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Arduino startup issues

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dr pepper

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For me this should be simple.
I have an arduino, it just receives serial data and display it on an lcd.
The serial stream on the i/p is continuous, and is present before power on.
At power on the code just hangs, however if I press reset after power on the code runs and the display works just fine.
So I guess the 'duino doesnt like data on the serial port at power on, maybe its going into programming mode or something.
I tried flushing the serial buffer after boot, nut nada, I also tried a delay before initing the serial port nothing there either.
I didnt think there was a difference between power on reset and the reset button.
Any ideas how I can fix this?, I spose a reed relay or switching tranny might do the trick but I'd rather do something a little more elegant in code.
 
hi,
I have a Ard UNO running with a HC12 RXR, incoming serial data rate of 2secs, of 50 ASCII chrs, it is restarting OK at power boot.

The other system is a Ard NANO which receives HC12 data, which can get corrupted which causes it to hang, so I have programmed a 12F683 to give a NANO Reset after 60secs, work OK.

When I am reprogramming the Arduino's I have a simple slide switch in the incoming RX line, else I get Arduino warnings during compile/load.
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It could be the LCD has not had time to get up and going. Trying to write to the LCD too soon might hand the program.
 
The code doesnt 'listen' to the lcd, the read/write is permanently tied low, however I did wonder if the 'duino was running & display wasnt, but theres no data transfer according to my logic probe.

I managed to get the thing to 'work' kinda, I put a tranny which with no i/p pulls the serial pin high, theres a resistor in series with the incoming data, when the 'duino has booted it turns the tranny off with a spare i/o pin, it works but its a bodge, and I still dont know why.
 
Dunno about the 'duino, but many ICs do strange things if they have signals on their data pins but no valid power supply. The protection diodes on the data pins allow current to flow into the IC.
 
Yes I dont spose the processor would like being powered up & down 9600 times a second.
 
In some cases, you can actually power the chip through the I/O pins. You really shouldn't have data present on power up without protection.
Effectively Vcc=0 and say your input is 5 V. There is a current limit for each pin. So, series resistors or level translators are required.
 
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