I am trying to create a custom board. My target requires different DDR initialization compared with the AT91SAM9G45-EK. I am connecting through a JLink. If I start SAM-BA and select the at91sam9g45-eke board, it connects but warns that it could not initialize main memory, as expected.

I start by copying the entire directory tcl_lib\at91sam9g45-ek to tcl_lib\test. Then, edited tcl_lib\boards.tcl to add an entry that looks like this:

"test" "test\test.tcl"

and inside test.tcl:

set target(board) test


Now after launching SAM-BA 2.10, the board "test" shows up as an option. However, any attempt to connect results in a FATAL dialog box that says "Wrong board type (test) specified". I don't know what has triggered this message, and a terminal connected to DBGU does not show any activity at all.

Any suggestions where to look ?

Geo.

Hello,

I'm sorry, that I can't help you. I have exactly the same problem and would be glad, if someone could post a hint on how to solve it.

I have altered and recompiled the extram-applet for the AT91SAM9263-EK to support a custom board with a slightly different SDRAM module. Now I would like the applets for the custom board to exist in the SAM-BA runtime folder besides the applets for the original AT91SAM9263-EK.

Regards,

Martin

I have the same problem.
If I use the profil of my custom board (based on the AT91SAM9263-EK), I get an Error Message "Wrong board type ....specified".

What could be the reason?
Is there anywhere another file, I have to edit?

Regards,

Chris

I'm having a very simular problem.

I have a SAM3S-EK and wish to create a new entry for the target board we've built. I've copied the tcl_lib\at91sam3s4-ek folder to a new folder at tcl_lib\PRODUCT-3. I've renamed the at91sam3s4-ek.tcl to PRODUCT-3.tcl, and then added the line

"PRODUCT-3" "PRODUCT-3/PRODUCT-3.tcl"

into boards.tcl.

Run SAM-BA (2.10), select the board, I get a comnication error dialog box. Select the at91sam3s4-ek and all's ok.

Is there another step, or something to change in the PRODUCT-3.tcl file?

Chris Wedge

I've found that if I choose a board name prefixed with the chip name, sam_ba accepts the new board ie at91sam9263-ek converted to at91sam9263-xxx works for me.