Hi,
Our platform is the iMXRT1020, we are using the XIP QSPI flash as our bootable image storage, since in our design we only embed a USB-A female port, not USB-Micro OTG, could we program the bootable image through Serial Downloader, or said, to program XIP flash? Can I upload the generated bootable image through an external USB storage? or we actually need to design our own Flashloader?
Also, I wonder how could we switch the bootmode after production? since it should be switched by I/O pins, is there any soft way to switch it?
Please suggest if there is any designed solution, thanks a lot.
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Hi Calvin Lin
Could we program the bootable image through Serial Downloader, or said, to program XIP flash?
Yes, you can use the mfgtool with the USB interface.
Can I upload the generated bootable image through an external USB storage? or we actually need to design our own Flashloader?
For this case you would need to create your own USB-MSD flashloader, as the ROM code doesn't do this.
Also, I wonder how could we switch the bootmode after production? since it should be switched by I/O pins, is there any soft way to switch it?
No, unfortunately, there isn't any software methode to jumpt to serial downloader from the application image.
Hope this helps
Best regards
Hi Calvin Lin
Could we program the bootable image through Serial Downloader, or said, to program XIP flash?
Yes, you can use the mfgtool with the USB interface.
Can I upload the generated bootable image through an external USB storage? or we actually need to design our own Flashloader?
For this case you would need to create your own USB-MSD flashloader, as the ROM code doesn't do this.
Also, I wonder how could we switch the bootmode after production? since it should be switched by I/O pins, is there any soft way to switch it?
No, unfortunately, there isn't any software methode to jumpt to serial downloader from the application image.
Hope this helps
Best regards
Hi Jorge,
Could you please explain in advance for the USB interface connection? We would like to built our device with a USB-A receptacle port (the same one as PC), but I don't know what USB cable I can use to connect each other(PC to iMXRT), or to provide our customer that cable for their future firmware upgrading.
Hi Calvin
Do you mean in the hardware layout requirements? I recommend you to base your board in the desing of the evaluation board of NXP (EVK). You can also check the following post:
https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=MIMXRT1020HDUG
according to your description, in the case of the cable, you would need a USB-A to USB-A
Best regards
Jorge Alcala