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Does Starterware support TMDSICE3359?

ARM arm
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Hi,

Does the starterware support Industrial communication kit :- TMDSICE3359 with the boot loader files and example codes etc.

If not then how can we get support for this for development using NON - OS Environment.

Regards.

Mohit

  • 0
    TI__Intellectual 1125 points

    Hi Mohit,

     Starterware 02.00.01.01 doesn't support ICE3359.

    To support ICE board following are the gaps.

    1) Bootloader (DDR and PLL modifications)

    2) Board details like PinMux

    3) Devices attached to Peripheral IP . ( SPI Flash, LEDs etc).

    4) Provide board ID string in Starterware to match the Board ID read from EEPROM through I2C.

     

    I think the support will be released as part of Industrial SDK which is built on top of New starterware which supports both AM335x and AM437x platforms.

     

    Regards,

    Murali Krishna Dama

  • 0 in reply to Murali Dama
    Expert 2630 points

    Thanks Murali,

    But how much time will this take to release this new version is the question? We want to design the hardware with almost all things similar to this design in this month.

    How much difficult is these modifications or gaps, can some one guide us to fulfill this requirement....

    Regards..

  • 0 in reply to ARM arm
    TI__Intellectual 1125 points

    Mohit,

    It is going to be released in End of July as part of Industrial SDK.
    I think from scratch it should take less than a month (CPSW may take long time)
    1) Get the bootloader working with DDR and PLL configurations , take help of ccs gel files.
    2) MMCSD Card detect pin is not used on hardware, remove that check (if it is there in bootloader).
    3) Provide Pin Mux and Board details and device details.

    i) Timers should work stright ( not dependent on any board), use ccs and test the app, it will work in one shot.
    ( It should not fail in I2C check for EEPROM data to get the board details like is it ICE board/GPEVM/BBB/EVMSK, ( No idea if starterware02.00 has such check)
    ii) MMCSD remove card detect check part.
    iii) CPSW/Ethernet (It takes some time) , it is using RMII and is configured using an I2C controlled clock synthesizer and need GPIO configrations to reset phys etc.
    Rest of the modules will work stright without much changes apart from board(PinMux) and device Details.


    Regards,

    Murali Krishna Dama

  • 0 in reply to Murali Dama
    Expert 2630 points
    Thanks Murali,

    I think I have to understand a lot in between the lines written by you .

    However, Will the starterware boot loader be with parallel NOR Flash booting or SPI Flash boot loader and idea? We want booting using an OTP by atmel using GPMC so I hope the parallel NOR Flash booting will be suitable for us. Kindly comment.

    Regards..
  • 0 in reply to ARM arm
    TI__Intellectual 1125 points
    Hi Mohit,
    We supported SPI flash, MMC Boot, Nand Boot (GPMC) and UART . I dont think GPMC Nor Boot is supported as none of AM335x boards have inteface of GPMC to NOR.
    Regards,Murali Krishna
  • 0 in reply to Murali Dama
    Expert 2630 points
    Hi Murali,

    Bit TMDSICE3359 has GPMC NOR boot option physically on the hardware and I have also seen some the links of people wanting to utilize it but whether some one has done it or not is not known. I hope my assumption is correct.

    So a GPMC based NOR boot option will be highly helpful..

    Regards.
  • 0 in reply to ARM arm
    TI__Intellectual 1125 points

    Mohit,

    Yes, Nor with GPMC interface is available on board.
    Till now existing examples are modified to support ICE New version of starterware (02.01).
    Still development is going on with ICE boards to support various use cases.

    Regards,

    Murali Krishna Dama

  • 0 in reply to Murali Dama
    Expert 2630 points
    Hi Murali,

    I have found an SDK version1.0.0.8 where the starterware has a bootloader program where there are configurations of NOR boot load mode and NOR FLash Configurations for ICE V1 and ICE V2 which does not match with what you have mentioned in this blog space.

    Can you tell if there is something wrong in it? Can't it be used for the kits for booting purpose through NOR Flash using XIP Interface. Please tell whether I am correct or is there some confusion?

    Hope to get a quick reply from your side.

    Thanks and Regards.
  • 0 in reply to ARM arm
    Expert 2630 points
    Hi Murali,

    Did you get my query or shall I put in some other way in order to receive your kind revert?

    Thanks and Regards.