CCS/AM3358: Starterware SD card software

Hi

When I downloaded the  AM335x Processor SDK RTOS and followed the instructions issued, I did not get  the

C:\ti\pdk_am335x_1_0_9\packages\MyExampleProjects\ 

folder...

I did get......C:\ti\pdk_am335x_1_0_9\packages\ti\starterware\examples\

The nearest software I found was..........

.C:\ti\pdk_am335x_1_0_9\packages\ti\starterware\examples\mmcsd\hsmmcsd_app_pol.c

Have I missed a step?

Thanks

Steve,

Did you Run pdksetupenv.bat first as in the instructions?
I don't see where you entered the subsequent flags to pdkprojectcreate.bat in your command.
i.e pdkProjectCreate.bat [soc] [board] [endian] [module] [project type] [processor]

Did you register your installed components with CCS?

"Ensure all dependent/prerequisite products are installed and registered with CCS before proceeding with the examples and/or unit test. Starting CCS after installing the Processor SDK products will cause CCS to find and register any new products. Errors will occur during PDK project creation if any dependent products have not been registered with CCS."

Lali

Hi

I managed to run the video in a different browser - OK now.

Thanks to this I discovered that I had missed an important step - CCS needs to process the new products before the 'myexample' projects can be generated.

These projects are now generated and I can open them in CCS.

However, I cannot open the c source files in CCS  -  I get a 

"Must specify a URI scheme:PDK_INSTALL_PATH/ti/drv/uart/soc/am335x/UART_soc.c" message for each.

I don't know what a URI scheme is, I'm afraid.

I guess this is a CCS/Eclipse issue. I have been, and will continue to do so, googling for a solution.

If you could put me right on this quickly, I would be most grateful.

Steve,

Great that you got things moving in the right direction!

For Ethernet examples, see the examples that have a "NIMU" name.

GPMC NAND/NOR example is C:\ti\pdk_am335x_1_0_9\packages\MyExampleProjects\GPMC_Test_icev2AM335x_armExampleProject

Lali

There is no GPMC device in my project  - using beaglebone black for development.

I need to write to the MTFC4GLDEA 0M WT 4gb nand which is normally used to store Linux.

Are you saying there is no example project or support in Processor SDK for this function?

Lalindra

It is a shame here isn't a ready-to-go example for the BBB using the NAND on the board. I am not sure I am technically capable of writing my own.

But, more urgently, I need to be able to boot from my project (Processor SDK or Starterware).

Do you have instructions on how to get a BBB (and/or Octavo Red) to boot from a Code Composer Studio binary? I don't have an SD card in my project, so I guess this would be based on u-boot?

Thanks

Lalindra

Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you.

My idea was to add an sd card interface to my development rig (Beaglebone Black to start with) as a stepping stone towards the final project. I was aware that writing to the  MTFC4GLDEA nand flash would be more complicated and was going to do that later.

The project does not involve Linux. It is a bare metal application that talks to the Flir Boson IR camera and either outputs the data via ethernet or writes it to flash. I use CCS7 and a Segger J-link debug adaptor.

I can successfully compile my project in CCS and debug using the Segger J-link debug adaptor. But, this just puts it in RAM and does not persist when the target is re-booted.

To talk to the Boson flash involves a very tight control loop, so an OS is an unnecessary overhead.

This working Starterware project  talks to  the Flir Boson camera (320 * 256 infrared array) at 22.5Hz and transmits the data as UPD packets over the ethernet. This is for the Ferrari F1 team 2018 cars. This works well..... but...

I have two problems.

1 I don't know how to get the BBB to boot up this application rather than Linux  - i believe the solution is via U-boot. 

2 I can't produce the second product for Ferrari which saves the data to MTFC4GLDEA flash instead of transmitting it to the ethernet because there is no code from TI for this

and a third....

we willl be using the Octavo OSD335x device which is subtly different - but that's not your problem:)

I hope this makes it clearer.

The history is that we were looking for a microprocessor that had the high  processor speed and large  RAM required to achieve the objectives of the project. The AM335x seemed the answer, but the emphasis on it being an applications processor using Linux has made it very difficult to use. We are used to microprocessors with zero boot-up time, And, being able to write a program that would just run....

Please help....