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stm32f103c8t6 doesn't halt nor reset

stm32f103c8t6 boardQuestion, using st-linkV2Question,Windows 10 Home x64, Eclipse Version: Mars.2 Release (4.5.2)
Build id: 20160218-0600, AC6.

Hi,
I’m new to ARM, my knowledge comes from self learning, I’ve programmed several 8051 and AVR CPUs and I want to make the step toward the future at last.
I’ve dowloaded Arduino IDE and managed to throw a piece of firmware on the chip (simple PC13 blink).
When I try to program or debug the MCU using Eclipse which I’ve downloaded from here I get these errors:

Info : The selected transport took over low-level target control. The results might differ compared to plain JTAG/SWD
adapter speed: 1000 kHz
adapter_nsrst_delay: 100
srst_only separate srst_nogate srst_open_drain connect_assert_srst
srst_only separate srst_nogate srst_open_drain connect_assert_srst
Info : Unable to match requested speed 1000 kHz, using 950 kHz
Info : Unable to match requested speed 1000 kHz, using 950 kHz
Info : clock speed 950 kHz
Info : STLINK v2 JTAG v27 API v2 SWIM v6 VID 0x0483 PID 0x3748
Info : using stlink api v2
Info : Target voltage: 3.210554
Info : STM32F103C8Tx.cpu: hardware has 6 breakpoints, 4 watchpoints
Info : accepting ‘gdb’ connection on tcp/3333
Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
TARGET: STM32F103C8Tx.cpu - Not halted
in procedure ‘reset’
in procedure ‘ocd_bouncer’



Info : device id = 0x20036410
Info : flash size = 64kbytes
Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
TARGET: STM32F103C8Tx.cpu - Not halted
in procedure ‘reset’
in procedure ‘ocd_bouncer’


Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
TARGET: STM32F103C8Tx.cpu - Not halted
in procedure ‘reset’
in procedure ‘ocd_bouncer’



Error: Target not halted
Error: failed erasing sectors 0 to 3
Error: flash_erase returned -304

The config scripts I’m using is stock ST_LinkV2 and the attached one.
I can talk to the board with STM32 ST-LINK Utility no problems.
What am I missing?
I’ve already gone back and fourth on that for 3 days. Please help a desperate man!

Much Appreciated,
Chen

When I Reset the MCU with hardware I see it gets into a halt (Led stopes blinking) and I get these messages in addition to the above.
STM32F103C8Tx.cpu: target state: halted
target halted due to debug-request, current mode: Thread
xPSR: 0x01000000 pc: 0x08000170 msp: 0x20005000
If I hold the reset button while pressing “Debug” The firmware just continues while I get the errors above.
Something does the reset, maybe not enough for the MCU to get into a halt?


Could be due to reset issues with the board,. Does the debug probe have a reset connection to the MP? Many boards do not, especially 4 wire SWD boards.
See previous post “stm32f4 with nucleo-f401RE”


Hi Chenbh, I’m going throught the exactely same problem. I have the same hardware as you and I can’t download or debug the software using IC6’s IDE because the target doesn’t get halted. So far, I’m pretty sure that the issue is in the file configuration (may be in a file) when openOCD is called. I conected the reset pin to ST-Link but didn’t help. When reset manualy as you did, I could download the firmware, but it sucks. Well, have you fix the problem so far?

Hello friend,
Didn’t find any clue in the internet.
Tried Linux and Windows, 2 versions of openOCD, a lot of configurations in files and in the IDE itself, with and without the RST pin and with and without a pull-up resistor (didn’t think it’ll help because the problem is getting into reset and no out of it and it already worked in Arduino).
I hate giving up, but as I wasted 2 days of my life trying to solve this problem, I finally gave up and moved over to Keil.
TWO MINUTES! It took me 2 minutes to get that thing blinking in Keil.

I’ll try another set of micro-controllers, not gonna mess with STM again.


hahaha
I’m seriously thinking about do the same. So far I couldn’t find any solution also. What is a lame cuz I was very excited about this ac6 ide.
Well, thank you anyway for the tips!