[Tinyos-help] bsl sync failed

[Xiaodong Wang]

Thank you for your email. The mote did work before.

Motelist can recognize the mote and it seems charging, but not sure, as only
the charging light is turning on.

Most likely it could be the hardware fault. I will try your suggestion
later. Thank you again.

Regards,
David

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Urs Hunkeler <uhu at gmx.ch> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Did this mote ever work? Does 'motelist' recognize the mote? Does it
> charge?
>
> If programming works for all your motes except this one, then you probably
> have faulty hardware. If motelist recognizes the mote, then the error is
> likely between the USB-serial converter chip and the microcontroller (even
> though if the mote doesn't seem to react at all, maybe there is another
> problem, too).
>
> We had a faulty Tmote Sky (not invent) with a similar behavior. We
> eventually traced the error back to a broken link on the PCB (probably due
> to stress).
>
> If you have a JTAG kit, you could open the package and try to program the
> mote inside over JTAG to see whether the MCU still works.
>
> Cheers,
> Urs
>
>
> Xiaodong Wang wrote:
>
>> Anyone has experience on this issue? Thanks again.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Xiaodong Wang <xwang43 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am using the Boomerang version of Tinyos 1.x. This error only occurs on
>>> one mote. All the other motes are working fine. I have tried to change
>>> the
>>> port, but it does not help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Ittipong Khemapech <
>>> ik.tinyos at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be good if you can tell which TinyOs release and OS you
>>>> are using.
>>>>
>>>> Ittipong
>>>>
>>>> 2009/3/3 Xiaodong Wang <xwang43 at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>  Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I am programming the TmoteInvent, I got the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Error, bsl sync failed.
>>>>>
>>>>> And the mote seems to be dead. No LED can turn on. Any idea how this
>>>>> happens?
>>>>> Thank you for reading the email.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>
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