I am using FATFS to write data to an SD card. It partially works and I am able to write EEPROM data to the SD card. But when I use a different function later on in the code it returns 'FR_DISK_ERR' even though I'm using the same line of code.
The first time I try to write to the SD card is as follows (At this point I have already initialized the SD card and made the file, that is not the issue):
//write EEPROM to EEPROM file
fr = f_open(&File, file_name, FA_OPEN_APPEND | FA_WRITE);
if (fr == FR_OK)
{
//I write some data here, for company privacy purposes I have deleted this. I mainly use f_printf(&file,"data"); functions here
/* Close the file */
f_close(&File);
}
if(bEEPROMCollected && bEEPROMDataReady)
{
//stop collecting data
bCollectEEPROM = false;
}
bEEPROMDataReady = false;
The function fr = f_open(&File, file_name, FA_OPEN_APPEND | FA_WRITE); returns FR_OK and correctly writes the data to the SD card. This function is called whenever data is ready and stops after the data is collected.
The second time I Call the function it is programmed like this:
if(bWriteSDOK == true && (/*some other values are true*/)
{
//get current time
RTC_GetDateTime(&rtcCurrentTime);
fr = f_open(&File, file_name, FA_OPEN_APPEND | FA_WRITE);
if (fr == FR_OK)
{
//print the current date and time to the SD card
f_printf(&File, "%02x/", rtcCurrentTime.date);
f_printf(&File, "%02x/", rtcCurrentTime.month);
f_printf(&File, "%02x ", rtcCurrentTime.year);
f_printf(&File, "%02x:", rtcCurrentTime.hour);
f_printf(&File, "%02x:", rtcCurrentTime.min);
f_printf(&File, "%02x,", rtcCurrentTime.sec);
f_printf (&File, "\r\n"); /* Put a formatted string to the file */
/* Close the file */
f_close(&File);
}
else if(fr == FR_DISK_ERR)
{
PORTD |= (1 << 6);
f_close(&File);
}
bWriteSDOK = false;
I can't display my code fully. I don't think it matters. What confuses me is that the second (not really second, just another function) time I call the function to open_append the file, it returns an error (the LED on PB6 turns on). The FATFS website doesn't fully explain the error. Does anyone know why this happens?
I know the second part of the code has worked before and fully tested this on the same hardware. Somehow the first part of the software created a bug in the second part, which has not changed.
I expect the first piece of code to write 16 lines of 16 bytes of EEPROM. The next time it has to show other data, like current date/time etc.
EDIT: I have traced it back to the following function:
static FRESULT move_window ( /* Returns FR_OK or FR_DISK_ERR */
FATFS* fs, /* Filesystem object */
DWORD sector /* Sector number to make appearance in the fs->win[] */
)
{
FRESULT res = FR_OK;
if (sector != fs->winsect) { /* Window offset changed? */
#if !FF_FS_READONLY
res = sync_window(fs); /* Write-back changes */
#endif
if (res == FR_OK) { /* Fill sector window with new data */
if (disk_read(fs->pdrv, fs->win, sector, 1) != RES_OK) {
sector = 0xFFFFFFFF; /* Invalidate window if read data is not valid */
res = FR_DISK_ERR;
}
fs->winsect = sector;
}
}
return res;
}
the function 'if (disk_read(fs->pdrv, fs->win, sector, 1) != RES_OK)' generates the FR_DISK_ERR. What does this mean? It says /* Invalidate window if read data is not valid */, but I am not reading any data