NXP FRDM K64F Board Issue

[amkolamb]

Just received the ATT Starter Kit Powered by AWS (https://starterkit.att.com/kits)

This is the main PDF from which i was following instructions

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starterkit-assets/Getting_Started_with_IoT_Starter_Kit_Powered_by... 

https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/frdm-k64f/ 

From link above, successfully downloaded the mBed Windows Serial Driver, but was stuck in updating the firmware. 

Ran across a article of issues with NXP Board and Windows 10. So made changes to the gpedit.msc as recommended in the following article: Bricking and Recovering OpenSDA Boards in Windows 8 and 10 - DZone IoT 

I was able to compile many programs from https://developer.mbed.org/compiler/ but has issues flashing them on to the board. The process is very random and am able to flash each program only after dozens of attempts. 

Over a period of 6 hours of brute force retries of downloading the bootloader and application over and over again, i was able to do 4 Labs from the file below. But this is clearly not sustainable. 

http://cloudconnectkits.org/system/files/MasterMakerFaire.pdf 

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I have documented the basic problems i have been having in the video below...

20170501 204500 - YouTube 

is any one having similar issues with their board? Any pointers on how i can resolve the issues?

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[Hui_Ma]

Hi,

Please follow below steps to recover your FRDM-K64F board:
1> download [FRDM-K64F Quick Start Package] from below link:
http://www.nxp.com/assets/downloads/data/en/board-support-packages/FRDM-K64F_QSP.zip
2> unzip the package and let FRDM-K64F board enter into bootloader disk (press Reset button and pulg in USB cable in J26);
3> Drag [k20dx128_k64f_if_mbed.bin] (at FRDM-K64F_QSP\FRDM-K64F-QSP\OpenSDAv2 Applications folder) to bootloader disk, after done, re-plug in USB cable;
4> Then there will shows a [MBED] disk, please visit below link to download the [mbed windows serial port driver]:
https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows-serial-configuration
5> After [mbed windows serial port driver] installed, there will shows a serial port at windows device management;
6> Drag [OutOfBox_demo.bin] (at \FRDM-K64F_QSP\FRDM-K64F-QSP\Precompile Examples folder) to [MBED] disk;
7> Open the serial terminal emulation program of your choice. Examples for Windows include Tera Term, PuTTY, and HyperTerminal.
Serial configure: data bits, no parity bits, and one stop bit (8-N-1). Set the baud rate to 230400 and open the port
8> Press any key or press the SW3 button on board, there will print below info:

Select from the following menu:
**************************************************
* 1: Bubble level *
* 2: eCompass demo *
* 3: USB CDC demo *
* 4: Metal detector demo *
* 5: Stopwatch demo *
* 6: Air mouse demo *
**************************************************

I also attached a video for your reference.

Have a great day,
Ma Hui

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[amkolamb]

Turns out to be a Windows 10 issue. Demo runs fine on Mac. Thanks for your input. 

[amkolamb]

I would really like it to get it working with Windows 10 though. The bootloader you provided did not resolve Windows 10 issue of board resetting over and over again. 

From link below, is there a bootloader i can try which will resolve Windows 10 issue? Please let me know which exact one to choose. 

OpenSDA Serial and Debug Adapter|NXP 

[Hui_Ma · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I would recommend to update the OpenSDA firmware with Segger J-Link image.

Please check Segger J-Link for OpenSDA firmware could be downloaded from below link:

SEGGER - The Embedded Experts - OpenSDA / OpenSDA V2 

The FRDM-K64F board OpenSDA version is V2.0

Wish it helps.

Have a great day,
Ma Hui

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