Home 
Forum
Forum
| Welcome to AT91SAM Community Forum http://www.at91.com/samphpbb/ |
|
| Consumer SW Upgrade tool alternative to SAM-BA http://www.at91.com/samphpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=19573 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | zonedar [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Consumer SW Upgrade tool alternative to SAM-BA |
Hi, Let me introduce myself. I'm a FW engineer that is writing a UI for a consumer wireless audio device. This is my first time programming an ARM, but have done okay so far. We're using an AT91SAM7X256-EK processor and are getting ready to make the transition from Engineering to consumer/end-user. Currently we are using Atmel's SAM-BA tool to update the OS flash. However this a bit to 'engineering like' average end user. We'd like to create/find a dedicated tool that we could provide to end users to update their FW. Does anyone know of something that we could use/adapt/help us to create such a tool? I did a bunch of searches as well as contacted ATMEL directly and didn't get much of anything. I also did several searched on this site and didn't find anything obvious. Thanks! -Steve |
|
| Author: | dfridley [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Consumer SW Upgrade tool alternative to SAM-BA |
Hi Steve - Two possible approaches... One: Roll your own gui front end using the AT91Boot_DLL to communicate/program the part (basically replace the 'engineering like' gui with your own). Information on this DLL is available in the AT91 ISP/SAM-BA User Guide (see section 3). The DLL is located under the "{Sam-ba install directory}/dev" folder. Two: Field upgrades come with some risk... So most people follow something similar to this Atmel application note http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc6253.pdf http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc6282.pdf http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/Safe%20and%20Secure%20Bootloader%20Implementation%201.0.zip Regards, |
|
| Author: | zonedar [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Consumer SW Upgrade tool alternative to SAM-BA |
Duane, Thanks a bunch. Those look to be very useful. -Steve |
|
| Author: | dfridley [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Consumer SW Upgrade tool alternative to SAM-BA |
FYI if you decide to roll your own using the AT91Boot_DLL you will want to grab the AT91-ISP package. It has example VS projects to help get you started. You can find it under "Software Files" at http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools.asp?family_id=605 |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC + 1 hour [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|
