[jamesarich]

Checklist

• PR title specifically describes the change
• tools/build_all.py (or CI's board matrix) passes
• Tested on real hardware - WisMesh Pocket (wiscore_rak4631_board), on the CI build of this branch merged into master (2.6.0-3-g673c519)

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Description of Change

On 2.6.0 the first application boot after a DFU stalls and ends in a watchdog reset about 95 s later, after a UF2 copy or a BLE OTA. The board comes back by itself, but for a minute and a half the update looks like it failed.

The I2C OLED path sets SHORTS to LASTTX_STOP (or LASTRX_STOP) for every transfer, and board_display_teardown() only disabled TWIM0. The short, the pin selects and the last transfer's events were still in the peripheral when the bootloader jumped to the application, and that jump has no reset in between.

The Adafruit nRF52 Arduino core's TwoWire uses the same TWIM0, never writes SHORTS, and waits on events with no timeout. With the leftover short a repeated start (endTransmission(false)) gets STOPPED and never SUSPENDED, so the core waits forever.

board_display_teardown() now clears SHORTS, the events and ERRORSRC, and disconnects the pin selects, so TWIM0 is as it is out of reset. It runs on every board with an I2C display whether or not a panel answered, since the probe writes set the short either way.

Bench

WisMesh Pocket, Meshtastic firmware 2.8.2.e1b88ba, I2C devices at 0x18, 0x3C, 0x42 and 0x76.

TWIM0 as the application finds it after a UF2 copy, read by a diagnostic firmware build:

Bootloader	SHORTS	PSEL	Events	Runs
2.6.0	0x200	SCL and SDA still selected	set	3 of 3
this branch	0	disconnected	clear	3 of 3

The same build ran a repeated start with bounded waits: with SHORTS=0x200 it gets STOPPED and no SUSPENDED within 200 ms, with SHORTS=0 SUSPENDED arrives at once. Same at 0x18 and 0x3C on every boot.

Stock firmware, watched for 300 s with no serial client attached:

Bootloader	Update	Result
2.6.0	UF2 copy	reset at +93 s, then answers
2.6.0	BLE OTA	reset at +95 s, then answers
this branch	UF2 copy	no reset
this branch	BLE OTA	no reset

One run per row.

What is not verified

• A board that stays dark until it is power cycled, as Board completely silent after successful DFU activate + reset - recovers only on cold power cycle #67 reports for the RAK4631. Here the firmware reaches loop(), which arms its 90 s watchdog, before it stalls. A driver that stalls in setup() would have no watchdog; that was not seen.
• Which driver stalls. The Pocket's I2C devices were not identified.
• The core source read was the stock PlatformIO framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52 package, not the meshtastic/Adafruit_nRF52_Arduino commit firmware pins.
• The original report in Board completely silent after successful DFU activate + reset - recovers only on cold power cycle #67 (Wio Tracker L1 on OTAFIX 2.5) predates the I2C OLED code, so this does not explain it.

Refs #67

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Board display teardown now clears pending transfer events and disconnects the TWIM pins, helping prevent stale bus activity after the display is disabled.

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Walkthrough

Board display teardown now clears TWIM state after disabling the peripheral. It also disconnects both TWIM pins.

Changes: TWIM teardown cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clear TWIM state during teardown src/boards/boards.c	After disabling TWIM, teardown clears SHORTS, pending events, and the error source. It also disconnects both peripheral pins.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0f562

The change cleans up TWIM state before application startup. No merge-blocking issue was identified.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: returning TWIM0 to its reset state before application startup.
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_{I’m a rabbit by the board,
I watch TWIM go quiet and still.
Events cleared, pins let go,
SHORTS and errors leave the show.
I hop away with a happy nose.}

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