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By angier1212
#46206 Hi there, I have an ESP-12e (this one) flashed with the latest NodeMCU version 0.9.6. I have several, and the first worked without this issue: on the second I have uploaded this code and others with Arduino and I seem to periodically get this output:
Code: Select allConnecting to *****
.........IP number assigned by DHCP is 192.168.1.34
Starting UDP
Local port: 8888
waiting for sync
Transmit NTP Request
Receive NTP Response
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Exception (0):
epc1=0x4020a4b4 epc2=0x00000000 epc3=0x00000000 excvaddr=0x00000000 depc=0x00000000

ctx: sys
sp: 3ffffd90 end: 3fffffb0 offset: 01a0

>>>stack>>>
3fffff30:  4020a15e 3fff0100 0000001c 4020bc5d 
3fffff40:  40104f6e 00000000 3ffe997a 4010020c 
3fffff50:  000000a2 3ffe8884 3fff0564 3ffe9964 
3fffff60:  00000000 00000028 402052aa 3ffec490 
3fffff70:  3ffe9964 3fffdcc0 3ffe8b70 3fff0394 
3fffff80:  3ffe9980 00000040 00000000 3ffeebd0 
3fffff90:  40204bef 3fffdab0 00000000 40203223 
3fffffa0:  3ffe8b70 40000f49 3fffdab0 40000f49 
<<<stack<<<

 ets Jan  8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(3,6)

load 0x4010f000, len 1264, room 16
tail 0
chksum 0x0f
csum 0x0f
~ld
TimeNTP Example
Connecting to *****
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this repeats, with varying amounts of actual output interspersed with the resetting code. What is going on?
Here is the original code:
Code: Select all/*
 * Time_NTP.pde
 * Example showing time sync to NTP time source
 *
 * This sketch uses the ESP8266WiFi library
 */
 
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiUdp.h>

const char ssid[] = "*****";  //  your network SSID (name)
const char pass[] = "*****";       // your network password

// NTP Servers:
IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 101); // time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 102); // time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 103); // time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov


//const int timeZone = 1;     // Central European Time
//const int timeZone = -5;  // Eastern Standard Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -4;  // Eastern Daylight Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -8;  // Pacific Standard Time (USA)
const int timeZone = -7;  // Pacific Daylight Time (USA)


WiFiUDP Udp;
unsigned int localPort = 8888;  // local port to listen for UDP packets

time_t getNtpTime();
void digitalClockDisplay();
void printDigits(int digits);
void sendNTPpacket(IPAddress &address);

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial) ; // Needed for Leonardo only
  delay(250);
  Serial.println("TimeNTP Example");
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
 
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

 
  Serial.print("IP number assigned by DHCP is ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("Starting UDP");
  Udp.begin(localPort);
  Serial.print("Local port: ");
  Serial.println(Udp.localPort());
  Serial.println("waiting for sync");
  setSyncProvider(getNtpTime);
}

time_t prevDisplay = 0; // when the digital clock was displayed

void loop()

  if (timeStatus() != timeNotSet) {
    if (now() != prevDisplay) { //update the display only if time has changed
      prevDisplay = now();
      digitalClockDisplay(); 
    }
  }
}

void digitalClockDisplay(){
  // digital clock display of the time
  Serial.print(hour());
  printDigits(minute());
  printDigits(second());
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(day());
  Serial.print(".");
  Serial.print(month());
  Serial.print(".");
  Serial.print(year());
  Serial.println();
}



void printDigits(int digits){
  // utility for digital clock display: prints preceding colon and leading 0
  Serial.print(":");
  if(digits < 10)
    Serial.print('0');
  Serial.print(digits);
}

/*-------- NTP code ----------*/

const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48; // NTP time is in the first 48 bytes of message
byte packetBuffer[NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; //buffer to hold incoming & outgoing packets

time_t getNtpTime()
{
  while (Udp.parsePacket() > 0) ; // discard any previously received packets
  Serial.println("Transmit NTP Request");
  sendNTPpacket(timeServer);
  uint32_t beginWait = millis();
  while (millis() - beginWait < 1500) {
    int size = Udp.parsePacket();
    if (size >= NTP_PACKET_SIZE) {
      Serial.println("Receive NTP Response");
      Udp.read(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);  // read packet into the buffer
      unsigned long secsSince1900;
      // convert four bytes starting at location 40 to a long integer
      secsSince1900 =  (unsigned long)packetBuffer[40] << 24;
      secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[41] << 16;
      secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[42] << 8;
      secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[43];
      return secsSince1900 - 2208988800UL + timeZone * SECS_PER_HOUR;
    }
  }
  Serial.println("No NTP Response :-(");
  return 0; // return 0 if unable to get the time
}

// send an NTP request to the time server at the given address
void sendNTPpacket(IPAddress &address)
{
  // set all bytes in the buffer to 0
  memset(packetBuffer, 0, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
  // Initialize values needed to form NTP request
  // (see URL above for details on the packets)
  packetBuffer[0] = 0b11100011;   // LI, Version, Mode
  packetBuffer[1] = 0;     // Stratum, or type of clock
  packetBuffer[2] = 6;     // Polling Interval
  packetBuffer[3] = 0xEC;  // Peer Clock Precision
  // 8 bytes of zero for Root Delay & Root Dispersion
  packetBuffer[12]  = 49;
  packetBuffer[13]  = 0x4E;
  packetBuffer[14]  = 49;
  packetBuffer[15]  = 52;
  // all NTP fields have been given values, now
  // you can send a packet requesting a timestamp:                 
  Udp.beginPacket(address, 123); //NTP requests are to port 123
  Udp.write(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
  Udp.endPacket();
}
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By angier1212
#46251 As an update, I disconnected everything except the USB cord from the board and I pretty much don't get the error anymore except for once near the beginning of the execution.

So is it that my pin connections are causing this? I get a similar error with other projects, even when I avoid GIPO0, GPIO2, and GPIO's 12-15 (D3-D8).

In that case, which pins can I actually use as inputs? My end goal is to connect a DHT-22 and a BMP-183 to the board which would require 5 inputs.
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By electronicsguy
#46273 I have had soft reset when I had too much code (time-wise) in the loop() without a delay, which would cause the wifi to disocnnect (and hence chip reset) or the WDT to step in.

Try adding a delay at the end of your loop() function like this: delay(2000)

you'll have to play around with the amount of delay time to get it right.