W25 Flash ( STM32F411 )

[Alan_37]

Hi I am trying to use W25q32 Serial Flash but there seems to be more then 1 Bug in it .

I can read data properly from it when programmed with a Programmer, but I can not write to it
proper data using SPI with STM32f411.

Bug 1 : Erase Block if I set it to start erasing from Page 5 , it will start from Page 0 anyways
Bug 2 : Write Data Array , will write different data then it was suppose to
Bug 3 : Write Data Bytes , Dose not work at all

Write Protect Pin is Active Low so I connected it to +3.3v

Also using Hardware Channel SPI and Software mode produces different results

I have included a fcfx file to test with . the following is what I get when reading Page 0

SPI Software mode :

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    00 02 03 04 05 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
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    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff                           ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ         

SPI Hardware Mode

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    00 02 03 04 05 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 02   ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ.. 
    03 04 05 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   ...ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
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    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
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    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff                           ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

[Alan_37]

Can this be fixed please ?

[Alan_37]

Hello

Any news on this Bug please ?

I am stuck , can not continue the project without this

[BenR]

Hello,

First of all can you confirm the delays in your program are correct using a 1 second flasher test?
https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/index.p ... ED_flasher

Next you may want to try a larger prescaler for the SPI to help slow it down a bit, just in case it's running too fast.

[Alan_37]

Hi BenR

Thanks for your reply

I will do that today and let you know

Thanks again

[Alan_37]

Hi so here are the results

I have set the prescaler to 16 , 32 and 64 result still the same
I also tried to lower the speed from the RCC register but still no joy .

Delays seems to be perfect I made a 50ms Blinking on C13

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[Alan_37]

Update

I have replaced the W25 flash to 128Mb, shortened the wires as possible and added a 0.1uf decupling capacitor .

Now I see some improvement, Write Data Array works properly if I start writing from address 1
Address 0 remains 00 for some reason can not write to it .

Also this works only in SPI software mode Prescale /16 , Hardware dose not work .

Write Data Bytes still dose not work at all

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[30/04/2024 07:26:25] Read data (COM22) 
    00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff   .........ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 
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    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff                                 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ           

[Alan_37]

Hello here is another update

I was able to make , Write Data Bytes to work

I have to admit it was from my side , I was putting write control =1 before entering the loop
it needed to be in the loop and executed every time before a byte is written.

That is why was not working

Can move this to general after all was not a Bug .

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[30/04/2024 22:31:37] Read data (COM22) 
    00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15   ...................... 
    16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b   .......... !"#$%&'()*+ 
    2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41   ,-./0123456789:;<=>?@A 
    42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57   BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW 
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