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Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 08 Oct 2023 08:44
by titantomorrow
Hi,

I have found that the Lambda Shield 2 Example works on the new Uno Wifi Rev 4 board, returning the expected 20.95% result in free air.

However, I can only do this by first uploading the example without the shield attached. If I try to upload any program with the shield attached I get a board not found error. Does anyone have any idea why this would be? Could it be the power consumption of the shield? Can anyone suggest a workaround (other than unplugging)?

I do feel that people are very likely to want to use this shield with the new Uno Wifi Rev4 board.

warm regards,

Graham

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 08 Oct 2023 12:28
by Christian_Bylund
titantomorrow wrote:
08 Oct 2023 08:44
Hi,

I have found that the Lambda Shield 2 Example works on the new Uno Wifi Rev 4 board, returning the expected 20.95% result in free air.

However, I can only do this by first uploading the example without the shield attached. If I try to upload any program with the shield attached I get a board not found error. Does anyone have any idea why this would be? Could it be the power consumption of the shield? Can anyone suggest a workaround (other than unplugging)?

I do feel that people are very likely to want to use this shield with the new Uno Wifi Rev4 board.

warm regards,

Graham
Hi Graham,

Currently there is no work around but I can confirm that I see the same issue. Arduino UNO R4 Minima does not have the same problem using the same microcontroller. Arduino UNO R4 WiFi just started supporting Arduino BLE library with the latest update and it seems it is still struggling with some compatibility issues.

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 09 Oct 2023 21:23
by titantomorrow
Thanks for that, I'll get the minima :)

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 09 Oct 2023 21:46
by titantomorrow
It seems to have something to do with the reset pin. If I disconnect that, it works fine. Is the reset pin important on your shield?

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 10 Oct 2023 03:01
by Christian_Bylund
titantomorrow wrote:
09 Oct 2023 21:46
It seems to have something to do with the reset pin. If I disconnect that, it works fine. Is the reset pin important on your shield?
Thank you for the observation, it is only used to reset the CJ125 if the shield is reset but it should not have any importance in the function. I can see in the schematics that the RESET pin is connected to one of the GPIOs of the ESP32. So there is a chance this may be solved by a firmware update by Arduino in the future.

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 13 Nov 2023 11:37
by viteka32
Hi,

I have found the problem. Shield has a 1 nF capacitor on the reset line and Arduino has a 100k pull-up. This causes the pin to create a slow startup from logic 0 to logic 1.

Solution: Remove the capacitor or change the capacitor value, meaby 100 pF.

Re: Uno Wifi Rev 4

Posted: 11 Feb 2024 12:38
by DonP
viteka32 wrote:
13 Nov 2023 11:37
Solution: Remove the capacitor or change the capacitor value, meaby 100 pF.
@Christian_Bylund: do you second this? Or would this have negative implications if going back from the Uno R4 Wifi to the original Uno (non-R4) or the Uno R4 Minima?

Best regards,
Pascal