October 28, 2014

Announcement - Moving this blog to github pages (0xc0170.github.io)

I decided to move this blog to github. I was playing last 3 days with jekyll. It was harder than I expected, but I have moved all posts there. I'll keep this alive for cross-reference, but will be publishing new posts there.

Comments are enabled for all posts, so if you got any question, follow the link below.

The link My new personal webpage [http://0xc0170.github.io/]

September 18, 2014

Project generator - building exported project

The build feature has been implemented in the last 2 days aka ProjectBuilder. This allows to build exported projects, which is useful for automated testing.

The building is currently supported for all tools there (IAR, uVision, Makefile), but IAR still has one bug, does not generate any output eventhough builds without errors.

Want to share with you, that I am currently adding CoIDE (only export, as it does not support building via command line). Should be completed this week.

Anyone out there using the project generator? What tool would you like to see there ? Eclipse? LPCExpresso? Kinetis Design Studio?

The real example is here https://github.com/0xc0170/project_generator_mbed_examples, using mbed SDK. I replaced mbed library by mbed SDK submodule, to stay up to date.
The example repository shows how are records written and how to use it with your own files (blinky demo).

August 29, 2014

Project generator - wiki pages on github

I am currently writing wiki pages for the project generator. If you are interested in the project, read it and provide feedback.
The link Project generator - Wiki pages [github.com/0xc0170/project_generator/wiki]

I am going to merge IAR options once I finish and test them, currently implementation on the branch. It takes longer time than uVision, as IAR has many separate options.
I finished the release of v0.1 this week, created a new tasks for v0.2.

My focus in the v0.2 will be on documentation, stabilize uVision, IAR and creating one generic Makefile for GCC toolchains.

August 19, 2014

Project generator - gcc arm makefile and IAR enabled (update)

I just want to share that I added 2 more IDE to the project generator.

GCC ARM export and IAR is now enabled.

  • GCC ARM generates a makefile based project. Enabled in the mbed example as well.
  • IAR generates a project. Specific IAR options are not yet implemented. Thus they are predefined in the template project. As I shown with uvision class, it can be added to misc dictionary, and then parse it to get each specific settings.
The example with mbed sources is defined for 2 target at the moment, K20 and LPC1768.

August 12, 2014

Project generators in python for various IDE (uvision at the moment only)

It's been a while I posted something. I reallocated myself and started a new job, as you could notice, thus I didn't have time to write more news. I can ensure you, there are more things I'll be sharing. Let's begin with the one I have been programming last days.

There was a discussion for quite a while about creating exporters for small projects. A generator which could be easily edited and ported to a new platform or a new project. Many projects have own exporters (stay with a term: project generators), but don't share it with the world.

As some of you might have noticed, there were a problem with projects in CMSIS-DAP mbed repository. Projects are tracked by the version control system, as there are no generators. This introduces some clatter to the project, as IDE updates it's project files, without even changing any settings. Then a user sends a pull request with unintentionally updated project files. Not to mention if for a project there are more targets with various settings, the maintenance becomes cumbersome. What if you change a name of common file? Yes, update all projects which are using it.


I decided to give a shot to write trivial project generators in python based on yaml records. I published them few days ago, but there was no example how use records for a project. Therefore there was published an example for project generators. It is for K20D50M target, blinky demo based on mbed sources:

Project generator - mbed examples [https://github.com/0xc0170]
 
 Currently, project generators support K20D50M target and uvision IDE. There is GCC class but needs more work (planned for upcoming days).


Be aware, it's still in early stage, so the structure of records is subject to change. I published it, primary as I don't have that much free time to be able to expand it dozen of targets and IDE's, therefore I hope that publishing it and providing an example how it works, will attract more developers.
Do you have a project where you could benefit from exporting to various IDE? Give it a try.

April 8, 2014

New FRDM board on mbed with ethernet (news)

I haven't written any blog lately. The reason (for some it can be an excuse) is that I have been porting the new target to the mbed. It's FRDM-K64F which has been announced during FTF 2014.



The link to the platform page to get more information  : FRDM-K64F
The mbed ethernet support is not yet ready, will be available soon.

EnjoY!

February 22, 2014

FRDM KL05Z is mbed enabled (news)

The FRDM-KL05Z board was my first target added to mbed. I would even say that was my initial experience with mbed sources. That was back in June 2013. It was added to mbed.org yesterday. This became 3rd Freescale board available on mbed.



FRDM-KL05Z [mbed.org/platforms]

It supports export to ARM GCC, uVision and CoIDE.

Paul Staron shared an info about low power modes and his power measurements. Not possible to carry out on FRDM board though. Here's a link for more information FRDM-KL05Z sleep modes and RTC [mbed.org/forum]

February 17, 2014

CoIDE export is available for KL25Z on mbed (news)

My latest article was how to use CoIDE with C++. I added exporters for CoIDE to mbed. I was able to make it work for KL25Z, KL05Z (not yet online on mbed.org site, will be soon). LCP1768 is functional but not through CMSIS-DAP, due to a problem which was reported to CoIDE team a while ago.

The exporter is online in the mbed compiler, see picture below.


Enjoy using CooCox CoIDE with KL25Z and mbed! If there are any problems, please report them on the mbed site, or just here in comments.

January 27, 2014

CoIDE fix for using C++

Frank V. reported an issue with linking C++ libraries which I confirmed. I just issued a new pull request for mbed exporters with the fix. In case you followed my last tutorial for CoIDE & mbed, this might be helpful.

The problem was that CoIDE completely ignored c++ libraries in the Misc controls for LINK. To surpass this issue, you have to add libraries to the Linked Libraries. Add there the libraries (type there names):
mbed
stdc++
supc++
m
gcc
c
nosys

If you prefer to change it directly in the xml (coproj file), add this to already created project:
        <LinkedLibraries>
          <Libset dir="" libs="mbed"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="stdc++"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="supc++"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="m"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="gcc"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="c"/>
          <Libset dir="" libs="nosys"/>
        </LinkedLibraries>


And of course, remove 
-lmbed; -lstdc++; -lsupc++; -lm; -lc; -lgcc; -lnosys; -lmbed; -lstdc++; -lsupc++; -lm; -lc; -lgcc; -lnosys;

from UserEditLinker in the xml file or just from Misc control in the IDE. The path to look for mbed library is already there thanks to using ld file which adds it to the linker searching path.

I tested this setup with cc3000 udp server demo. 

I added KL05Z exporter for CoIDE, can test it using project.py. There is also LPC1768 present, but currently has problems in CoIDE with CMSIS-DAP (due to the bootloader), so it's not enabled yet. 

January 11, 2014

CoIDE with KL25Z and mbed (C++) (tutorial)

I decided to start contributed to open source one year ago, as my start project I selected CoX library. I was pleased with CooCox CoIDE back in those days, it's light, easy to set-up, fast and was reliable. However, I abandoned CoX library since than as well as their IDE named CoIDE. This tutorial brings back CoIDE to my life as GCC is supported to all available Freescale targets.

I am running this tutorial on KL25Z, but as I checked, also NXP chips are supported there so this should be applied to more mbed targets than just KL25Z.

I ported CMSIS-DAP to many new freescale chips, now also bootloader is available. I was looking for open source IDE with working debugger. Finally, found something which is fast, reliable, and works with just few steps.

The very first thing is to install CoIDE.  Visit link CooCox IDE [www.coocox.org] . The installation is straightforward. Once installed, open your CoIDE and select toolchain path


I added there the following path :
C:\Program Files\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\4.7 2013q3\bin

If you want to test mbed with KL25Z in CoIDE, download the project here Hello world project KL25Z CoIDE [mbed.org/media/uploads/Kojto]. I'll explain below how to create your own project, so you can change anything you like like adding your own sources, libraries.

In the same tab as Select Toolchain Path, there's New Project (the top selection). Create a new project, select a name and click next. I use KL25Z_mbed as name of the project (which will be used in some steps, so might follow the same).
The next step is to select a chip or a board, just use Chip
The chip which is assembled on the freedom KL25Z board, is MKL25Z128VLK4. Then click Finish. The project is created and should be visible in the right bottom corner.

This creates an empty project with one code file (main.c). Please remove that file. Export a basic hello world example from the mbed site (GCC export option), as reference this one Hello world example [mbed.org/users/simon/code]. Add it to your online compiler and export it to GCC.

Unzip the exported Hello world anywhere. The example has only main.cpp file and the mbed folder which contains mbed library with header files + some object files. We need to copy those files to our new created project's folder. There is already .coproj file which gets created later, so don't get surprised by the below picture.

 After copying them, we go back to CoIDE where we need to set-up our new project. Click on the project with the right-button on your mouse, and select Configuration.
This is the crucial step, to set up correctly gcc project. There are few tabs : Device, Compile, Link and more.

We can skip device, as we already set device (chip). Go to the Compile tab:

Add include paths (mbed folder, target_kl25z folder inside and the toolchain_gcc_arm which is inside target_kl25z folder). Add to Misc. Controls:

-fno-common; -fmessage-length=0; -Wall; -fno-exceptions; -ffunction-sections; -fdata-sections; -DTARGET_KL25Z; -DTARGET_M0P; -DTARGET_Freescale; -DTOOLCHAIN_GCC_ARM; -DTOOLCHAIN_GCC; -D__CORTEX_M0PLUS; -DARM_MATH_CM0PLUS;  -std=gnu++98

We could add those defines up there to Defined Symbols, does not matter though. This should be for compile tab, move to the Link tab.


The important detail here is to uncheck Use Memory Layout from Memory Window and add linker script path (scatter file).

Add this to Misc. Controls:
--specs=nano.specs; ${project.path}/mbed/target_kl25z/toolchain_gcc_arm/cmsis_nvic.o; ${project.path}/mbed/target_kl25z/toolchain_gcc_arm/retarget.o; ${project.path}/mbed/target_kl25z/toolchain_gcc_arm/startup_MKL25Z4.o; ${project.path}/mbed/target_kl25z/toolchain_gcc_arm/system_MKL25Z4.o;

Add to Linked Libraries (just type the names there):
mbed, stdc++ , supc++ , m , gcc , c , nosys

The last thing to check is Debug tab, where select CMSIS-DAP, SWD and 1MHZ (this should be set as default for that chip).

Now press F7 (BUILD) which builds the project. It should display BUILD SUCCESSFUL if everything is correct along with size of the each areas and the command invoked.

Connect your board which mbed interface (CMSIS-DAP) and click on Debug icon (or press CTRL+F5). Debugging starts, it puts the breakpoint inside the main function, as it's shown in the picture below.


Happy debugging ! I am surprised with a speed, compared to pyOCD I tried with eclipse, this is really quick.

I will find out when other mbed chips are going to be supported.

Update1: I am currently working on an exporter to CoIDE for KL25Z, and probably later also other targets will follow.


January 6, 2014

CMSIS-DAP bootloader for K20 interface (news)

The freedom platform and some tower boards contain openSDA circuit. OpenSDA is managed by Freescale Kinetis K20 MCU (Cortex -M4).

It is claimed to be open-standard serial and debug adapter. It's not by "all" means, because the P&E bootloader can't be reprogrammed, as the chip is locked. Thus CMSIS-DAP interface was used on top of P&E bootloader.

CMSIS-DAP is the interface firmware which connects the Debug Port to USB. It consists of a debug unit and a device, both are usually assembled on a single board.



I was porting bootloader for K20 the last 3 days. As result, I sent yesterday a pull request to CMSIS-DAP repository (consider it's the first initial version as it's not yet on master branch), which means that the circuit openSDA (K20) will have full CMSIS-DAP support.
The link to my pull request Pull request #14 for CMSIS-DAP [github.com/mbedmicro/CMSIS-DAP]

You can freely design your boards which could use CMSIS-DAP (bootloader + interface). I will describe CMSIS-DAP more in the following days.

December 29, 2013

How to build mbed src and Hello world (AMRCC, ARM GCC) (tutorial)

This tutorial is dedicated to building mbed sources and exporting hello world. K20D5M is going to be used as an example, because it is still not available in the mbed online compiler. Thus this give us to compile any application based on mbed libraries. My machine is running Windows so paths presented in the 2nd step are for windows.

1. Download the mbed github repository

If you are familiar with git, just clone repository using git clone command. For those who don't use git, download the repository as archive (zip).
Link mbed src ZIP archive (~5MB) [github.com/mbedmicro/mbed]

After downloading is completed, unzip the archive.

2. Set your toolchain paths

There few toolchains which can be used, I'll present ARM GCC and ARMCC (uVision). Create a new file named private_settings.py in the workspace_tools directory. This private settings file defines settings which overrides default settings.

from os.path import join
#KEIL
ARM_PATH = "C:/Keil/ARM"
ARM_BIN = join(ARM_PATH,"ARMCC","bin")
ARM_INC = join(ARM_PATH,"RV31","INC")
ARM_LIB    = join(ARM_PATH,"ARMCC","lib")
ARM_CPPLIB = join(ARM_PATH, "ARMCC","lib","cpplib")

#GCC ARM
GCC_ARM_PATH = "C:/Program Files/GNU Tools ARM Embedded/4.7 2013q3/bin"

BUILD_OPTIONS = ["debug-info"]

ARM_ paths are used for ARMCC (uVision IDE, paths for each folders might vary, as I had problems with previous versions, because they changed the folder structure), GCC_ARM_ path for ARM GCC toolchain path. Set those according your installation folder.
I use debug-info build-option, to include debug symbols.

3. Build sources for your target

To build mbed sources for TARGET and TOOLCHAIN, use command:
python build.py -m TARGET -t TOOLCHAIN

The list of supported targets is quite long, to check if your TARGET is supported TARGETS array [github.com/mbedmicro/mbed].
Each TARGET defines supported TOOLCHAIN. For example, K20D5M has ARM and GCC_ARM.

To build for ARM (that's ARMCC used in uVision for example)
python build.py -m K20D5M -t ARM

To build for GCC ARM
python build.py -m K20D5M -t GCC_ARM

If you just invoke command without -t, the target will be built for all supported toolchains.

4. Using exporters

As soon as you have built mbed sources for your target, go to my previous tutorial about using exporters. There is just shown to export Hello world example.

How to use mbed exporters

5. Build an application

Using ARM GCC, use makefile to build an application. If uVision is used, build the application in the uVision IDE. No matter what toolchain you use, they should generate a binary file, which can be copied to mbed msd drive. Same procedure as it's used by the mbed online compiler.

December 28, 2013

FRDM KL05, FRDM K20D50M testing for mbed enablement

Is anybody out there who wants to participate in enabling those 2 platforms? I posted instructions how to debug KL05Z target offline with mbed sources few weeks ago. However, I did not receive any feedback if that is working for you or any problems with its implementation.

The fresh new target K20D50M is still not complete, thus needed some more tweaks to complete its implementation.

Here's a post from mbed, good place to start:  Let's enable KL05Z and K20D5M targets online on mbed [mbed.org/forum/mbed]
Leave a comment, preferably there on mbed community.

December 26, 2013

How to use mbed exporters (tutorial)

I always created my own projects while I was developing offline with mbed. Fortunately, there are exporters which I assume are used in the online compiler. They are available in the mbed sources, in the folder /workspace_tools/export, Github mbed - export folder [github.com/mbedmicro/mbed]

These exporters support more platforms than online compiler, thus if you see a platform in the mbed sources but is not yet available online, this is your chance to start using your target. It requires IDE or at least a toolchain to compile it.

What targets are currently supported by exporters?
  • NUCLEO_F103RB
  • KL25Z,
  • LPC1347
  • LPC11U24_301
  • LPC4330_M4
  • nRF51822,
  • LPC11U35_401
  • LPC810
  • KL46Z
  • LPC812
  • KL05Z
  • LPC1768
  • K20D5M
  • LPC4088
  • LPC11C24
  • MBED_MCU
  • LPC1114
  • LPC11U24,
  • STM32F407
  • LPC2368

To see what options are available, invoke project.py, an output:

d:\Code\git_repo\github\mbed\workspace_tools>python project.py


[ERROR] You have to specify one of the following tests:
[ 0] MBED_A1: Basic
[ 1] MBED_A2: semihost file system
[ 2] MBED_A3: C++ STL
[ 3] MBED_A4: I2C TMP102
[ 4] MBED_A5: DigitalIn DigitalOut
[ 5] MBED_A6: DigitalInOut
[ 6] MBED_A7: InterruptIn
[ 7] MBED_A8: Analog
[ 8] MBED_A9: Serial Echo at 115200
[ 9] MBED_A10: PortOut PortIn
[ 10] MBED_A11: PortInOut
[ 11] MBED_A12: SD File System
[ 12] MBED_A13: I2C MMA7660
[ 13] MBED_A14: I2C Master
[ 14] MBED_A15: I2C Slave
[ 15] MBED_A16: SPI Master
[ 16] MBED_A17: SPI Slave
[ 17] MBED_A18: Interrupt vector relocation
[ 18] MBED_A19: I2C EEPROM read/write test
[ 19] MBED_A20: I2C master/slave test
[ 20] MBED_A21: Call function before main (mbed_main)
[ 21] MBED_A22: SPIFI for LPC4088 (test 1)
[ 22] MBED_A23: SPIFI for LPC4088 (test 2)
[ 23] MBED_A24: Serial echo with RTS/CTS flow control
[ 24] BENCHMARK_1: Size (c environment)
[ 25] BENCHMARK_2: Size (float math)
[ 26] BENCHMARK_3: Size (printf)
[ 27] BENCHMARK_4: Size (mbed libs)
[ 28] BENCHMARK_5: Size (all)
[ 29] MBED_1: I2C SRF08
[ 30] MBED_2: stdio
[ 31] MBED_3: PortOut
[ 32] MBED_4: Sleep
[ 33] MBED_5: PWM
[ 34] MBED_6: SW Reset
[ 35] MBED_7: stdio benchmark
[ 36] MBED_8: SPI
[ 37] MBED_9: Sleep Timeout
[ 38] MBED_10: Hello World
[ 39] MBED_11: Ticker
[ 40] MBED_12: C++
[ 41] MBED_13: Heap & Stack
[ 42] MBED_14: Serial Interrupt
[ 43] MBED_15: RPC
[ 44] MBED_16: RTC
[ 45] MBED_17: Serial Interrupt 2
[ 46] MBED_18: Local FS Directory
[ 47] MBED_19: SD FS Directory
[ 48] MBED_20: InterruptIn 2
[ 49] MBED_21: freopen Stream
[ 50] MBED_22: Semihost
[ 51] MBED_23: Ticker 2
[ 52] MBED_24: Timeout
[ 53] MBED_25: Time us
[ 54] MBED_26: Integer constant division
[ 55] MBED_27: SPI ADXL345
[ 56] MBED_28: Interrupt chaining (InterruptManager)
[ 57] MBED_29: CAN network test
[ 58] MBED_30: CAN network test using interrupts
[ 59] MBED_31: PWM LED test
[ 60] CMSIS_RTOS_1: Basic
[ 61] CMSIS_RTOS_2: Mutex
[ 62] CMSIS_RTOS_3: Semaphore
[ 63] CMSIS_RTOS_4: Signals
[ 64] CMSIS_RTOS_5: Queue
[ 65] CMSIS_RTOS_6: Mail
[ 66] CMSIS_RTOS_7: Timer
[ 67] CMSIS_RTOS_8: ISR
[ 68] RTOS_1: Basic
[ 69] RTOS_2: Mutex
[ 70] RTOS_3: Semaphore
[ 71] RTOS_4: Signals
[ 72] RTOS_5: Queue
[ 73] RTOS_6: Mail
[ 74] RTOS_7: Timer
[ 75] RTOS_8: ISR
[ 76] RTOS_9: File
[ 77] NET_1: TCP client hello world
[ 78] NET_2: UDP client hello world
[ 79] NET_3: TCP echo server
[ 80] NET_4: TCP echo client
[ 81] NET_5: UDP echo server
[ 82] NET_6: UDP echo client
[ 83] NET_7: HTTP client
[ 84] NET_8: NTP client
[ 85] NET_9: Multicast Send
[ 86] NET_10: Multicast Receive
[ 87] NET_11: Broadcast Send
[ 88] NET_12: Broadcast Receive
[ 89] NET_13: TCP client echo loop
[ 90] UB_1: u-blox USB modem: HTTP client
[ 91] UB_2: u-blox USB modem: SMS test
[ 92] USB_1: Mouse
[ 93] USB_2: Keyboard
[ 94] USB_3: Mouse_Keyboard
[ 95] USB_4: Serial Port
[ 96] USB_5: Generic HID
[ 97] USB_6: MIDI
[ 98] USB_7: AUDIO
[ 99] CMSIS_DSP_1: FIR
[100] DSP_1: FIR
[101] KL25Z_1: LPTMR
[102] KL25Z_2: PIT
[103] KL25Z_3: TSI Touch Sensor
[104] KL25Z_4: RTC
[105] KL25Z_5: MMA8451Q accelerometer
[106] EXAMPLE_1: /dev/null
[107] EXAMPLE_2: FS + RTOS


Usage: project.py [options]

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m MCU, --mcu=MCU generate project for the given MCU (NUCLEO_F103RB, KL25Z,
LPC1347, LPC11U24_301, LPC4330_M4, nRF51822,
LPC11U35_401, LPC810, KL46Z, LPC812, KL05Z, LPC1768,
K20D5M, LPC4088, LPC11C24, MBED_MCU, LPC1114, LPC11U24,
STM32F407, LPC2368)
-p PROGRAM The index of the desired test program: [0-107]
-i IDE The target IDE: ['ds5_5', 'gcc_arm', 'codered',
'codesourcery', 'uvision', 'iar']
-b Use the mbed library build, instead of the sources

The output provides all information which we need to build a project. As I pushed today K20D5M target to mbed repository, I'll take that as an example how to start with mbed target which is not yet supported in the mbed compiler.
If you don't have prebuilt mbed sources for your target, don't use -b option (you can use it if you have built your target previously, then it creates the mbed library, same output as from the online compiler exporter). If you have not built target sources, use -b option, error is shown.

The very first application we can build is Hello world ([ 38] MBED_10: Hello World) To build it for GCC ARM, invoke:

python project.py -m K20D5M -p 38 -i gcc_arm

If you receive an error which contains jinja2, that means the projects generators require jinja2 package, please add it to your python installation. Easy install can help you, for more help, a procedure Jinja2 windows - how to install [forums.udacity.com/questions]

The output should be many compiled files, at the end [OK]. In the mbed root directory, there's should be a new folder build. Inside in the path build/export/workspace are sources which were copied there by an exporter. In the build/export folder, should be located an archive MBED_10_GCC_ARM_K20D5M.zip
This archive contains the exported application, unzip it , invoke make command to build Hello world application.

Freescale K20D50M (Target K20D5M) was added to mbed sources (news)

I have added another Freescale target to mbed github repository, this time it's the first Freescale Cortex M4 target.


I had pushed a branch which contains K20D5M target files, it was merged a minute ago to mbed master. It contains exporters for GCC ARM and uVision (ARMCC). I will add a new blog post how to use those exporters, it completely facilitates testing.

The K20D5M is supported, not fully functional. Demo like Hello world works, but for example I2C is not yet complete, neither PWM. Any help with this target is welcomed !

Update your K20D50M to CMSIS-DAP interface, which I shared on my mbed notepad, currently in beta version, link CMSIS-DAP K20D50M [mbed.org/users/Kojto/notebook]

If any questions, leave a comment or contact me on mbed. I will be working on this to complete entire HAL for K20D5M target.

December 19, 2013

debugging pyOCD gdb (tutorial)

I finally found a root cause of pyOCD locking kinetis chip. It took me quite a while to get into gdb server implementation, still many functions are unveiled for me. I am going to give you few tips what I would do once something is not working, or even to be sure that the right binary is going to be flashed. That's was my case, when I knew that pyOCD is flashing wrong data to the wrong address.

To start with, please if you use gdb server, change logging to DEBUG. This information is in gdb_test.py file.

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

What helped me a lot to just see how data are interpreted, disable erasing the chip and then flashing as well. The code below is from gdbserver.py file. Don't forget, if you change anything inside pyOCD, please rerun setup.py file with a command

python setup.py install

Comment out two lines that init() and eraseALL().
if ops == 'FlashErase':
    self.flash.init()
    self.flash.eraseAll()
    return self.createRSPPacket("OK")

Flashing is carried out by calling programPage. Once you comment that line out, your target won't be flashed, so you can add a breakpoint anywhere there, write data to a file and see how they are interpreted.
while len(self.flashData) > 0:
    size_to_write = min(self.flash.page_size, len(self.flashData))
    #if 0 is returned from programPage, security check failed
    if (self.flash.programPage(flashPtr, self.flashData[:size_to_write]) == 0):
        logging.error("Protection bits error, flashing has stopped")
        return None
    flashPtr += size_to_write

    self.flashData = self.flashData[size_to_write:]

    # print progress bar
    sys.stdout.write('\r')
    i = int((float(flashPtr)/float(bytes_to_be_written))*20.0)
    # the exact output you're looking for:
    sys.stdout.write("[%-20s] %d%%" % ('='*i, 5*i))
    sys.stdout.flush()

There are many debug files commented in the implementation, which are intended for debugging purposes. The one below is from FlashDone command case, once you enable it, the bad_bin contains entire data which are going to be written to the flash. You can compare it to your bin generated, reveal if it matches the data.

elif 'FlashDone' in ops :
    flashPtr = 0
    bytes_to_be_written = len(self.flashData)

    """
    bin = open(os.path.join(parentdir, 'res', 'bad_bin.txt'), "w+")
    
    i = 0
    while (i < bytes_to_be_written):
        bin.write(str(self.flashData[i:i+16]) + "\n")
        i += 16
    """

How did I solve that problem with locking the chip? The most important addition is the security bits check, which is crucial. If data at the address 0x400 are not set to 0xFF, flashing should be stopped. If it would not be stopped, the chip can get secured, depending on the 16 byte value at that address.
I added the following lines, this is why debug logging is good to have enabled, you can see how those bits are set and are going to be flashed. This would have unveiled that chip is going to get locked.

def checkSecurityBits(self, address, data):
    #error if security bits have unexpected values
    if (address == 0x400):
        for i in range(12):
            logging.debug("data[%d] at add 0x%X: 0x%X", i, i, data[i])
            if (data[i] != 0xff):
                return 0

        logging.debug("data[%d] at add 0x%X: 0x%X", i+3, i+3, data[i+3])
        logging.debug("data[%d] at add 0x%X: 0x%X", i+4, i+4, data[i+4])
        if ((data[i+3] != 0xff) or (data[i+4] != 0xff)):
            return 0

    return 1

I even locked sometimes the chip (only security bit or some other bits, not mass erase bit). If chip is locked, mbed msd drive does not need to appear! Don't get frustrated. Follow the lines below, and you might get mbed drive again.
To solve this problem, get into bootloader mode (to disable CMSIS-DAP which enables another interface to access the mcu chip), use external jlink or just openSDA jlink. Execute the commands I shared in the previos post:
unlocking kinetis chip with jlink console [http://embeddedworldweb.blogspot.com]
Don't be afraid if it returns error, sometimes it does but chip is functional again. Just reconnect your board, mbed drive should appear again if the chip is not bricked (like mass erase bit is set).

To get familiar with gdb serial protocol, this link helps
GDB Remote serial protocol [www.embecosm.com/appnotes/]

I will add more chips to pyOCD. Finding the root cause of locking the kinetis chip provided a really appreciated lesson. Happy to contribute to pyOCD.

Side note: the security check is on my branch at the moment - waiting for merge to the master branch. Don't use KL25Z with pyOCD from the origin master at the moment! You can lock your chip. Thanks for understanding.
To test the above features, here's link to my branch  dev issue#1 - security bits check [github.com/0xc0170]

December 13, 2013

KL46Z CMSIS-DAP update - beta version 2 (news)

Some of you might have noticed that KL46Z was stripped from platforms. Wonder why?

The CMSIS-DAP interface was functional. However, it sets randomly the security bit or even disabled mass erase bit. With help from the mbed team, we corrected it.

I updated my notepad page on mbed, the CMSIS-DAP v2 for KL46Z is shared there.
CMSIS-DAP for the freedom platform [mbed.org/users/Kojto/notebook]

December 11, 2013

The freedom KL46Z online on mbed (news)

Today is a day full of updates since the morning. Another great news for us, mbed geeks. The freedom board KL46Z is among enabled mbed platforms, the second freedom platform.

Link: FRDM-KL46Z [http://mbed.org/handbook]


Here's a picture, directly from mbed handbook for KL46Z, with all needed pins description.

The second picture shows how are sensors connected,
Looks as good, doesn't it? Thanks to mbed for this descriptive pictures!

I have added exporters for uVision and GCC yesterday, got merged today to master.

Thanks to Michael Conners, who created the initial version of HAL for KL46Z. His pull request started my contribution to KL46Z HAL.

mbed KL25Z export to ARM GCC (news)

The export for target KL25Z to GCC ARM is available !!


Please share !

December 10, 2013

kinetis lxx gpio demo for the freedom platform (update)

Quick update.
I introduced yesterday KLxx project with only one freedom board supported - KL25Z.

I have added 3 more boards - KL02Z, KL05Z and KL46Z. Current version is v0.3. As version states, still needs more testing.

On github: Kinetis KLxx gpio demo - GCC [github.com/0xc0170]