CPU not halted, Kinetis K53

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  • CPU not halted, Kinetis K53

    Hello, I had been debugging for several weeks with the J-Link interface, but yesterday I started having problems. J-Link can no longer halt my CPU. I replaced the K53 on my board with a new chip, but am still having the exact same result. What could be wrong? Thanks!
    J-Link Commander shows the following output:



    SEGGER J-Link Commander V4.42a ('?' for help)
    Compiled Feb 8 2012 19:01:28
    DLL version V4.42a, compiled Feb 8 2012 19:01:12
    Firmware: J-Link Lite-FSL V1 compiled Jan 31 2011 11:00:51
    Hardware: V1.00
    S/N: 430110131
    VTarget = 3.437V
    Info: TotalIRLen = 4, IRPrint = 0x01
    Info: Found Cortex-M4 r0p0, Little endian.
    Info: TPIU fitted.
    Info: ETM fitted.
    Info: ETB present.
    Info: CSTF present.
    Info: FPUnit: 6 code (BP) slots and 2 literal slots
    Found 1 JTAG device, Total IRLen = 4:
    #0 Id: 0x4BA00477, IRLen: 04, IRPrint: 0x1, CoreSight JTAG-DP (ARM)
    Cortex-M4 identified.
    JTAG speed: 100 kHz
    J-Link>si 1
    Selecting SWD as current target interface.
    Setting target interface speed to 1MHz. Use "Speed" to change.
    J-Link>rsettype 6
    Info: Found SWD-DP with ID 0x2BA01477
    Info: TPIU fitted.
    Info: ETM fitted.
    Info: ETB present.
    Info: CSTF present.
    Info: FPUnit: 6 code (BP) slots and 2 literal slots
    Info: Found Cortex-M4 r0p0, Little endian.
    Reset type KINETIS: Reset via strategy NORMAL. Watchdog will be disabled after r
    eset
    J-Link>rx 0
    Reset delay: 0 ms
    Reset type KINETIS: Reset via strategy NORMAL. Watchdog will be disabled after r
    eset
    Info: Found SWD-DP with ID 0x2BA01477
    Info: TPIU fitted.
    Info: ETM fitted.
    Info: ETB present.
    Info: CSTF present.
    Info: FPUnit: 6 code (BP) slots and 2 literal slots
    Info: Found Cortex-M4 r0p0, Little endian.

    WARNING: S_RESET_ST not cleared

    WARNING: CPU did not halt after reset.

    WARNING: CPU could not be halted
    Info: Core did not halt after reset, trying to disable WDT.

    WARNING: CPU did not halt after reset.

    WARNING: CPU could not be halted

    WARNING: S_RESET_ST not cleared

    WARNING: T-bit of XPSR is 0 but should be 1. Changed to 1.

    WARNING: CPU did not halt after reset.

    ****** Error: CPU not halted
  • I believe that we figured out the issue. The Kwikstik has a 1k resistor (R113) between the MCU reset pin on the JTAGconnector and the Kwikstik's Kinetis 3.3V supply. It appears that when the Kwikstik is used as a debugger for an externalMCU, this 1k resistor acts as a pull-down, biasing the reset line low. It looks like sometimes the line would resetsuccessfully, and sometimes it wouldn't. Pulling R113 seems to fix the issue.