Hi all!

we have constructed our new bf532 Evaluation board with M29W160EB Flash memory and MT48LC8M16A2
SDRAM and AT25F2048 serial memory ......I Just checked with the USB emulator.....it's working
properly......I just  need a way to download the generated Hex file into the flash so, that i
can check the booting....

By using the emulator can we download the hex file into flash.....??
Is  the Flash programmer in the visualDSP directory can be used for  downloading....?

Thank u

It's possible to use the ADI emulator to program your flash. You will 
probably need to write two custom drivers.

OR you might consider our new dspFlash Blackfin & Flash Programmer. It's 
designed to program most serial and parallel flash for all third 
generation SHARC DSPs and Blackfins. You don't need VDSP or an ICE. It's 
just being released now.

You can find out more on our website:

http://www.danvillesignal.com/analog-devices-development-tools/sharc-blackfin-programmer.html

Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.

m...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> we have constructed our new bf532 Evaluation board with M29W160EB 
> Flash memory and MT48LC8M16A2 SDRAM and AT25F2048 serial memory 
> ......I Just checked with the USB emulator.....it's working 
> properly......I just need a way to download the generated Hex file 
> into the flash so, that i can check the booting....
>
> By using the emulator can we download the hex file into flash.....??
> Is the Flash programmer in the visualDSP directory can be used for 
> downloading....?
> Thank u
>
>

Hi,

The wide flash part you are using is similar to the M29W320 part used on the
BF537 EZKIT.  You may be able to use that Flash Programmer directly.
However, you do have the source code available for it and only a minor
modification would be required (you may only need to edit the functions that
convert between the address and a sector).

Best regards,

George Kadziolka

Kaztek Systems

 <http://www.kaztek.com/> www.kaztek.com

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Hi all!

we have constructed our new bf532 Evaluation board with M29W160EB Flash
memory and MT48LC8M16A2 SDRAM and AT25F2048 serial memory ......I Just
checked with the USB emulator.....it's working properly......I just need a
way to download the generated Hex file into the flash so, that i can check
the booting....

By using the emulator can we download the hex file into flash.....??
Is the Flash programmer in the visualDSP directory can be used for
downloading....? 
Thank u

Hi,

Yes, the emulator will work.
 
Jaime Andrés Aranguren Cardona
j...@ieee.org
j...@computer.org

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Subject: [adsp] How to Download the Hex file into Flash(M29W160EB)...?

Hi all!

we have constructed our new bf532 Evaluation board with M29W160EB Flash memory and MT48LC8M16A2
SDRAM and AT25F2048 serial memory ......I Just checked with the USB emulator.... .it's working
properly.... ..I just need a way to download the generated Hex file into the flash so, that i
can check the booting....

By using the emulator can we download the hex file into flash.....??
Is the Flash programmer in the visualDSP directory can be used for downloading. ...? 
Thank u

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I thought this place like other developers network is a place to get help 
but a question posted eons ago did not receive attention. Any reason why 
that is the case?

Dele

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Subject: Re: [adsp] How to Download the Hex file into Flash(M29W160EB)...?
> It's possible to use the ADI emulator to program your flash. You will
> probably need to write two custom drivers.
>
> OR you might consider our new dspFlash Blackfin & Flash Programmer. It's
> designed to program most serial and parallel flash for all third
> generation SHARC DSPs and Blackfins. You don't need VDSP or an ICE. It's
> just being released now.
>
> You can find out more on our website:
>
>
http://www.danvillesignal.com/analog-devices-development-tools/sharc-blackfin-programmer.html
>
> Al Clark
> Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
>
> m...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> we have constructed our new bf532 Evaluation board with M29W160EB
>> Flash memory and MT48LC8M16A2 SDRAM and AT25F2048 serial memory
>> ......I Just checked with the USB emulator.....it's working
>> properly......I just need a way to download the generated Hex file
>> into the flash so, that i can check the booting....
>>
>> By using the emulator can we download the hex file into flash.....??
>> Is the Flash programmer in the visualDSP directory can be used for
>> downloading....?
>> Thank u

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, The Oracle wrote:

> I thought this place like other developers network is a place to get help
> but a question posted eons ago did not receive attention. Any reason why
> that is the case?

Could be a couple of reasons: nobody felt like they had the expertise on a
particular chip combination, the people who did know were on a vacation
the week the question appeared, there's a different group here now then
were here then, etc, etc.

Best thing to do is ask again, there are a lot more people reading this
every week and eventually you may find a person who has figured it out.
You will also figure it out eventually anyway, and be able to help the
next person who has a similar question.  If you are the first person to do
something, you kind of have to figure it out the hard way!!

Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike

Mike Rosing wrote:
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, The Oracle wrote:
>
> > I thought this place like other developers network is a place to get 
> help
> > but a question posted eons ago did not receive attention. Any reason why
> > that is the case?
>
> Could be a couple of reasons: nobody felt like they had the expertise on a
> particular chip combination, the people who did know were on a vacation
> the week the question appeared, there's a different group here now then
> were here then, etc, etc.
>

The flash utility in VDSP supports EZ-Kit implementations. It takes a 
lot more time than you might think to cover the thousands of 
combinations possible with different  DSPs and target flash.  ADI gives 
you information to help you modify one of theirs for your situation but 
it may not be as easy as you think.

We have been writing drivers for this purpose for many many months now. 
There are subtle differences between most of the devices that make this 
more difficult.  I'm sure Mike encountered some of these issues when he 
designed the BeastRider.

Of course, an emulator is fine for programing in a development 
environment.  We have done this type of programming for many years.  
It's not a good solution for production since VDSP & ICE are expensive. 
Furthermore, you are going to wear out the JTAG cable on the emulator. 
The ICE starts at $1200. 

> Best thing to do is ask again, there are a lot more people reading this
> every week and eventually you may find a person who has figured it out.
> You will also figure it out eventually anyway, and be able to help the
> next person who has a similar question. If you are the first person to do
> something, you kind of have to figure it out the hard way!!
>

I don't think you can write a special driver for the cost of our programmer.

Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
>
> Patience, persistence, truth,
> Dr. mike
>
>