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Programming without license

rdazcal — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:02:02 GMT

Greetings,

I have developed a firmware for a CF-V2 on the CW7.2 platform and intend to develop a second one.

But on this second one, it was requested that the support team need to be able to re-program the devices on field if a FW update is required.

Since my code exceeds Freescale's free license limitation, I have bought a floating license to use here in the company.

But on the field that will not be a possibility.

It seems my only option is to provide the support team with a Cyclone MAX stand alone programmer, but that means $900 per support team, which is a LOT.

Isn't there any other option for me? What about CW10? Does it have a higher size limitation than CW7.2 for the CF-V2 family?

Thank you

Re: Programming without license

TomE — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:58:12 GMT

Can you change the device to program itself from Ethernet, USB or a serial port?

Re: Programming without license

scifi — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:30:14 GMT

CF Flasher

Re: Programming without license

rdazcal — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:30:47 GMT

Hi Tom,

Making it program it self will be quite tricky... although it's definetly a goal for the near future.

Do you know if there is code size limitation in CW10 for programming on the free license?

Re: Programming without license

J2MEJediMaster — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:01:23 GMT

Size limit for the Special Edition of CW v10 for MCUs, in regard to ColdFire V2 programs, is 128KB.

---Tom

Re: Programming without license

rdazcal — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:10:36 GMT

Thanks scifi...

How safe is it to install CF Flasher?

Can it affect my current CW7.2 functionality?

Re: Programming without license

scifi — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:38:45 GMT

rdazcal wrote:
How safe is it to install CF Flasher?
Can it affect my current CW7.2 functionality?

To be honest, I don't know. In theory, it shouldn't. Obviously, if you try to use the BDM adapter simultaneously with CW and CF Flasher, some kind of conflict may occur.

Re: Programming without license

mjbcswitzerland — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:53:13 GMT

CFFlasher is a good option together with P&E BDM. It will not disturb any other programs.

The uTasker project includes boot loaders for the CF V2 parts - USB, serial and Ethernet, depending on what the parts has, included encrypted loading support for working with chips with protected FLASH settings. See www.uTasker.com

Regards

Mark