Flash tool for HCS08?

[Ralph]

Hi!
I'm working on a project with the QG8. My part is the firmware and the circuit next to the QG8. I have a QG8-Demoboard and a USB-Multilink. I'm able to program and debug with CW5 without bigger problems. But there are more people working on this project and they want to flash the QG8 themselves with a USB-Multilink if I have a new firmware version. Since they are hardware specialists with little PC experience they do not want to use CW5.0 as they only need the flash function. Is there a free software tool that only flashes a QG8 via the USB-BDM? The expert mode programmer "PROGHCS08" as it is included in CW5.0 would be pretty ok, but I don't find a possibility to start only the PROGHCS08" without CW5.0.
Many thanks in advance for your info!
Best regards
Ralph

[paul]

Have you considered using the serial bootloader (AN2295)? It will cost you about 500 bytes of space. You only need  to send the S19 files to your hardware people.

Hope this helps.

Paul

[Ralph]

Peg is right, P&E wants just 169$ for a tool that is implemented for free in CW. I still hope somebody has a free or cheap solution for my problem.
HAve a nice day.
Best regards
Ralph

Message Edited by Ralph on 2006-07-07 10:24 AM

[irob]

Your USB Multilink should have come with an install CD. There's an app in there called progHCS08.exe. Or grab the tool over at P&E Micro (who makes the BDM programming software which ships with CW). Here's the download page.

[peg]

Hi,

All of P&E's software for the S08 costs money. If you got the programmer with the USB Multilink then you are either lucky or you paid extra for one of the packages.

I know, I paid for the package. I am having difficulty just getting a free upgrade right at the moment.

One (not very suitable) way is to just run hiwave.exe from prog directory.

Regards David

[irob]

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peg wrote:

All of P&E's software for the S08 costs money.

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The software itself is free, the hardware is not, correct? I've owned three different P&E programmers now, started with the serial Multilink, then the USB Cyclone, now the USB BDM Multilink. Each programmer cost something (no, not cheap), but the software updates have always been included in that cost. I.e., no license files or dongles for the software.

Message Edited by irob on 2006-07-10 09:30 AM

[peg]

Hi Rob,

On P&E Micro's site www pemicro.com there is no assembler, programmer or dubugger etc that is for the S08 that you can download for free. Nor is there any updates for S08 software posted.

This contrasts to their software for the HC08 which is all completely FREE!

If you buy something off the TV and receive a FREE set of steak knives, this does not mean that steak knives are free. Try walking in and just ask for the steak knives.

Mind you if I am wrong I would ery much like to know. (S08 software or steak knives)

Regards David

[irob]

Color me confused! But I seem to be missing something. Granted, P&E doesn't ship an assembler or debugger with each Multilink or Cyclone. But you do get programming software. How else are you supposed to use their programming tools?

Steak knives aside, I've now freely updated to progHCS08.exe v1.37. A tech at P&E even kindly emailed me a beta copy of v1.39 a while back in an attempt to fix one of my now infamous BDM problems. Turned out to be those pesky sensitive pullup values.

[edit] here's some linkage: Cyclone Pro product page says, "Includes interactive programming software for HC08/HCS08/HC12/HCS12"

Message Edited by irob on 2006-07-10 03:49 PM

[peg]

Hi Rob,

The OP was after free programming software. So I assumed he didn't want to buy hardware in order to get the software.

I don't doubt that they include the programming software along with pieces of hardware that they sell.

Please tell me how and where from you got the prog ver 1.37 from. I have been chasing this for a while now.

Regards David

[Ralph]

Hi!
I've bought an USB-Multilink from Freescale. There were only the code warrrior CDs included. Though the HC08 tools are free the HCS08 are not.
Maybe I'll have a try with the serial bootloader, but my SCI-Pins are used for adc and port, so I'll have to modify the routines for SPI usage, which is used for communication to the host CPU already. The other way would be - as already mentioned - to use Hiwave.exe and the expert mode programmer. THe disadvantage is that CW has to be installed on all hardware people PCs.
Has anybody another idea?
Best regards
Ralph