nRF24Doctor

[Yveaux]

@pw44 said in nRF24Doctor:

Is this undestanding correct?

Yes it is

[canyouhearmenow]

I need some help.
I just built an NRF24Doctor following the instruction in the post and on Github.

• When no NRF24 module is connected, the device starts properly, displays the menu on the LCD, and when I try to select a menu item, it (correctly) displays "Radio init error. Replace radio".

• When an NRF24 mode is connected (I tried several), the LCD is blank, the serial monitor shows "Channel:90 PaLevel:HIGH PaLevelGw:LOW DataRate:250KBPS Dest:0 Payload:2 Rate:10" in an endless loop.

• when I run the older "nRf24L01+ connection quality meter" software, it starts ok and the LCD shows FAIL 0% and MISS 0% as expected.

Any ideas for what might cause this problem? Almost looks like it resets in a loop, maybe because the watchdog triggers? or stack corruption?

[lyubo.assenov]

Hello all,

First things first - this is a great device, kudos to everybody involved!

I built a buggy nrf24Doctor - it wasn't measuring the current consumption at all ("xxx Err" message). Trying to fix it led me to refactor the - splitting it into smaller "components" and adapting the project structure to VSCode/platform-io (ArduinoIDE is not my cup of tea).

If someone is interested, the code can be found at github.

Regards,
L.

[broomnest]

The output of the display could also be sent over serial, but the whole idea is you can walk around with the doctor and improve your results as you go.

[ben999]

Sorry to necro this old post :(
I have just uploaded @yveaux's version of nRF24 doctor to a Nano.

@Yveaux said in nRF24Doctor:

https://github.com/TechNovation01/nRF24Doctor/blob/master/pcb/nRFDoctor_1.1_sch.pdf

I got all the right libraries installed into IDE (especially LCDMenuLib2.h version 1.2.7, i also tried several other versions close to 1.2.7 just to be sure).
But when compiling i get the following errors :

/tmp/ccMpih6l.ltrans0.ltrans.o: In function `global constructors keyed to 65535_0_nRF24QualityMeter03.ino.cpp.o.3416':
<artificial>:(.text.startup+0x19a): undefined reference to `lcdml_menu_display()'
<artificial>:(.text.startup+0x19c): undefined reference to `lcdml_menu_display()'
<artificial>:(.text.startup+0x1a6): undefined reference to `lcdml_menu_clear()'
<artificial>:(.text.startup+0x1a8): undefined reference to `lcdml_menu_clear()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
exit status 1
Erreur de compilation pour la carte Arduino Nano

That is a bit above my knowledge. Could someone please point me into the right direction? Could it be just a case of "wrong naming" of variables ?

[ben999]

I might be able to answer that myself !

Looks like i have forgotten to "combine" a .ino file (CharLcdMenu.ino) with the main one (nRF24DoctorNode.ino), which seems to be a bit like a sub-program.

edit: that's it. Just had to create a second TAB with that sub-program, compile and success.

Please forgive my lack of vocabulary and knowldge, i am a "copy-paste" engineer :D

[OldSurferDude]

It's great when a project can be brought to life after 8 years!

[ben999]

@OldSurferDude as long as we’re using nRFs this project is still relevant :D

Great little tool to check for efficiency of modules

I can even « aim » a pcb antenna to get the best result !