CCS/awr1642: Flashing a new .bin file onto the radar

Hi Amol,

I cannot comment about the other issues but someone from the mmWave group has been notified to take a look. But regarding you CCS install issue

Amol Vagad said:

We also tried upgrading to CCS 7.2 but had installation issues on 2 different systems. 

Are you upgrading from 7.1. to 7.2? Or are you doing a full 7.2 installation? And if it is the latter, are you using the web installer or the full off-line zip installer?

Thanks

ki

Hi Amol,

To answer your latest question, CCS 7.2 is not Mandatory to flash the .bin file as flashing is done with UNIFLASH anyway. However, you need CCS 7.2 with the latest version of mmWave Training (1.2.1) which is what we recommend. Please use the latest version of mmWave Training and upgrade to CCS 7.2 as well. Information on how to upgrade to the latest mmWave Training (in case you are not able to) is provided in this thread.

Assuming that you have the above requirement satisfied, I would suggest two things.

1. Can you please try flashing the pre-built binary file provided in the mmWave SDK 16xx demo (C:\ti\mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05\packages\ti\demo\xwr16xx\mmw\xwr16xx_mmw_demo.bin) and check if that works? If the pre-built binary works fine, then the problem may be with your build, in which case move to step 2 below. Otherwise we know that the issue is with the Flashing procedure itself on your side, and in this case, please provide your UNIFLASH log and snapshot of the final screen.
2. If Step-1 works for you, then please provide the complete CCS build log as shown in the thread below for your build.
   1. https://e2e.ti.com/support/sensor/mmwave_sensors/f/1023/p/614056/2264246#2264246

-Nitin

Hi Nitin,

Thank you for your response . We checked the build log file and found some pre-build and post-build errors which are ignored. The following is the build log. Can you suggest some methods to eliminate these errors ?

**** Build of configuration Debug for project mmw ****

"C:\\ti\\ccsv7\\utils\\bin\\gmake" -k -j 4 all -O 
rm -f C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw/xwr16xx_mmw_mss.bin
makefile:184: recipe for target 'pre-build' failed
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, rm -f C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw/xwr16xx_mmw_mss.bin, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.

gmake[1]: [pre-build] Error 2 (ignored)
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'Building file: ../mss_mmw.cfg'
'Invoking: XDCtools'
"C:/ti/xdctools_3_50_01_12_core/xs" --xdcpath="C:/ti/bios_6_50_01_12/packages;C:/ti/ccsv7/ccs_base;" xdc.tools.configuro -o configPkg -t ti.targets.arm.elf.R4F -p ti.platforms.cortexR:IWR16XX:false:200 -r release -c "C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS" "../mss_mmw.cfg"
making package.mak (because of package.bld) ...
generating interfaces for package configPkg (because package/package.xdc.inc is older than package.xdc) ...
configuring mss_mmw.xer4f from package/cfg/mss_mmw_per4f.cfg ...
generating custom ti.sysbios library makefile ... 
Starting build of library sources ...
making C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw/src/sysbios/sysbios.aer4f ...
gmake[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw/src/sysbios'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw/src/sysbios'
Build of libraries done.
cler4f package/cfg/mss_mmw_per4f.c ...
'Finished building: ../mss_mmw.cfg'
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'Building file: ../cli.c'
'Invoking: ARM Compiler'
"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/bin/armcl" -mv7R4 --code_state=32 --float_support=VFPv3D16 -me -O3 --include_path="C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw" --include_path="C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages" --include_path="C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/include" --define=SOC_XWR16XX --define=SUBSYS_MSS --define=DOWNLOAD_FROM_CCS --define=DebugP_ASSERT_ENABLED -g --diag_warning=225 --diag_wrap=off --display_error_number --gen_func_subsections=on --enum_type=packed --abi=eabi --preproc_with_compile --preproc_dependency="cli.d" --cmd_file="configPkg/compiler.opt" "../cli.c"
'Finished building: ../cli.c'
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'Building file: ../mss_main.c'
'Invoking: ARM Compiler'
"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/bin/armcl" -mv7R4 --code_state=32 --float_support=VFPv3D16 -me -O3 --include_path="C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw" --include_path="C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages" --include_path="C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/include" --define=SOC_XWR16XX --define=SUBSYS_MSS --define=DOWNLOAD_FROM_CCS --define=DebugP_ASSERT_ENABLED -g --diag_warning=225 --diag_wrap=off --display_error_number --gen_func_subsections=on --enum_type=packed --abi=eabi --preproc_with_compile --preproc_dependency="mss_main.d" --cmd_file="configPkg/compiler.opt" "../mss_main.c"
'Finished building: ../mss_main.c'
' '
'Building target: xwr16xx_mmw_mss.xer4f'
'Invoking: ARM Linker'
"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/bin/armcl" -mv7R4 --code_state=32 --float_support=VFPv3D16 -me -O3 --define=SOC_XWR16XX --define=SUBSYS_MSS --define=DOWNLOAD_FROM_CCS --define=DebugP_ASSERT_ENABLED -g --diag_warning=225 --diag_wrap=off --display_error_number --gen_func_subsections=on --enum_type=packed --abi=eabi -z -m"xwr16xx_mmw_mss.map" --heap_size=0x800 --stack_size=0x800 -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/control/mmwave/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/control/mmwavelink/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/crc/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/esm/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/gpio/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/mailbox/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/osal/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/pinmux/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/soc/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/drivers/uart/lib" -i"C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/ti/utils/cli/lib" -i"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/lib" -i"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.3.LTS/include" --reread_libs --disable_auto_rts --diag_warning=225 --diag_wrap=off --display_error_number --warn_sections --xml_link_info="xwr16xx_mmw_mss_linkInfo.xml" --rom_model --unused_section_elimination=on -o "xwr16xx_mmw_mss.xer4f" "./cli.obj" "./mss_main.obj" "../mss_mmw_linker.cmd" "../r4f_linker.cmd" -l"configPkg/linker.cmd" -llibosal_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibesm_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibgpio_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibsoc_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibpinmux_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibcrc_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibuart_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibmailbox_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibmmwavelink_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibmmwave_xwr16xx.aer4f -llibcli_xwr16xx.aer4f -lrtsv7R4_T_le_v3D16_eabi.lib -llibc.a 
<Linking>
'Finished building target: xwr16xx_mmw_mss.xer4f'
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C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/scripts/ImageCreator/xwr16xx/out2rprc/out2rprc.exe xwr16xx_mmw_mss.xer4f xwr16xx_mmw_mss.bin
Parsing the input object file, xwr16xx_mmw_mss.xer4f.
Appending zeros 0
Appending zeros 256
File conversion complete!
C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/scripts/ImageCreator/xwr16xx/multicore_image_generator/MulticoreImageGen.exe LE 37 0x01000005 xwr16xx_mmw.bin 0x35510000 xwr16xx_mmw_mss.bin 0xb5510000 C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/firmware/radarss/xwr16xx_radarss_rprc.bin 0xd5510000 C:/Users/dev/workspace_v7/mmw_dss/Debug/xwr16xx_mmw_dss.bin
Number of Input Files 3
Number of zeros 48
Number of zeros 8
Number of zeros 24

C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/scripts/ImageCreator/xwr16xx/crc_multicore_image/crc_multicore_image.exe xwr16xx_mmw.bin xwr16xx_mmw.bin.tmp
size of App Image is 412288 bytes
cur_crc_read_addr 128
cur_crc_read_addr 103040
cur_crc_read_addr 239232
Failed to remove CRC temp file

perl.exe C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/scripts/ImageCreator/xwr16xx/append_bin_crc/gen_bincrc32.pl xwr16xx_mmw.bin
makefile:188: recipe for target 'post-build' failed
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, perl.exe C:/ti/mmwave_sdk_01_00_00_05/packages/scripts/ImageCreator/xwr16xx/append_bin_crc/gen_bincrc32.pl xwr16xx_mmw.bin, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.

gmake[3]: [post-build] Error 2 (ignored)
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**** Build Finished ****