Strange glitches on PIOs when uart1 is used

[Neil.Macmullen]

Hi all.
I am using an esp32 (16MB) with SDK is 1.5
Uart 0 is configured for a debug port
Uart 1 is configured to communicate with a cellular modem on gpio 16/17

I am seeing some very odd effects where gpio 22/23 appear to be driven by the esp32 when uart 1 is in use.

gpio22/23 are control lines to the modem and are driven low by the application.

Here's an overview...

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Here are some of the io23 glitches in more detail.

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io22 behaviour is a little different - it sometimes seems to 'echo' the uart1 tx line(io16). It's almost as if this is cross-talk but it happens consistently regardless of the baud rate I am using.
Here are some of the io22 glitches in more detail.

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I did wonder whether the default RTS/CTS lines for uart0/1 are might be the cause of this so have tried to configure both uarts with flow-control disabled...

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 uart_config_t uart_config = {
        .baud_rate = 115200,
        .data_bits = UART_DATA_8_BITS,
        .parity = UART_PARITY_DISABLE,
        .stop_bits = UART_STOP_BITS_1,
        .flow_ctrl = UART_HW_FLOWCTRL_DISABLE,
        .rx_flow_ctrl_thresh = 122,
        .use_ref_tick = false};

    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_param_config((uart_port_t)CONFIG_CONSOLE_UART_NUM, &uart_config));
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_set_pin((uart_port_t)CONFIG_CONSOLE_UART_NUM, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE,UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE));
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_driver_install((uart_port_t)CONFIG_CONSOLE_UART_NUM,
                                        256, 0, 0, NULL, 0));

    // Tell VFS to use UART driver
    esp_vfs_dev_uart_use_driver(CONFIG_CONSOLE_UART_NUM);

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	const uart_port_t uart_num = UART_NUM_1;
	
	uart_config_t uart_config = {
        .baud_rate = 921600,
        .data_bits = UART_DATA_8_BITS,
        .parity = UART_PARITY_DISABLE,
        .stop_bits = UART_STOP_BITS_1,
        .flow_ctrl = UART_HW_FLOWCTRL_DISABLE,
        .rx_flow_ctrl_thresh = 122,
        .use_ref_tick = false};

    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_param_config(uart_num, &uart_config));

    // Set UART pins(TX: IO16 (UART2 default), RX: IO17 (UART2 default), RTS: IO18, CTS: IO19)
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_set_pin(uart_num, txPin, rxPin, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE));

    DEBUGLN("Using rx buf size of %d",UART_RX_BUFFER_SIZE);
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_driver_install(uart_num, UART_RX_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, 0, NULL, 0));

Both shallow and deep sleep modes are disabled during this operation since I noticed that some lines seem not to be driven during shallow sleep and the uart is unreliable.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be going on here?