Door Sensor hangs up after some time (bootloader issue)

[ahmedadelhosni]

Hello,

I recently was testing different boatloaders for Door sensor. I use 2x AAA batteries for my test.

First one which caused the problem was : APM Optiboot internal 1MHz noBOD 9600baud

apm96.name=APM Optiboot internal 1MHz noBOD 9600baud

apm96.upload.tool=avrdude
apm96.upload.protocol=arduino
apm96.upload.maximum_size=32256
apm96.upload.speed=9600
apm96.bootloader.tool=avrdude
apm96.bootloader.low_fuses=0x62
apm96.bootloader.high_fuses=0xde
apm96.bootloader.extended_fuses=0x07
apm96.bootloader.path=optiboot_v50
apm96.bootloader.file=atmega328_1a.hex
apm96.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
apm96.bootloader.lock_bits=0x2F
apm96.build.mcu=atmega328p
apm96.build.f_cpu=1000000L
apm96.build.core=arduino
apm96.build.variant=standard

Then I changed to :- ATmega328 on a breadboard (8 MHz internal clock)

atmega328bb.name=ATmega328 on a breadboard (8 MHz internal clock)

atmega328bb.upload.protocol=arduino
atmega328bb.upload.maximum_size=30720
atmega328bb.upload.speed=57600

atmega328bb.bootloader.low_fuses=0xE2
atmega328bb.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
atmega328bb.bootloader.extended_fuses=0x05

atmega328bb.bootloader.file=ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega328_pro_8MHz.hex
atmega328bb.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
atmega328bb.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F

atmega328bb.build.mcu=atmega328p
atmega328bb.build.f_cpu=8000000L
atmega328bb.build.core=arduino:arduino
atmega328bb.build.variant=arduino:standard


atmega328bb.bootloader.tool=arduino:avrdude
atmega328bb.upload.tool=arduino:avrdude

The first one has BOD at 1.8, and I read here in the forum that Atmega328p behaves strange when set to this value, although I read also that lots of people sees this a good practice to increase node life time.

Problem till now is solved when I used the second bootloader.

My question is:

• Did anyone face this issue ?
• Which bootloader fuses do you use for sleeping nodes ? WDT disabled ? No BOD ? or do you enable them ?
• What battery types do you use ?

Please share your experience.

Thanks.

[ahmedadelhosni]

Any updates here please ?