Monday, April 19, 2010

Apr.19 Samba mode Firmware flashing

Currently the firmware is flashed with eCos and Forte FBs via JTAG. (so unplug JTAG USB cable)
Samba mode via sam-ba v2.9 flashes the firmware via USB like Lego Mindstorms and Lejos upload does.

1. Press the reset button with the end of a paper clip. Since the display is not yet working with Forte,  we 
  • take out the battery, 
  • press the reset button, 
  • put the battery back in, 
  • press orange power button.
2. When hear the device is connected to the PC, click on the device symbol.
The message shown in the picture below should appear. 
(or at least hear a device was connected to PC)






3. Open Sam-ba and connect
(Important: that it says \usb\ARM0 and at91sam7s256-ek indicating its the Lego MS that it wants to connect)









Sam-ba flash page appears
4. In Send File select the most recent forte.bin and press the Send File button


  • unlock yes
  • lock no
  • (close window)
5.  Power off / on so forte boots (see with blinking led in PORT 1)

Ready to test / work again

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