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Purpose: The 'designs' in this xapp445.zip are comprised of sets of ** software utilities and associated files that demonstrate ** SPI serial flash programming. Summary This application note describes the advantages of selecting a serial peripheral interface (SPI) flash as the configuration memory storage for the Xilinx 7 series FPGAs and the details for. † Preparing the SPI Flash Programming File: Provides instructions to generate a SPI flash. SPI Serial Flash SCK Slave Device Xilinx FPGA.
Flash Programmer
This program lets you program your Flash EEPROM devices via the On-Chip Debug connector (BDM or JTAG) on your target system using a Macraigor hardware device. This will allow you to test the ERASE, FILL, BLANK CHECK, CHECKSUM, UPLOAD flash content, and VIEW MEMORY functions of the program with your flash devices.
- Publisher: Macraigor Systems
- Home page:www.macraigor.com
- Last updated: October 31st, 2012
LM Flash Programmer
LM Flash Programmer is a free flash programming utility intended to be used with Texas Instruments Stellaris microcontrollers, development boards, or evaluation boards.The LM Flash Programmer utility supports command line usage as well as a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
- Publisher: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Last updated: January 28th, 2012
TopJTAG Flash Programmer
Most of popular parallel NOR flash memories supportedTopJTAG Flash Programmer can work with any parallel NOR flash memory compatible with AMD or Intel standard or extended command sets. Both CFI (Common Flash Interface) and non-CFI memories are supported.Common programming functions providedRead, erase, blank check, program, verify, sector lock/unlock (for Intel memories).
- Publisher: TopJTAG
- Home page:www.topjtag.com
- Last updated: October 9th, 2012
XC236x Programmer
XC236x Programmer is a free application for Windows OS that allows to control XC236x FLASH Programmer device.Main features:- Connection diagram.- Flash device.- Easy-to-use built-in HEX editor.- Pictures for the In-circuit connection are supplied.
- Publisher: ETL
- Home page:www.etlweb.net
- Last updated: February 20th, 2017
Nios II Embedded Design Suite
Nios II Software Build Tools—a set of powerful commands, utilities, and scripts to manage build options for applications, board support packages, and software libraries.Nios II Software Build Tools For Eclipse—a fully integrated development environment built from the ground up using Nios II Software Build Tools as a foundation built entirely as plug-ins to industry-standard Eclipse.
- Publisher: Altera Corporation
- Home page:www.altera.com
- Last updated: October 14th, 2010
IP-001 Flash Programmer
IP-001 Flash Programmer is designed to update your firmware device. It is compatible with 905-PC, 905-TO, 905-ZA, 912-MS, 912-TP and 912-UC systems. The IP-201 or IP-001 interface is required to connect the PC to the equipment. It has an intuitive interface.
- Publisher: ALCAD
- Home page:www.alcad.net
- Last updated: March 20th, 2017
CC3200 SDK
CC3200 SDK contains drivers, tools, flash programmer, and documentation for programming the CC3200 MCU. It also has tools for configuring network and software parameters (SSID, access point channel, network profile, etc.), system files, and user files (certificates, web pages, etc).
- Publisher: Texas Instruments
- Last updated: January 31st, 2017
Device Programmer Desktop
Device Programmer Desktop is designed to replace the earlier version of XPROG™ programmer.Device Programmer Desktop is fully upwardcompatible hardware with XPROG™ programmer and have many additional features. The Device Programmer Desktop supports in circuit and on board programming 68HC05,68HC08, 68HC11, 68HC(S)12, TMS370, AVR, ATMEGA, PIC,SPI, EEPROM and FLASH memories.
- Publisher: DB Software
- Last updated: March 1st, 2012
Renesas Flash Programmer
Renesas Flash Programmer is a software package used to program the on-chip flash memory of Renesas microcontrollers. It provides usability and functionality optimized specifically for flash programming.Features :- Graphical user interface (GUI) optimized for flash programming- Ability to save programming settings in workspace files
- Publisher: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Home page:am.renesas.com
- Last updated: November 27th, 2012
Freescale 56800E Flash Programmer
The 56800E Flash Programmer provides a means to program the on-chip Flash of the 56800E DSC family. The Flash Memory blocks are programmed in circuit, using the JTAG/EOnCE interface. The 56800E Flash Programmer is suitable for both a low volume production environment as well as for in-field firmware upgrades.
- Publisher: Freescale
- Home page:www.freescale.com
- Last updated: January 22nd, 2010
REVELPROG-IS
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REVELPROG-IS is a professional tool for serial memory programming. It supports a wide range of EEPROM, FLASH and FRAM devices with I2C, SPI and MICROWIRE (uWire) protocols powered with 1.0V - 5.0V voltage levels. Its programmer application is quite easy to use; you can easily select the chip, read/write memory, check for black memory, and compare with buffer.
- Publisher: REVELTRONICS
- Home page:www.reveltronics.com
- Last updated: November 10th, 2015
USB JTAG NT
USB JTAG NT is the second generation of USBJTAG, which is a Windows based EJTAG tool for all MIPS core CPU. It provides a fast programming speed and supports PIC32MX as well SPI flash, making it one of the fastest SPI flash programmers in the world. You can program MX25L0165A for only 8 seconds.
- Publisher: USB BDM
- Last updated: December 3rd, 2015
EmbestIDE
Embest IDE for ARM is a complete solution for embedded arm development. This software kits provide a modern 32-bit Windows-based C Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that hosts the entire development process in one location (avaiable for Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP).
- Publisher: ShenZhen Embest Info&Tech Co., Ltd.
FlashProg
FlashProg is a USB base flash memory programmer which is specifically designed to read and program 3.3V SPI flash memory devices.Main Features:-Based on a USB interface.-Support for wide range of 3.3V SPI flash memory chips.-Easy-to-build programmer with minimum number of components.-No surface mounted components in a programmer device.
- Publisher: Dilshan
- Last updated: February 17th, 2010
Elprotronic - FET-Pro430 - Lite version for TI's MSP430
This is a software package designed to operate with existing programming adapters provided by Texas Instruments and other vendors.Main features:- Supports Joint Test Action Group (JTAG), and Spy-Bi-Wire (SBW) communication to MCU.- Programs MSP430Fxx MCUs from Texas Instruments (See MCU list below).- Easy to use GUI allows the user to configure all necessary options with ease.
- Publisher: Elprotronic Inc.
- Home page:www.elprotronic.com
- Last updated: June 30th, 2016
JN-SW-4031 Jennic Toolchain
Offers all of the features expected of an Integrated Development Environment, including complete project management, source code editing, configuration control and project build, a flash programming utility and an integrated debugger.The SDK Toolchain installer contains a series of enhancements, updates and bug fixes
- Publisher: Jennic Ltd.
- Last updated: January 15th, 2009
Elprotronic - FlashPro-CC GangPro-CC for Chipcons MCU
GangPro-CC and FlashPro-CC are flash programmers for the SoC CC series ChipCon products from Texas Instruments. The GangPro-CC and FlashPro-CC have a similar features like the current programmers GangPro430 and FlashPro430 for the MSP430Fxx microcontrollers have.
- Publisher: Elprotronic Inc.
- Home page:www.elprotronic.com
- Last updated: February 13th, 2014
XMOS Development Tools
XMOS Development Environment - based on the industry standard Eclipse IDE, with familiar and flexible user interface.Main features:-Instrumentation functions for collecting and transmitting user-defined data to the XDE in real-time using the XTAG-2 debug adapter. The XDE software scope [BETA] displays this data as graphs on a timeline.-Real-time printf debugging over UART.
- Publisher: Xmos Ltd.
- Home page:www.xmos.com
- Last updated: July 17th, 2018
2013-11-24 11:09:47
Writing a flash chip with a programming cable
If you have a broken BIOS (BIOS update failed) or if you have 'bricked' router then you need some kind of programming device to write a new firmware into the flash chip. Most of these chips are NOR flash chips which can be written by SPI.
I wanted to replace a 4 MB flash with a 8 MB chip and wanted to 'burn' at least a boot loader (in this case U-Boot) to the virgin chip. I didn't want to buy a professional programmer like Batronix because I just wanted to write flash chips with SPI which is actually a most simple serial protocol. These were my specs:
- ready to use (no assembling of PCB and soldering)
- writing flash chips by SPI
- software available (also ready to use), with preference of open source software and support for some kind of unix os (Linux, BSD etc.)
- cheap
Searching the web I discovered some 'open source' solutions like Openbiosprog-spi or RushSPI. Both projects are well done and even the hardware is published under a free license. Both projects don't offer software of their own but need the free software flashrom. Although the hardware is licensed under the free CC-BY-SA, is cheap and the PCB layouts are available online, they fail on one important spec: ready to use. But both projects use an FTDI chip. Searching FTDI's website I detected a very interesting cable: C232HM-DDHSL-0. Because the chip in this cable is the same chip like used in RushSPI you can also use flashrom as writing software.
I ordered the cable for ~ 20 EUR and connected the flash rom MX25L6406 via a self built adapter to the cable. This is the wiring:
After compiling flashrom (and libftdi) the software said that it couldn't detect a known chip. A quick search lead me to this page: ftdi-d2xx-linux-overcoming-big-problem. I just forgot my serial cable with the latest FTDI VCP serial driver! This 'virtual com port' driver already knows the FT232H chip and is able to control these chips when they are connected to USB. After deactivating the support for the FT232H in the VCP driver I was able to 'see', read and write my connected flash chip with flashrom and libftdi.
Here are some example commands:
(To use flashrom on MacOS PPC as shown above you must modify flashrom because it officially supports only Intel/PCI-Macs.)Posted by Frank W. Bergmann | Permanent link | File under: embedded