AMIC110: Errors when testing XDS200 connection

Aria Pegah

Part Number: AMIC110

Hi there!

I'm attempted to setup an EtherCAT slave on the AMIC110 ICE using CCS 11.1 and I've been having some issues while testing the connection between it and the XDS200 debug probe.

I am generating the target configuration through the CCS GUI, selecting the "Texas Instruments XDS2xx USB Debug Probe" and selecting "ICE_AMIC110" as the device. Testing the connection results in the following:

-----[An error has occurred and this utility has aborted]--------------------

This error is generated by TI's USCIF driver or utilities.

The value is '-230' (0xffffff1a).
The title is 'SC_ERR_PATH_MEASURE'.

The explanation is:
The measured lengths of the JTAG IR and DR scan-paths are invalid.
This indicates that an error exists in the link-delay or scan-path.

[End: Texas Instruments XDS2xx USB Debug Probe_0]

I have tested with multiple debug probes here (all XDS200), but I'm a bit at a loss for what troubleshooting steps to approach this with. I have confirmed the firmware version is 1.0.0.9 which appears to be the latest. Any help would be appreciated.

over 3 years ago

0 Jianzhong Xu over 3 years ago

TI__Guru 52575 points

Hello,

Please follow the instructions here to set up the AMIC110 ICE and CCS.

Regards,

Jianzhong

0 Aria Pegah over 3 years ago

Prodigy 20 points

Hi,

I have been following these instructions and have tried with multiple AMIC110 ICE boards and multiple Blackhawk XDS200s, all exhibit the same error. I do not have access to a Spectrum Digital XDS200 but this post mentions that the Blackhawk probe could be incompatible with the AMIC110 ICE.

Can you confirm or deny this or have any additional advice?

0 Jianzhong Xu over 3 years ago in reply to Aria Pegah

TI__Guru 52575 points

Hello,

We've only validated XDS200 with AMIC110 ICE, so I cannot confirm either way whether Blackhawk XDS200 is compatible.

Regards,

Jianzhong

+1 Aria Pegah over 3 years ago

Prodigy 20 points

For anyone who comes across this thread, I have received a Spectrum Digital XDS200 Debug Probe, and all is working fine. I have tried with multiple Blackhawk XDS200's and none of them work (all exhibit the same issue as above).

TI needs to either put a fix out for the Blackhawk XDS200 or stop labeling it as validated as seen in this link: TMDSEMU200-U Debug probe | TI.com

0 Ki over 3 years ago in reply to Aria Pegah

TI__Guru**** 450031 points

Aria Pegah said:
For anyone who comes across this thread, I have received a Spectrum Digital XDS200 Debug Probe, and all is working fine. I have tried with multiple Blackhawk XDS200's and none of them work (all exhibit the same issue as above).

This is a known issue with Blackhawk XDS200 probes:

https://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/arm-based-microcontrollers-group/arm-based-microcontrollers/f/arm-based-microcontrollers-forum/1081398/tmdsemu200-u-xds200-connection

Blackhawk is investigating and have found that using a JTAG ISO adapter will help. They also found that just adding passive adapters on top of the JTAG header will also help.

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