OMAP138B UART Boot

Amit Khanna

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: OMAP-L132, OMAPL138

OMAPL138B can boot from UART0, 1 or 2. I am assuming this boot method would still work even if I used a UART to USB FTDI chip on the board. Can you confirm if the "The UART Boot Host utility" on PC, as described in the "Using the OMAP-L132/L138 Bootloader" Application Report (SPRAB41E), recognize this virtual UART (over USB)? I will install the appropriate drivers for the FTDI chip on the PC.

Thanks.

over 9 years ago

0 Titusrathinaraj Stalin over 9 years ago

TI__Guru** 116100 points

Amit,
I think, It is possible because we are using FTDI chip for UART console port and able to work.
Do you have TI EVM board with you like OMAPL138 LCDK board ?

0 Shankari G over 9 years ago

TI__Mastermind 43955 points

Hi Amit Khanna,

Welcome to the TI E2E forum. I hope you will find many good answers here and in the TI.com documents and in the TI Wiki Pages. Be sure to search those for helpful information and to browse for the questions others may have asked on similar topics.

Using the serial flashing utility, you can flash and boot through UART.

For more information on this utility, please visit,

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Serial_Boot_and_Flash_Loading_Utility_for_OMAP-L138

For Custom boards, you have to modify the source code of the utility to set the UART ( 0, 1 ,2 ) to which it is connected to the host PC.

Regards,

Shankari

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0 Amit Khanna over 9 years ago in reply to Titusrathinaraj Stalin

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Thanks.

Yes, I have gotten hold of the LCDK board.

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