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Information about ICE (kit contents, RS232 and Ethernet)

Paul AUBERTIN
Prodigy 20 points

Hello,

 

I am very new in ARM development, and I cannot find precise information about the following points before buying the ICE board. I am sorry if my questions are a bit stupid, but maybe you can help me :

-         What exactly contains the ICE 3359 kit sold by TI ? Does it provides power supply and cables ? Some descriptions seem yes, others seem it is just the board which is sold.

-         In the same way, does Code Composer provided in the kit (even in demo version) or do I need to buy it separately ?

-         I would like to have a RS232 interface. I know that the ICE doesn’t have a RS232, but has an UART output (and I can add a RS232 transceiver). However it is written in the specification that this UART is exclusively for debug… Did I miss something, or there is really no way to do that ?

-         I would like to buy the ICE for 2 different project. However, one needs an EtherCAT interface (provided buy ICE), but the over needs a simple Ethernet interface. I read in some forums that Ethernet is not supported buy ICE and that it is difficult to setup, but in the examples provided buy SYS/BIOS it seems that it is what enetLwip does, am I wrong ?

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Paul.

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    TI__Mastermind 44306 points

    Paul,

    1) ICE comes with power supply and cables (USB, Ethernet). No CD or other software.

    2) CCSv5 is available as download, see the TI web

    3) There is a virtual COM port provided by the USB interface. This is a generic UART on the AM335x side. You may add another UART using the extension connectors.

    4) Ethernet is so far not supported on ICE. The example in the SDK is for the IDK board which has another Ethernet port in addition to the 2 for industrial comms.

    Hope that helps. Otherwise please ask more questions...

  • 0 in reply to Frank Walzer
    Prodigy 20 points

    Ok, so I think I will have to find another solution for my second project, but it is ok for the first.

    Thank you for your answer !