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Problem of Windows Embedded Compact 7 on TMDSEVM3530

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: OMAP3530

Hi,

 

I have a problem of Windows Embedded Compact 7 on TMDSEVM3530 (OMAP35xEVM board).

I' ve built and downloaded run-time image (Release mode) to the board, but after downloading the image, nothing displays on the LCD.

The backlight is on, but the desktop picture of Compact 7 doesn't appear. (It seems that the system holds up)

 

This Problem also occurs when I boot from SD card. In the SD card,  MLO, EBOOTSD.nb0 and NK.bin files have been written.

I think that there is some problems in NK.bin file, because a test described below was successful. (Booting from SD card)

MLO, EBOOTSD.nb0  <----- created in Compact 7 Project

NK.BIN   <----- CE 6.0 R3 Demo file (the attachment of TMDSEVM3530)

 

Here is terminal logs of the tests using NK.bin of Compact 7 and CE 6.0 R3 Demo.

------------------------------[ NK.bin of Compact 7 ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Texas Instruments Windows CE SD X-Loader for EVM 3530
Built Aug 26 2010 at 10:37:38
Version 6.13.00
open ebootsd.nb0 file
Init HW: controller RST
read ebootsd.nb0 file
jumping to ebootsd image

Microsoft Windows CE Bootloader Common Library Version 1.4 Built Aug 26 2010 10:34:03

Texas Instruments Windows CE EBOOT for Mistral OMAP EVM, Built Aug 26 2010 at 10:37:34
EBOOT Version 1.5, BSP 6.13.00

TI OMAP3530 Version 0x4b7ae02f (ES3.1)
TPS659XX Version 0x10 (Unknown)
System ready!
Preparing for download...
INFO: Predownload....
WARN: Boot config wasn't found, using defaults
INFO: SW4 boot setting: 0x18

>>> Forcing cold boot (non-persistent registry and other data will be wiped) <<<
Hit space to enter configuration menu 5...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 4...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 3...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 2...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 1...
Init HW: controller RST

BL_IMAGE_TYPE_BIN

Download file information:
-----------------------------------------------------------
[0]: Address=0x84001000  Length=0x02ef3dfc  Save=0x80001000
-----------------------------------------------------------
Download file type: 1
rom_offset=0x0.
ImageStart = 0x84001000, ImageLength = 0x2ef3dfc, LaunchAddr = 0x8400ce00

Completed file(s):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0]: Address=0x84001000  Length=0x2ef3dfc  Name="" Target=RAM
ROMHDR at Address 84001044h
Launch Windows CE image by jumping to 0x8000ce00...

Windows CE Kernel for ARM (Thumb Enabled)
--- High Performance Frequecy is 32768 khz---

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------[ NK.bin of CE 6.0 R3 Demo ]----------------------------------------------------------------

Texas Instruments Windows CE SD X-Loader for EVM 3530
Built Aug 26 2010 at 10:37:38
Version 6.13.00
open ebootsd.nb0 file
Init HW: controller RST
read ebootsd.nb0 file
jumping to ebootsd image

Microsoft Windows CE Bootloader Common Library Version 1.4 Built Aug 26 2010 10:34:03

Texas Instruments Windows CE EBOOT for Mistral OMAP EVM, Built Aug 26 2010 at 10:37:34
EBOOT Version 1.5, BSP 6.13.00

TI OMAP3530 Version 0x4b7ae02f (ES3.1)
TPS659XX Version 0x10 (Unknown)
System ready!
Preparing for download...
INFO: Predownload....
WARN: Boot config wasn't found, using defaults
INFO: SW4 boot setting: 0x18

>>> Forcing cold boot (non-persistent registry and other data will be wiped) <<<
Hit space to enter configuration menu 5...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 4...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 3...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 2...
Hit space to enter configuration menu 1...
Init HW: controller RST

BL_IMAGE_TYPE_BIN

Download file information:
-----------------------------------------------------------
[0]: Address=0x84001000  Length=0x023af378  Save=0x80001000
-----------------------------------------------------------
Download file type: 1
rom_offset=0x0.
ImageStart = 0x84001000, ImageLength = 0x23af378, LaunchAddr = 0x8400b1c4

Completed file(s):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0]: Address=0x84001000  Length=0x23af378  Name="" Target=RAM
ROMHDR at Address 84001044h
Launch Windows CE image by jumping to 0x8000b1c4...

Windows CE Kernel for ARM (Thumb Enabled) Built on Sep 25 2009 at 11:04:23
--- High Performance Frequecy is 32768 khz---

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Also, I've built successfully in Debug Mode by modifying the memory allocation as below. ("successfully " means no errors)

[Before Modification]

MEMORY
;   Name                        VA          Length      Type
    ARGS                        84000000    00001000    RESERVED ; 4K
#if (defined BSP_DSPLINK || defined BSP_TI_DVSDK)
IF BSP_SDRAM_BANK1_ENABLE
    NK                          84001000    047FF000    RAMIMAGE ; 72MB - 4K
    DISPLAY                     88800000    01000000    RESERVED ; 16MB
    CMEM_DSP                    89800000    02800000    RESERVED ; 40 MB
    RAM                         8C000000    08000000    RAM      ; 128MB

 

[After Modification]

MEMORY
;   Name                        VA          Length      Type
    ARGS                        84000000    00001000    RESERVED ; 4K
#if (defined BSP_DSPLINK || defined BSP_TI_DVSDK)
IF BSP_SDRAM_BANK1_ENABLE
    NK                          84001000    096FF000    RAMIMAGE ; 151MB - 4K
    DISPLAY                     8D700000    01000000    RESERVED ; 16MB
    CMEM_DSP                    8E700000    02800000    RESERVED ; 40 MB
    RAM                         90F00000    03100000    RAM      ; 49MB

 

However, after download run-time image to the OMAP3530 board, there is an exception as below,

First-chance exception in NAND.DLL.

(0xC0000005: Access Violation)

This exception occurs in "C:\WINCE700\platform\ti_evm_3530\SRC\DRIVERS\BLOCK\NAND\fmd.c"

Are there any problems in NAND driver in BSP of "ti_evm_3530"?

Before building, I deleted drivers for OneNAND from the Catalog file and added those for NAND to that file instead because the board has 256MB NAND flash only.

 

What causes these problems and what should I do to work around them?

  • See other post with similar question:

    http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/f/353/t/61362.aspx

     

    Burn the bootloader to flash and then boot. In Wince 7, persistent storage has been enabled which has implications that partitions be present on bootup else the driver crashes. We are still looking into this issue but for now, please use the workaround - burn bootloader to flash.

     

  • Hi, Madhvi.

    Thank you for your reply.

    I've already seen the similar question that you attached to your comment, but I didn' t  understand that I should burn a bootloader to the flash memory to boot correctly.

    I edited the Catalog file to add the NAND driver and delete the OneNAND driver, but I haven't burnt to the flash yet.

    I know that I need EVMFlash Tool to update a bootloader, but I don't have any.

    How can I get this tool?

  • Hi, Madhvi

     

    I found I can get EVMFlash Tool from WinCE BSP which can be downloaded from TI website.

    I will download and install the Tool, and update a bootloader.

     

    Thank you for your help.

  • Hi,

    Even am facing the same problem. After loading NAND.dll it hangs up. Did u find solution for this?