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AWR1443BOOST: Cannot flash BSS or MSS

user6455950
Prodigy 190 points
Part Number: AWR1443BOOST
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1443, UNIFLASH,

Hello,

I am using a AWR1443 eval board and I am not able to reflash radarss or MSS .bin files.
I want to flash the radarss.bin file provided in the 1_2_0_5 SDK.

Here is the log from uniflash:

[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Initialization complete.
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Flashing process starting...
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Connecting to COM Port COM4...
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Reset connection to device
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Set break signal
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Connection to COM port succeeded. Flashing can proceed.
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Reading device version info...
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: ** 1 files specified for flashing.
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Checking file C:/ti/SDK_01_02_00_05/mmwave_sdk_01_02_00_05/firmware/radarss/xwr12xx_xwr14xx_radarss.bin for correct header for AWR1443.
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Header of C:/ti/SDK_01_02_00_05/mmwave_sdk_01_02_00_05/firmware/radarss/xwr12xx_xwr14xx_radarss.bin file indicates it is not a valid file to flash to AWR1443: 0xb55a03d1L
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [ERROR] Cortex_R4_0: !!! Aborting flashing of specified files!!!
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Disconnecting from device on COM port COM4...
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Flashing instance clean-up initiated...
[2/10/2020 16:34:56] [INFO] Cortex_R4_0: Instance deinitialized!
I have the same error when I want to flash the MSS .bin file.
Could someone help me ?
Thanks in advance
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    TI__Guru*** 149104 points

    Hi,

    This file is not supposed to be flashed. The binary file that includes the demo application is the one that is supposed to be flashed. This file includes the radarss.bin

    C:\ti\mmwave_sdk_01_02_00_05\packages\ti\demo\xwr14xx\mmw\xwr14xx_mmw_demo_mss.bin

    Does this answer your question?

    Thank you

    Cesar

  • 0 in reply to Cesar
    Prodigy 190 points

    Ok thank you for the information.

    I was confused because in uniflash, there is a box to add the radarss image and another one for the mss image. And when I try to flash the mss image (the one you mentionned), I have the same error.
    I saw there is a different interface in uniflash when I choose the AWR1443 target and the AWR1443BOOST target.

    Which one should I use ?

    When I recompile the demo code, will the bss be added to the image (xwr14xx_mmw_demo_mss.bin)

    Thank you

  • 0 in reply to user6455950
    TI__Guru*** 149104 points

    Hi,

    You need to determine first if the AWR1443BOOST EVM has a ES2.0 or ES3.0 silicon.

    When did you buy the board? If you purchased the board in the last two years it is probably an ES3.0 silicon

    If you have an EVM with ES3.0 silicon you will need to use SDK 2.1. SDK 1.x will not work.

    In Uniflash, you should chose the AWR1443BOOST

    Please make sure that SOP settings are correct

    thank you

    cesar

  • 0 in reply to Cesar
    TI__Guru*** 149104 points

    if you notice on the silicon 964D than you have an ES 2.0 silicon and you need to use SDK 1.2

    if you notice on the silicon 964FC, than you have an ES3.0 silicon and you need to use SDK 2.1

    There are differences in which files to flash for each SDK

    Flashing instructions are provided in the SDK User's Guide provided for each SDK release

    Thank you

    Cesar