I can not find the tools that can flash to AM3517 board...

Allen Miao

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AM3517, OMAP3530, AM3505, AM3703, AM3715, DM3730, DM3725, OMAP3525, OMAP3515, OMAP3503

Hi all,

I have a Zoom AM3517 board, I want to flash new bootloader to it, but I have not find the flash tool for AM3517. Please help me...

Thank you.

over 15 years ago

0 Frank Walzer over 15 years ago

TI__Mastermind 44306 points

Allen,

I do not know the Zoom board. However you can find some generic help here.

Otherwise ask the board vendor.

Regards.

0 Allen Miao over 15 years ago in reply to Frank Walzer

Prodigy 140 points

Hi Frank,

Thank for your response. I want to flash bootloader to a AM3517 board that have no bootloader. So I need a flashing tool and not flash through u-boot. Whether exist the tool ??

0 Frank Walzer over 15 years ago in reply to Allen Miao

TI__Mastermind 44306 points

Allen,

I am not sure what the status of our flash tool is but I am pretty sure it would only be tested for our EVM (or LogicPD eXperimenter board as it is the same). If your board does have different NAND devices it might not work anyway. Our tools are usually included in the PSP packages that you can download from the web (see the product folder and look for Linux support packages). Now that assumes you are a Linux user.

If you can setup MMC/SDcard boot on your board you could do it the same way as described on the link I mentioned.

Otherwise I still assume it is the responsibility of the board vendor to provide a tool for flashing as we have no control over the board content.

Regards.

0 Allen Miao over 15 years ago in reply to Frank Walzer

Prodigy 140 points

Hi Frank,

My board is LogicPD eXperimenter board, I have not found the flash tool in the PSP for AM3517, but I find a flash tool at here.

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Flash_v1.0_User_Guide#Usage_Instructions_.28UART_connection.29

I think it should supports this board. But When I try to erase nand flash through UART, it stop at "Awaiting ASIC id" always, and I have reset the board.

I think whether the switch should be set? In that document, The author says that the SW4 on OMAP35XX should be set, but there have not SW4 on AM3517, there is SW2 and SW7. How should I set up them?

Thank you very much.

0 Ramakrishna Prasad54121 over 15 years ago

Prodigy 30 points

Hi,

I am Ramakrishna from Radel Advanced Technologies.

I have started with the DSp very resently, I have an EVM TMS320F240PQ, and TMS320C50PQ.

I am finding difficulty in the SPI and also the out, In instruction.

Please help me to solve the problem.

thank you

0 Allen Miao over 15 years ago in reply to Ramakrishna Prasad54121

Prodigy 140 points

Hi Ramakrishna,

I' m very sorry that I can't help you. Because I' m a beginner.

Regards,

Allen

0 Frank Walzer over 15 years ago in reply to Allen Miao

TI__Mastermind 44306 points

Allen,

yes, try this tool. Also there might be a newer rev on gforge (link at the end of the article).

For the SW7 config you need to select an option that includes UART boot I think. See here: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_AM35x_EVM_Hardware_Setup#Main_Board_S7_DIP_Switch:_Boot_Modes

Regards.

0 Greg Guyotte over 15 years ago in reply to Allen Miao

TI__Intellectual 1585 points

Allen,

I can help you with the Flash v1.x tool, it will support flashing for AM3517. Make sure you have downloaded the latest, Flash v1.2 (https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/flash/frs/). When it stops at "Awaiting ASIC id", it is just waiting for you to reset the target board. Make sure that you have selected a boot mode via S7 that support UART booting. The following wiki page shows you where S7 is and how to configure it: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_AM35x_EVM_Hardware_Setup.

You will also run into another problem because Flash v1.2 doesn't have a target selection for AM3517. You can get around this problem. See my post here : http://e2e.ti.com/support/dsp/sitara_arm174_microprocessors/f/416/p/54591/201860.aspx#201860 for more details if you get stuck.

0 Allen Miao over 15 years ago in reply to Greg Guyotte

Prodigy 140 points

Hi Greg,

Thank for your response. I have modified the file "omapflash2nd.txt" as that link. But there is a problem that is the same as this link:

http://e2e.ti.com/support/dsp/sitara_arm174_microprocessors/f/416/p/54591/201860.aspx#202634

It is always stop at "Waiting for 2nd"...

Do you know the reasons?

Regards,

Allen

0 Greg Guyotte over 15 years ago in reply to Allen Miao

TI__Intellectual 1585 points

I'm investigating a similar issue currently. Give me a couple days into next week and I can hopefully provide a resolution.

Regards,

Greg

0 markusg56894 over 15 years ago in reply to Greg Guyotte

Prodigy 55 points

Hi everyone,

I am also looking into using the Flash V1.2 tool for flashing an empty AM3517 EVM board. But i also want

to try performing the whole flash procedure over ethernet. The boot ROM of the AM3517 is able to pull a boot image

over the emac interface. Will it be possible to modify Flash V1.2 and/or the included flash images to support this network

flashing to?

0 Juergen Kilb over 14 years ago in reply to Greg Guyotte

Prodigy 20 points

Hi Greg,

I try to use OmapFlash V1.2 with an AM3517 and also with an OMAP3530 but still no success :-(

Both will end up at "waiting for 2nd".

As you wrote, you are investigating a similar issue, did you found a solution ?

Thanks,

Juergen

0 Greg Guyotte over 14 years ago in reply to Juergen Kilb

TI__Intellectual 1585 points

OMAP3530 should work. Please try to download the latest Flash version, 1.3. If you continue to have problems, I expect they would be related to some specific information in your configuration file that would need to change. You did not indicate if you have a custom board or not, but this is a common reason why the out-of-the-box config file does not work for every customer. You may need different DDR register settings, NAND parameters, etc....all of which can be changed in the configuration file without requiring any recompilation.

AM3517 required a code change that has not yet been released. Support for AM3517 should be in the next release, which we expect to occur soon.

0 Greg Guyotte over 14 years ago in reply to Greg Guyotte

TI__Intellectual 1585 points

Flash Tool v1.4 suporting AM3517 is now available for download by customers here:

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/flashtool.html

Source code is available here for anyone who wants to join the project: https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/flash/. Your code submissions are welcome.

R E L E A S E N O T E S

1. See User's Guide on this Wiki page:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Flash_v1.4_User_Guide

2. Supports the following devices:

AM3505, AM3517

AM3703, AM3715

DM3725, DM3730

OMAP3503, OMAP3515, OMAP3525, OMAP3530

3. Flash Programming via UART is not supported in this release.

4. Support for AM35xx is added by this release. On-chip ECC is not

yet supported.

0 Nguyen Nguyen2 over 10 years ago in reply to Greg Guyotte

Prodigy 140 points

Does the latest Flash tool support flashing over ethernet? Where is the source code for Flash?

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