Deprecate usage of ds30 GUI for bootloader updates?

[agatti]

Seems like that ds30 gui is the only option for updating bootloaders but there are three issues that need to be addressed:

1. Do we have the licence to redistribute the binary version of ds30 gui?
2. Reflashing the bootloader on Linux or on macOS might not be possible with a windows-only binary.
3. Downloading an updated version of the free ds30 gui version requires registration to a forum.

The plan here is to find a cross-platform alternative for flashing bootloaders that's not MPLAB-X IPE with a PicKit adapter.

[psolyca]

Hey

Am I wrong but there is also http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Pirate-Loader_console_upgrade_application_(GNU/Linux,_Mac,_Windows) to update bootloader with a CLI application. It is only for v4+ bootloader.

[agatti]

Can you replace the bootloader with that tool? I seem to recall you cannot do that from pirate-loader.

[psolyca]

I have fast read, it is only for firmware updates.

[agatti]

No worries. I wonder whether we've got to replicate the updater ourselves by figuring out the ds30 protocol or not.

[satscan]

Hi Alessandro,

you can download the latest free edition of ds30 gui (ds30_Loader_140817 zip) from MicroChip.

http://www.microchip.com.tw/modules/newbb/dl_attachment php?attachid=1477460000&post_id=73379

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From: Alessandro Gatti Date: 9/21/2017 10:20:02 AM To: BusPirate/Bus_Pirate Cc: Subscribed Subject: [BusPirate/Bus_Pirate] Deprecate usage of ds30 GUI for bootloader updates? (#64)

Seems like that ds30 gui is the only option for updating bootloaders but there are three issues that need to be addressed: Do we have the licence to redistribute the binary version of ds30 gui? Reflashing the bootloader on Linux or on macOS might not be possible with a windows-only binary. Downloading an updated version of the free ds30 gui version requires registration to a forum. The plan here is to find a cross-platform alternative for flashing bootloaders that's not MPLAB-X IPE with a PicKit adapter. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[agatti]

Interesting. Searching for "ds30 gui" on google, the microchip link doesn't show up but picbootloader.com has the software for download behind a forum registration.

[agatti]

Ok, the binaries still don't come with a licence, so I'm not sure we can actually distribute these as well :(

[satscan]

ds30-loader dated 14/08/17 is open Source under GNU Public License v2. The COPYING.txt is just missing from the \ directory. It is present in the three firmware directories.

[agatti]

Yes, although the problem here is for the two .exe files in the archive. Same issue for Bootloaders/BPv3-bootloader/ds30_Loader_GUI in the source tree.

[psolyca]

Ok, I found some things to try but really do not what we need, I am really an end user. My source http://www.microchip.com/forums/m515696.aspx Compiling under *nux : https://embeddedfreak.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/compiling-mplab-c30-v311b-under-linux/ Or use Eclipse as an IDE : https://github.com/ecdpalma/piccbuilder (too old) To upload the bootloader maybe this one : http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ I do not know for this one : https://gputils.sourceforge.io/

[psolyca]

It seems, USBEprom manage to upload a new bootloader with pirate_loader.exe! See #38

[USBEprom]

@psolyca

That is correct:

http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8498&p=67056#p67056

October 27, 2017: http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8498&p=67056#p67127

[agatti]

Moving to 7.2...