XIAO nRF52840 Sense Free-Falls , Sleep & Double Tap Wake Up Demo

Hi Everyone,

I’m encountering an issue where my device fails to stay in deep sleep mode. Immediately after entering deep sleep, the MCU wakes up again, despite there being no motion detected. The reset reason displayed is: 09:49:13.485 → 65536 (0x10000).

Currently, nothing is connected to the MCU; I’m using just the bare XIAO NRF SENSE board.

My setup includes a XIAO NRF running mbed 2.9.0 and a double tap example. Any insights on what might be causing this behavior would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

/*****************************************************************************/
// IMU Interrupt Example for XIAO BLE Sense
// This example shows how to configure LMSD6S3TR-C on XIAO BLE SENSE to interrupt
// on INT1 after a "Double Tap" was recognized.
// Additionally, the device goes into System OFF state, after 5 interrupts were
// received. Another "Double Tap" will wake up the device again.
// 
// Original by chuck
//poatched and toasted by pjg
/*******************************************************************************/

#include "LSM6DS3.h"
#include "Wire.h"

LSM6DS3 myIMU(I2C_MODE, 0x6A); // IMU 
#define int1Pin PIN_LSM6DS3TR_C_INT1




 // OLEDs without Reset of the Display

const int buttonPin = 1;     // the number of the pushbutton pin
int buttonState = 0;         // variable for reading the pushbutton status
int BuzzerPin = A3;
uint8_t interruptCount = 0; // Amount of received interrupts
uint8_t prevInterruptCount = 0; // Interrupt Counter from last loop


void setup() {
    Serial.begin(9600);
	  delay(1000); //relax...
	  Serial.println("Processor came out of reset.\n");

    pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);// initialize the LED pin as an output:
    pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT_PULLUP);// initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
    pinMode(BuzzerPin, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(LEDR, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(LEDG, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(LEDB, OUTPUT);
    setLedRGB(false, false, true); // set blue led

    myIMU.settings.gyroEnabled = 0; // Gyro currently not used, disabled to save power 
    if (myIMU.begin() != 0) {
        Serial.println("IMU error");
    } else {
        Serial.println("IMU OK!");
    }
    
    setupDoubleTapInterrupt();
    
    pinMode(int1Pin, INPUT);
    attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(int1Pin), int1ISR, RISING);

/*
WATCHDOG TIMER FOR AUTO RESET

   NRF_WDT->CONFIG = (WDT_CONFIG_HALT_Pause << WDT_CONFIG_HALT_Pos) | ( WDT_CONFIG_SLEEP_Run << WDT_CONFIG_SLEEP_Pos);
    NRF_WDT->CRV = 60*32768; // 2 sec. timout
    NRF_WDT->TASKS_START = 1;

    NRF_WDT->RR[0] = WDT_RR_RR_Reload; //Reload watchdog register 0.
*/


}
int i = 0;
void loop() {
    delay(5000);

  int32_t reset_reason = 0;    
 reset_reason = NRF_POWER->RESETREAS;
 Serial.println(reset_reason);   


  if(i == 2)
  {
  NRF_POWER->RESETREAS = 0xFFFFFFFF;  // Write to clear the reset reasons

  }

    setLedRGB(false, false, true); // reset led to blue only

    Serial.print("\Iterrupt Counter: ");
    Serial.println(interruptCount);

    // if interrupt was received in this cycle
    if (interruptCount > prevInterruptCount) {
      Serial.println("\Interrupt received!");
      setLedRGB(false, true, false); // set green only
    }
    
    prevInterruptCount = interruptCount;
    
    if (interruptCount >= 5) {
      // Trigger System OFF after 5 interrupts
      goToPowerOff();
    }
    
    delay(500);
}


// -------------------- System ------------------------- //

void goToPowerOff() {



  setLedRGB(false, false, false);
  Serial.println("Going to System OFF");

  setupDoubleTapInterrupt(); // not needed here, if already applied..
  delay(1000); // delay seems important to apply settings, before going to System OFF
  //Ensure interrupt pin from IMU is set to wake up device
  nrf_gpio_cfg_sense_input(digitalPinToInterrupt(int1Pin), NRF_GPIO_PIN_PULLDOWN, NRF_GPIO_PIN_SENSE_HIGH);
  // Trigger System OFF

   NRF_POWER->SYSTEMOFF = 1;
}

// -------------------- Interrupts ------------------------- //

void setupDoubleTapInterrupt() {
  uint8_t error = 0;
  uint8_t dataToWrite = 0;

  // Double Tap Config
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_CTRL1_XL, 0x60); //* Acc = 416Hz (High-Performance mode)// Turn on the accelerometer
  // ODR_XL = 416 Hz, FS_XL = 2g
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_TAP_CFG1, 0x8E);// INTERRUPTS_ENABLE, SLOPE_FDS// Enable interrupts and tap detection on X, Y, Z-axis
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_TAP_THS_6D, 0x85);// Set tap threshold 8C
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_INT_DUR2, 0x7F);// Set Duration, Quiet and Shock time windows 7F
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_WAKE_UP_THS, 0x80);// Single & double-tap enabled (SINGLE_DOUBLE_TAP = 1)
  myIMU.writeRegister(LSM6DS3_ACC_GYRO_MD1_CFG, 0x08);// Double-tap interrupt driven to INT1 pin
}

void int1ISR()
{
  interruptCount++;
 ;
  
}

// -------------------- Utilities ------------------------- //

void setLedRGB(bool red, bool green, bool blue) {
  if (!blue) { digitalWrite(LEDB, HIGH); } else { digitalWrite(LEDB, LOW); }
  if (!green) { digitalWrite(LEDG, HIGH); } else { digitalWrite(LEDG, LOW); }
  if (!red) { digitalWrite(LEDR, HIGH); } else { digitalWrite(LEDR, LOW); }
}```