give "Error 4109".

I double checked the welds with a tester and there are no short circuits and the voltage on the VDDCORE pin is about 1.2V.

What could be the problem?

Thanks
Mattia

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Posted by Lajon: Thu. Jan 9, 2020 - 11:19 AM
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The schematic seems not to match the board (e.g., missing pin headers). How do you connect the Atmel ICE?

/Lars

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Posted by mattia88: Thu. Jan 9, 2020 - 01:09 PM
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You're right! Header attached :)

 

I connected the MCU with SWDIO, SWCLK, +3V3 and GND to the ICE. The same connection works with Adafruit's ItsyBitsy M0.

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Posted by Lajon: Thu. Jan 9, 2020 - 01:35 PM
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No reset?

SWD interface
The RESET line should always be connected so that the Atmel-ICE can enable the SWD interface

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Posted by mattia88: Thu. Jan 9, 2020 - 02:18 PM
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I think is not mandatory, also Adafruit's ItsyBitsy M0 works with this connection scheme.

 

I give it a try to connect the RESET line :)

 

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Posted by mattia88: Sat. Jan 11, 2020 - 10:09 AM
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I've soldered another board and now I can see the MCU with the ICE...but i can't program it!

I receive this error:

 

Severity: ERROR
ComponentId: 20100
StatusCode: 131100
ModuleName: TCF (TCF command: Device:erase failed.)

Timed out waiting for the chip erase to complete

 

what could it be?

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Posted by Kartman: Sat. Jan 11, 2020 - 11:50 AM
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Someone used the autorouter didn’t they? Bypass caps need to be located close to the pins on the chip. I got called in to solve a similar problem with a saml21. Solution was to junk the pcb and design properly.

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