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ds30 LoaderMain manual


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Table of contentsTableofcontents........................................................................................................................2

Introduction................................................................................................................................5

ds30Loader............................................................................................................................5

PrerequisitesandRequirements............................................................................................5

Trademarks.............................................................................................................................5

Whyuseabootloader...........................................................................................................5

Usage..........................................................................................................................................6

Operatingsystemconsiderations...........................................................................................6

Windows.............................................................................................................................6

Linux...................................................................................................................................6

MacOSX............................................................................................................................6

Installthe

required

tool

suite

.................................................................................................

6

Modifyfirmwaresettings.......................................................................................................6

Buildthefirmware..................................................................................................................6

Writefirmware.......................................................................................................................6

Preparetheapplication..........................................................................................................7

Downloadtheapplicationtothedevice................................................................................7

Firmwarematrix.........................................................................................................................8

Clients.........................................................................................................................................9

Console...................................................................................................................................9

GUI..........................................................................................................................................9

API...........................................................................................................................................9

CAN...........................................................................................................................................10

Lawicel..................................................................................................................................11

IXXAT....................................................................................................................................11

Vector...................................................................................................................................11

Configuration............................................................................................................................12

Basicsettings........................................................................................................................12

Portname.........................................................................................................................12

Baudrate..........................................................................................................................12

Writeflash........................................................................................................................12

Writeeeprom

...................................................................................................................

12

Readflash.........................................................................................................................12

Readeeprom....................................................................................................................12

CAN.......................................................................................................................................12

PICID................................................................................................................................12

GUIID...............................................................................................................................12

Extendedframes..............................................................................................................12

DLC....................................................................................................................................12

Advanced..............................................................................................................................13

Dontwritegotototheuserapplication..........................................................................13

Allowoverwrite

of

the

boot

loader

..................................................................................

13

Writeconfigurationbits...................................................................................................13


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Custombootloader..........................................................................................................13

Autobaudrate.................................................................................................................13

Echoverification...............................................................................................................13

PutCRC

before

goto

.........................................................................................................

13

Dontwriteemptypages..................................................................................................13

Dontsetgototoblat0x00..............................................................................................14

Timing...................................................................................................................................14

Hellotimeout....................................................................................................................14

Polltime............................................................................................................................14

Timeout............................................................................................................................14

Delayafterportopen.......................................................................................................14

Reset.....................................................................................................................................14

RTS....................................................................................................................................14

DTR...................................................................................................................................

14

Command.........................................................................................................................14

ID......................................................................................................................................15

DLC....................................................................................................................................15

Baudrate..........................................................................................................................15

Activation.............................................................................................................................15

RTS....................................................................................................................................15

DTR...................................................................................................................................15

Security.................................................................................................................................15

Password..........................................................................................................................15

Operation.................................................................................................................................

16

Parsingofhexfile.................................................................................................................16

Validation.........................................................................................................................16

Datacollection..................................................................................................................16

Checkofdatathatcouldoverwritethebootloader.......................................................16

CheckandmoveofGOTO................................................................................................16

Countingofdata...............................................................................................................16

SetGOTOtobootloader..................................................................................................16

Write.....................................................................................................................................16

Raiseofprocesspriority...................................................................................................16

Devicereset

......................................................................................................................

16

Autobaudrate.................................................................................................................16

Findbootloader...............................................................................................................17

Determinebootloadersize..............................................................................................17

Parsehexfile....................................................................................................................17

Write.................................................................................................................................17

Bootloaderupgradeprocedure...............................................................................................18

Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................19

Knownissues........................................................................................................................19

Errormessages.....................................................................................................................19

HW

schematics

.........................................................................................................................

21

UART/softwareUART.........................................................................................................21


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Components.....................................................................................................................21

Schematic.........................................................................................................................21

CAN.......................................................................................................................................22

Components.....................................................................................................................

22

Schematic.........................................................................................................................22

AppendixALinks...................................................................................................................23

AppendixBmemorymap......................................................................................................24

AppendixCWritetimesamples............................................................................................25

AppendixD Files.....................................................................................................................26

Packagecontent...................................................................................................................26

Filescreatedbyds30Loader................................................................................................27


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Introduction

ds30 Loaderds30LoaderisabootloadersupportingPIC12,PIC16,PIC18,PIC24,dsPIC,andPIC32families

ofMCUsfromMicrochip.Itsupportsalldevicesineachfamilyoutofthebox(thosein

production).Thefirmwareiswritteninassembler.ThePCclientsrunonWindows,Linux,

andMacOSX.

Prerequisites and Requirements

Requirementsforthedifferentpartsofds30Loaderisfoundintheirrespectivemanual.

Trademarks

Allrightstocopyrights,registeredtrademarks,andtrademarksresidewiththeirrespectiveowners.

Why use a boot loader

Abootloaderusuallyallowssoftwareupgradewithcheaporgenerallyavailableequipment

suchasanRS232port,asopposedtospecializedandexpensiveequipmentsuchasaPIC

programmer.Writetimemightalsobelowerwithabootloader.

Drawbacksofusingabootloaderincludeaddedbootuptimeandincreasedflashmemory

usage.


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Usage

Operating system considerations

Windows

N/A

Linux

Theuserrunningds30Loadershouldbeamemberofthedialoutgroup.Toaddauserinthe

dialoutgrouprunthefollowingcommandasasuperuser:useradd G dialout username

Mac OS XTheuserrunningds30Loadershouldhavesufficientrightstoreadfromandwritetothe

desiredport.

Install the required tool suite

Therequiredcompiler/assemblertoolsuiteneedstobeinstalledbeforethebootloader

firmwareisopenedinMPLABIDE.Ifthetoolsuiteisnotinstalledwhentheprojectis

opened;importantsettingsmaybelost.Seethefirmwaremanualforinformationaboutthe

requiredtoolsuite(s).

Modify firmware settingsRefertothefirmwaremanualfordetailedinformation.

StartMicrochipMPLABIDE.

OpenthefirmwarebyclickingOpenontheprojectmenu,andthenbrowsetothe

ds30loader.mcpfilewhichislocatedinthefirmwaredirectory.

Opensettings.inc(assemblerfirmware)orboard_xxx.h(Cfirmware)bydoubleclicking

itintheprojecttreetotheleft.Reviewallsettingsandmodifywhenneeded.

Openuser_code.inc(assemblerfirmware)orboard_xxx.c(Cfirmware)bydouble

clickingitintheprojecttreetotheleft.Reviewtheavailablemacros/functionsand

addinit/exit

code

if

needed.

Useexactlythesameconfigurationbitsfromtheapplicationinthebootloader

unlessyouhaveagoodreasonnotto.

Build the firmware

BuildthefirmwarebyclickingBuildallontheprojectmenu.Noticeanywarningsinthe

outputwindow.Correctanyerrorsthatappearintheoutputwindow.Refertothefirmware

manualfordetailedinformationaboutds30Loaderspecificwarningsanderrors.

Write firmware

Writethe

firmware

to

your

device

using

your

favorite

programmer.

For

detailed

information,

refertothefirmwaremanual.


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Prepare the application

Youneedtomakesurethereisagotoplacedatlocation0x00inyourapplication.Inmost

casesyourlinkeralreadydoesthisforyou.TocheckifitdoesyoucanpickProgamMemory

fromtheViewmenuinMPLAB.Itwilllooksomethinglikethescreenshotbelow.TheGUIwillletyouknowifitdoesnotfindagoto.

Download the application to the device StarttheGUI.

Selectthedesiredcommunicationsettingsandpickyourhexfile.Fordetails,referto

theGUImanual.

Pressthewritebutton.

Resetdevicemanuallyifneeded.

Waitforthewriteoperationtocomplete.


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Firmware matrixThefollowingfirmwaresareavailable.Fordetailedinformationrefertothefirmware

manual.

UART Sw UART* CAN* I C* SD card*PIC12 X X n/a

seeds30 HEX

Loader

seeds30 SD

card loader

PIC16 X X n/aPIC18F X X XPIC18FJ X X n/aPIC24FK X X n/aPIC24FJ X X n/aPIC24H X X XPIC24E X - XdsPIC30F X X XdsPIC33F X X X

dsPIC33E X - XPIC32 X - X

*Onlyavailableinthecommercialversion


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Clients

ConsoleItisacommandlineinterfacethatrunsonWindows,Linux,andMACOSX.Refertothe

consolemanualformoreinformation.

GUI

ItisagraphicaluserinterfacethatrunsonWindows,Linux,andMACOSX.RefertotheGUI

manualformoreinformation.

API

TheAPIisusedtointegratebootloaderfunctionalityina.NETapplication.Itisordered

separately;contactMGDigitalSolutionsformoreinformation.


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CANTheds30LoadersupportsbootloadingontheCANbus.Seetable1foravailablefirmwares

andtable

2

for

supported

CAN

adapters.

CAN

operation

is

not

available

in

the

free

edition.

DeviceFamily Firmwareavailable SupportedDLCPIC12 n/a

PIC16 n/a

PIC18 yes 18*

PIC24F n/a

PIC24FJ n/a

PIC24H yes 18*

PIC24E yes 18

dsPIC30F

yes

18

dsPIC33FJ yes 18*

dsPIC33E yes 18

PIC32 yes 18Table1.AvailableCANfirmwares,*dependsonfirmwaretypeandversion

Adapter Supportedbitrates Windows Linux MacOSXx86 x64 x86 x64 x86 x64

IXXAT

10k,20k,50k,100k,

125k,250k,

500k,

800k,

and1MX

X

Kvaser

50k,62k,83k,100k,

125k,250k,500k,and

1M

X X

Vector100k,125k,250k,500k,

and1MX X

Peak

5k,10k,20k,50k,100k,

125k,250k,500k,and

1M

X X

Lawicel10k,

20k,

50k,

100k,

125k,250k,500k,800k,

1M

* * X X X X

ISCAN

10k,20k,50k,100k,

125k,250k,500k,800k,

1M

X X

ESD

ContactIntrepidCS

NICAN

X=supportedandrecommended *=supported =notsupported

Table2.

Supported

CAN

adapters


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Lawicel

TheremaybeissuesrelatedtoLawicelCANadapters,seetheTroubleshootingKnownissues

sectioninthisdocument.

TheLawicelCAN232adapterisshippedwiththebaudratesetto57600.Thebaudratecan

beincreasedforaperformanceimprovement;itisdoneintheconfigurationwindow

availableinds30LoaderGUI.Theserialinterfacebaudratecannotbechangedwiththeds30

Loaderconsoleapplication.

Iftheds30Loaderconsoleapplicationisused,theserialinterfacebaudratemustbeset

manuallyintheLawicelportconfigurationfiletoreflectthebaudratetheLawiceladapteris

configuredfor.

IXXATTheremaybeissuesrelatedtoIXXATCANadapters,seetheTroubleshootingKnownissues

sectioninthisdocument.

ThebitratescanbefullycustomizedbyeditingtheixxatBitRates.xmlfile.Itislocatedinthe

samedirectoryastheds30Loaderexecutables.

Vector

ThebitratescanbefullycustomizedbyeditingthevectorBitRates.xmlfile.Itislocatedinthe

samedirectoryastheds30Loaderexecutables.


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ConfigurationThissectionisvalidfords30LoaderGUI,ds30Loaderconsoleandtheds30LoaderAPI.

Basic settings

Port name

Thenameoftheportthatwillbeusedtocommunicatewiththefirmware.

Baud rate

Thebaud/bitratethattheportwillbesetupforpriortocommunicatingwiththefirmware.

Write flash

Whenchecked,

the

flash

memory

is

written

during

a

write

operation.

This

is

disabled

if

the

chosenhexfiledoesnotcontainanyprogrammemorylocations.

Write eeprom

Whenchecked,theeeprommemoryiswrittenduringawriteoperation.Thisisdisabledif

thechosenhexfiledoesnotcontainanyeeprommemorylocations.

Read flash

Whenchecked,theflashmemoryisreadduringareadoperation.

Read eepromWhenchecked,theeeprommemoryisreadduringareadoperation.

CAN

PIC ID

ThissettingisonlyavailableforCANports,itspecifiesthePICCANID,anditshouldbesetto

thesamevalueasinthebootloaderfirmware.Thiscanbeenteredasdecimal(example10)

orhex(example0xa).

GUI IDThissettingisonlyavailableforCANports.ItspecifiesGUICANIDanditshouldbesettothe

samevalueasinthebootloaderfirmware.Thiscanbeenteredasdecimal(example10)or

hex(example0xa).

Extended frames

Whensetextendedframesaresentandonlyextendedframesarereceived.

DLC

ThissettingdetermineshowmanybytesofdatawillbesendineachCANframe.Notthat

notall

CAN

firmwares

support

high

DLC

than

1.


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Advanced

Thispage

contains

advanced

settings

that

are

normally

not

used.

Dont write goto to the user application

Whenenabled,thefirstinstructionsinthehexfilewillnotbemovedtojustbeforetheboot

loader.Thiscanbeusefulwhenwritingpartofanapplicationoronlydatatoflash.

Allow overwrite of the boot loader

Whenahexfileisparsedthereiscontroltomakesurethatthecontentswillnotoverwrite

thebootloader,byenablingthissettingthatcontrolisdisabled.Thisdoesnotbypassthe

firmwaresownoverwriteprotectionifany.

Write configuration bits

Whenchecked,theconfigurationbitsiswrittenduringawriteoperation.Thisisdisabledif

thechosenhexfiledoesnotcontainanyconfigurationsbitsorifthehexfilecontainsmore

configurationbitlocationsthantheselecteddevicehas.Writingconfigurationbitsareonly

possibleonceperpoweroncycle.

Custom boot loader

Allowsproperoperationwithcustombootloaderfirmwareswheresizeandplacementhas

changed.Greatcaremustbetakentosetcorrectcustomplacementandsize,theymust

matchthe

BLPLP

and

BLSIZEP

defines

in

the

firmware.

If

a

write

is

made

with

the

wrong

customparameters,thebootloadermaygetbrokenifthefirmwaredoesntfeature

overwriteprotection.

Auto baud rate

Whenenabled,anautobaudratesynchronizationcharacterissentpriortothewrite,read

andcheckforbootloaderoperations.Thefirmwaremustbesetupforautobaudrate

detection.Notallfirmwarescomewiththisfeature.

Echo verification

Ifthe

device

hardware

or

firmware

is

set

up

to

echo

all

received

data

this

option

must

be

enabled.Whenenabledtheds30Loaderenginewillcompareallsentdatawiththeecho.

Andgiveanerrorifthereisamismatch.

Put CRC before goto

Calculatesa16bit(14bitforPIC12andPIC16)checksumvalueoftheprogrammemoryand

storesitjustbeforetheuserapplicationgotothatinturnisplacedjustbeforetheboot

loader.

Dont write empty pages

Whenthis

is

enabled

pages

that

only

contain

0xff

will

not

be

written.

This

may

decrease

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loadermessage.

Dont set goto to bl at 0x00

Usuallya

goto

to

the

boot

loader

is

placed

at

0x00.

When

this

option

is

checked,

the

first

few

wordsat0x00willnotbemodified.Ifahexfilethatcontainsdatainthefirstpageiswritten

withthisoptionenabledandthebootloaderfirmwaredoesnotfeaturegotoprotection,the

bootloaderwillnotworkanymorebecauseitwillnotbecalledonstartup.

Timing

Hello timeout

Specifiesthetimetosendthehellocommandbeforegivingupwhennoresponseis

received.

Poll time

Specifiestheintervalatwhichthehellocommandissenttothebootloader.

Timeout

Specifiesthecommunicationtimeout.

Delay after port open

Thisdelayisissuedrightaftertheportisopened.Itcanusuallybekeptat0.

Reset

RTS

Whenenabled,theRTSpinisheldhighpriortocommunicationwiththefirmware.Thevalue

ofresettimespecifiesthetimetheRTSpinisheldhigh.Thisisonlyavailableforserialports

andhardwaresupportmustbepresent.

DTR

Whenenabled,theDTRpinisheldhighpriortocommunicationwiththefirmware.The

valueofresettimespecifiesthetimetheDTRpinisheldhigh.Hardwaresupportmustbe

present.This

is

only

available

for

serial

ports.

Command

Whenenabled,acommandissenttothedevicetorequestresetorloadingoftheboot

loader.WhenaCANportisused,themacros$PICIDand$GUIIDcanbeused,theywillbe

expandedtoatwoorfourbytebigendianvaluedependingonifextendedisusedornot.

Thevalueofresettimespecifiesthetimetowaitafterthecommandissentbeforetryingto

communicatewiththebootloader.

Theformat

of

the

data

is

hexval1;string;string.

Examplehexonly:0;11;f;ab;3e


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Examplestringsonly:Hello;Reset

Examplemixed:a5;Reset

IDTheCANidtobeusedwhensendingtheresetcommand.

DLC

TheCANDLCtousewhensendingtheresetcommand.

Baud rate

Thebaudratetousewhensendingtheresetcommand.

Activation

RTS

Whenchecked,theRTSpinisusedtoactivatethedevicebyholdingithighduringawrite

operation. Hardwaresupportmustbepresent.

DTR

Whenchecked,theDTRpinisusedtoactivatethedevicebyholdingithighduringawrite

operation.Hardwaresupportmustbepresent.

Security

Password

Thepasswordwillbesentbeforeanybootloaderoperationisperformed.


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Operation

Parsing of hex-fileThefollowingoperationstakeplaceduringtheparsingofahexfile:

Validation

Thehexfileisvalidated.Linechecksums,fileformatandfilecompletenessischecked.Ifany

errorisdetected,theparsingisaborted.

Data collection

AlldatafoundinthehexfilethatfitsintheselecteddevicesmemoryareaarestoredinRAM

buffers.

Check of data that could overwrite the boot loader

Ifdatafoundinthehexfilebelongtothesamememoryspaceasthebootloader,awarning

isdisplayedandtheWriteprogramcheckboxgetsdisabled.

Check and move of GOTO

Thisstepisnotperformedifthehexfileisencrypted.IfnoGOTOisfoundataddress0x00

thebootloaderdoesnotknowhowtoloadtheuserapplicationandtheWriteprogram

checkboxgetsdisabled.IfaGOTOat0x00isfound,itismovedtothetwowordsjustbefore

thebootloader.

Counting of data

Thedatainthebuffersarecountedforpresentation.

Set GOTO to boot loader

AGOTOtothebootloaderisinsertedinthefirstwordsbeginningat0x00.

Write

Thefollowingoperationstakeplaceduringawriteoperation:

Raise of process priorityIfthepolltimeissetlowerthan100ms,theGUIprocesspriorityisraisedtoabovenormal.

Device reset

Ifactivatedintheresettab,thedeviceisreset.

Auto baud rate

Ifautobaudrateischecked,theautobaudratesynchronizationcharacter(0x55)issent

usingpolltimeuntiltimeoutisreachedorthebootloaderresponds.


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Find boot loader

Thehellocommandissentusingpolltimeuntiltimeoutisreachedorthebootloader

responds.Thebootloaderrespondswithdeviceidandfirmwareversion.Thereceived

deviceid

is

checked

against

the

selected

device

in

the

GUI.

Determine boot loader size

Thebootloadersizeisdeterminedbasedonthefirmwareversion.

Parse hex-file

Thehexfileisparsedifneededdependingonifthedeterminedbootloadersizeisdifferent

fromtheoneusedduringlastparse.

Write

Program,eeprom

and

configuration

bits

are

sent

for

write

by

the

firmware.

If

checksum

errorisdetectedbythefirmware,theGUIretries3times.Ifall3triesfail,thewrite

operationisaborted.


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Boot loader upgrade procedure

Thisisnotrecommendedandsupportisnotguaranteed.

Thisguideassumesyouhavetheds30Loaderinstalledinthedefaultlocation.Thedefault

locationmaydifferbetweendifferentfirmwareversions.Followthesestepscarefully.The

mostcriticalstepis16:ifitfailsthebootloaderislikelytostopworking.

1. MakeacopyofbootloaderMPLABprojectdirectory.

2. OpentheMPLABprojectofthetemporarybootloadercreatedinthepreviousstep

3. Opensettings.inc

4. Disablegotoprotectionifavailable

5. Enableboot

loader

protection

if

available

6. Changethebootloaderplacement,BLPLP(inolderversionsthisdefinemaybe

locatedinds30loader.s/asm):

Devicefamily Bootloaderplacementoftemporarybootloader,BLPLP/BLPLRPIC16F Upgradeisnotsupported

PIC18F BLPLP2+1

PIC18FJ BLPLP+2

PIC24F BLPLR2+1

PIC24FJ BLPLP+2

PIC24H

BLPLP+

2

dsPIC30F BLPLR2+1

dsPIC33FJ BLPLP+2

7. Buildtheproject,MenuProject>MakeorF10

8. Opends30LoaderGUIandchoosethehexfilegeneratedinthepreviousstep

9. Writethetemporarybootloaderasyouwouldwithanyhexfile

10.Ifnotalreadyactivated,activateadvancedmodonthemenuView>Advancedmode.

11.CheckDontwritegotoat0x00undertheadvancedtab

12.CheckCustombootloaderundertheadvancedtab

13. Putvalue

of

BLPLP/BLPLR

from

the

temporary

boot

loader

the

placement

textbox

14.PutvalueofBLSIZEP/BLSIZEfromtemporarybootloaderinthesizetextbox

15.Choosethehexfileofthenewbootloader

16.Makesurethetemporarybootloaderisactive,eitherusingtimeorusealedto

indicatethatthetemporarybootloaderisactive.

17.Write

18.Thebootloaderupgradeisfinished


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Troubleshooting

Known issues WiththeLawicelCANadaptersreadoperationisnotpossibleformostcombinations

ofbitrateandserialinterfacebaudrate.Typicallyanybitrateabove50kwillnot

workforreadflashoperation.Writeoperationstillworks.

TheIXXATISBtoCANcompactadaptertakesseveralhundredmillisecondstosetup.

Thismeansthatthefirmwaretimeoutcannotbesetshorterthanthisifareset

commandisusedandtheapplicationusesadifferentbitratethanthebootloader.

Error messages

Trouble Possiblecause Solution

Verificationfailed"

Brokenchip Replacethechip.

Wornoutflash Replacethechip.

Chipisused

outsidespecifications

Readdatasheetandmake

sureallspecificationsare

met

Codeprotectionisused Ifcodeprotectionisusedthe

deviceshouldbecompletely

erasedbeforetheboot

loaderiswritten.

Uartrxbuffernotemptyas

expected(isdevicesending

data?)

Thiscouldhappenifthe

deviceisnotrestarted

properlyandissendingdata

Restartthedevicebefore

pressingdownload.

Hardwaredetecteda

framingerror

Thismighthappenwhenthe

baudrateerrorisjustonthe

limit.

Tryadifferentbaudrate,

higherorlower.Needstobe

changedinboththeboot

loaderfirmwareandthe

hostapplication.

Tryanothercomport.

Thehexfilecontainscode

thatwilloverwritetheboot

loader

Thisoccurswhentheloaded

hexfilecontainsmemory

locationsthatcould

overwritethebootloader.It

canalsooccurifthewrong

deviceisselected.

Becausetheapplicationdoes

notknowtheactualboot

Selectcorrectdevice.

Setcustombootloader

propertiesunderthe

advancedtabtothevalues

fromthefirmware,usually

calledBLPLPandBLSIZEPin

settings.inc.

Freeupprogrammemoryif

needed.


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loadersizepriorto

communicationwiththe

bootloaderitassumesa

size.This

value

might

be

wrong;onecantellthe

applicationthecorrectvalue

undertheadvancedtab.

Reservebootloadermemory

spaceintheapplication

linkerscript.

Hexfilecontainsmore

configlocationsthanthe

devicehas

Ifyouusetheexport

functionfromMPLABthis

mighthappen.

Usethehexfileproducedby

theassemblerorlinker.

Lastrowcontainingconfigs

wasfound

in

hex

file,

last

pagehasbeendisabled.

Consultmanualformore

information.

OnPIC18FJ,PIC24FJ,andon

somePIC24E/dsPIC33E

devicestheconfiguration

wordsarestoredasthelast

wordsintheordinaryflash

addressspace.The

configurationwordsarevital

tothePICoperation.To

avoidcorruptingthe

configurationwordsor

changingthemwhichcould

leadto

the

boot

loader

not

functioningproperlythelast

pageinflashwillnotget

written.

Towritethelastpagein

flash,check

the

write

configs

checkboxunderthe

advancedtab.

Itisunlikelythatthelast

pagewillcontainanycode,

thereforeitisusuallysafeto

notwritethelastpageand

thisisalsorecommended.


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HW schematics

UART / software UARTThisisjustasampleimplementationofUARTcommunication.Theschematiccomeswithout

warranty.

ComponentsName Value CommentIC1 PIC Required PIC microcontroller

IC2 MAX202 Required RS232 level converter

X1 DB9 Optional Connector

R1 10k Required Master clear pull-up

C1 100n Recommended Decoupling capacitor

C2 10F Recommended Filter capacitorC3 100nF Recommended Decoupling capacitor

C4 100nF Required Charge pump capacitor




R2 10k Optional Reset by RTS, base current limiter

R3 10k Optional Reset by RTS, base pull-down

D1 1N4148 Optional Reset by RTS, RTS signal rectifier

Q1 BC547 Optional Reset by RTS, RTS signal inverter

Schematic


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CAN

ThisisjustasampleimplementationofCANcommunication.Theschematiccomeswithout

warranty.

ComponentsName Value CommentIC1 PIC Required PIC microcontroller

U1 MCP2551 Required CAN transceiver

X1 DB9 Optional Connector

R1 10k Required Master clear pull-up

R2 120 Optional Bus termination

R3 22k Required Slew rate control, see the datasheet

C2 10F Recommended Filter capacitor

C3 100nF Recommended Decoupling capacitor

Schematic


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Appendix A Linksds30Loaderwebsite

http://www.ds30loader.com

ds30Loaderfreeeditionwebsite

http://mrmackey.noip.org/elektronik/ds30loader/

MicrosoftVisualC#expressedition

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/

Mono/MonoDevelop

http://www.monoproject.com

Eagle

http://www.cadsoft.de


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Appendix B memory map

a. Thegotoapplicationwordat0x00isnormallycreatedautomaticallybythecompiler.TheGUImovesthegototojustbeforethebootloadercode.

b. Theuserapplicationisnotaffectedbythebootloader

c. Anewgotoat0x00pointingtothebootloadercodeiscreatedbytheGUI.

d. Thebootloadercodeisnormallyplacedattheendofthememory.

GOTOBOOTLOADER

USER

APPLICATION

BOOTLOADER

GOTO USER

APPLICATION

GOTO USERAPPLICATION

USER

APPLICATION

Without bootloader With bootloader

a

b

c

b

a

d

START OF

EXECUTION GOTOBOOTLOADER

USER

APPLICATION

BOOTLOADER

With bootloader

c

b

GOTO USER

APPLICATION

a

d

CONFIGS

PIC16, PIC18F, PIC24F,

PIC24H, dsPIC

PIC18FJ, PIC24FJ


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Appendix C Write time samplesThesearesampletimesandshouldnotbeseenasawarranty,performancemaybedifferent

inyourapplication.Dataisactualdatathatendsupintheflashmemory.

UART data[kB] baudrate time[s] kB/s DevicePIC12F 3,1 115200 5,5 0,6 PIC12F1822

PIC16F 14,0 115200 16,5 0,8 PIC16F1936

PIC18F 31,5 115200 8,3 3,8 PIC18F2550

PIC18FJ 14,0 115200 2,8 5,0 PIC18F24J11

PIC24F 15,5 115200 2,3 6,7 PIC24F16KA102

PIC24FJ 125,0 115200 15,5 8,1 PIC24FJ128GA010

PIC24HJ 126,5 115200 15,8 8,0 PIC24HJ128GP504

PIC24E

dsPIC30F 47,3 115200 7,7 6,1 dsPIC30F4011

dsPIC33FJ 254,5 115200 31,9 8,0 dsPIC33FJ256GP710

dsPIC33E 509,0 115200 76,4 7,2 dsPIC33EP512MU810

PIC32MX 508,0 115200 69,4 7,3 PIC32MX795F512L

CAN data[kB] bitrate time[s] kB/s DevicePIC18F PIC18F66K80

PIC24HJ

126,5

250000 40,0 3,0 PIC24HJ128GP504

PIC24E

dsPIC30F 47,0 250000 5,9 8,0 dsPIC30F4011

dsPIC33FJ 253,0 250000 84,0 3,0 dsPIC33FJ256GP710

dsPIC33E dsPIC33EP512MU810

PIC32MX 508,0 250000 51,0 10,0 PIC32MX795F512L


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Appendix D - Files

Package content

File Description\copying.txt Thelicensefords30Loader

\bin Containsbinaries\bin\canlibCLSNET.dll UsebytheKvaserCANportplugin

\bin\PCANBasic.dll UsedbythePCANCANportplugin

\bin\PCANBasic_x64.dll UsedbythePCANCANportplugin,thisneedstobe

manuallyrenamedtoPCANBasic.dllonx64systems.

\bin\PCANBasic_x86.dll UsedbythePCANCANportplugin,thisneedstobe

manuallyrenamedtoPCANBasic.dllonx86systems.

\bin\vcinet2.dll UsedbytheIXXATCANportplugin

\bin\vxlapi.dll UsedbytheVectorCANportplugin

\bin\vxlapi64.dll UsedbytheVectorCANportplugin

\bin\vxlapi_NET20.dll UsedbytheVectorCANportplugin

Requires:vxlapi.dll

\bin\ds30LoaderGUI.exe Graphicaluserinterfacefords30Loader

\bin\ds30LoaderConsole.exe Consoleapplicationfords30Loader.

\bin\ixxatBitRates.xml ContainsCANtimingsusedbyIXXATCANportplugin

fordifferentbitrates

\bin\vectorBitRates.xml ContainsCANtimingsusedbyIXXATCANportplugin

fordifferentbaudrates

\documentation Containsalldocumentationfortheds30Loader\firmwarexxx ContainsaMPLABIDEprojectforasingleMicrochip

devicefamily\firmwarexxx\ds30loader.mcp MPLABIDEprojectfile

\firmwarexxx\src\devices.inc Containsdeviceconstants

\firmwarexxx\src\settings.inc Containsbootloadersettingsthatshouldbe

checked/changedbeforedownload

\firmware

xxx\src\user_init.inc

User

initialization

and

exit

code

\firmwarexxx\src\ds30loader.s/asm Containsthebootloadercode

\links Containslinkstowebpagesthatarerelevanttotheds30Loader

\source ContainsaVisualStudio2008solution\tools Containsafewtoolsthatmaybeusefulwhen

determiningwhatsettingsoneshouldusesettings.inc

\tools\dsPIC33PLLsettings.xls AnExcelsheettohelpsettingupthePLLondsPIC33

devices.ProvidedbyLeoBodnar

\tools\UART

error

calculator

Helpful

to

calculate

uart

settings

\tools\CANtimingcalculator HelpfultocalculateCANsettings


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\tools\bldelaycalculator.xls Calculatestimingconstants

Files created by ds30 LoaderCreatedfilesareusuallyplacedinuserhomedirectory\.ds30Loader

File DescriptionsettingsPortLawicel.xml SettingssavedbyLawicelCANportplugin

settingsPortSerial.xml Settingssavedbyserialportplugin

settingsPortVector.xml SettingssavedbyVectorCANportplugin

settings.xml GUIsettings

recentfile*.xml GUIsettingsforrecentfiles

ds30 loader - main manual

Documents