Booting of the first REV D1 PCBA from PCB:NG. This board has no through hole components, GPS, or SMA antenna connector until it is soldered at a later time. This ticket is to capture the boot process.
Initial Steps Needed
Plug into USB and verify proper USB recognition
Determine USB virtual COM port
Update FTDI IC
Update hardware allocations for GPIO pins to proper revision updates
Build firmware .TITXT HEX file for bootloading
Program with bootloader
verify non-RF portions of the hardware
h1. Unboxed PCBA
This PCBA was unboxed and has not had any manually installed parts placed.
h1. USB Connection
Plugged into USB (COM 5)
Note, FTDI reprogramming will cause this COM port to change
h1. Update FTDI IC
Update CBUS operations to GPIO for bootloader operations
Right-click the project and navigate to and enable the TI HEX Utility. The enabled the ti-txt output option
Simply compiling the program will now output a TXT file. I created Faraday_REVD1_Bringup.txt
Copy this file into the bootloader folder and edit the filename in the Auto_Upload.py to match that of the next .txt file created. Edit the CreateBslScript() function line in Create_TI-TXT_Parse.py to match the COM port being used by the device to be programmed.
Run the Auto_Upload.py file to create a newFaradayFirmwareUpgradeScript.txt` which contains the bootstrap loader scripting language output. The programming will automatically start!
In the act of programming:
h1. Verify Booting and Basic Operations
h2. See UART Telemetry
Verified proper initial boot of "NOCALL" is being sent over UART! This is the initial factory default settings if no programmed state exists.
h2. Tutorial 1-1 Proxy Basics
I decoded data from the unit!
h2. Tutorial 1-3 Device Configuration
I'm reprogramming the unit from the default NOCALL to KB1LQD-5.
For some reason I keep getting this error, looks like a proxy/device programming script error?
h2. Tutorial 1-4 LED Toggling
Yep, the GREEN LED toggled as intended and UART echo'd back a message!
Booting of the first REV D1 PCBA from PCB:NG. This board has no through hole components, GPS, or SMA antenna connector until it is soldered at a later time. This ticket is to capture the boot process.
Initial Steps Needed
h1. Unboxed PCBA
This PCBA was unboxed and has not had any manually installed parts placed.
h1. USB Connection
h1. Update FTDI IC
h1. USB Connection #2
h1. Firmware Build and Bootloader
I created a branch in firmware from master for the initial boot (https://github.com/FaradayRF/Faraday-Firmware/tree/REV-D1-Initial-Boot).
h2. Create TI HEX Firmware File
Right-click the project and navigate to and enable the TI HEX Utility. The enabled the ti-txt output option
Simply compiling the program will now output a TXT file. I created
Faraday_REVD1_Bringup.txtCopy this file into the bootloader folder and edit the filename in the
Auto_Upload.pyto match that of the next .txt file created. Edit theCreateBslScript()function line inCreate_TI-TXT_Parse.pyto match the COM port being used by the device to be programmed.textfile.writelines(('MODE 6xx UART 9600 COM7 PARITY', '\n'))Run the
Auto_Upload.py file to create a newFaradayFirmwareUpgradeScript.txt` which contains the bootstrap loader scripting language output. The programming will automatically start!In the act of programming:
h1. Verify Booting and Basic Operations
h2. See UART Telemetry
Verified proper initial boot of "NOCALL" is being sent over UART! This is the initial factory default settings if no programmed state exists.
h2. Tutorial 1-1 Proxy Basics
I decoded data from the unit!
h2. Tutorial 1-3 Device Configuration
I'm reprogramming the unit from the default NOCALL to KB1LQD-5.
For some reason I keep getting this error, looks like a proxy/device programming script error?
h2. Tutorial 1-4 LED Toggling
Yep, the GREEN LED toggled as intended and UART echo'd back a message!