Dec 2008 23
Did you know that the Freescale Codewarrior IDE includes an
option that allows you to program flash with more flexibility? This option is
called “Expert Mode."
Expert Mode provides a set of general interface
functions which are used to control the erasing, verifying, programming and
viewing of modules to be programmed and provides the flexibility of choosing
your own flash programming algorithm and program/erase ranges in your module
within the IDE.
Click through to find out more about using PROG features in CodeWarrior...
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Dec 2008 16
P&E’s product line of Cyclone stand-alone
programmers
provides a fast, robust, and automated solution for production-scale
programming of microprocessors. However, production facilities may
desire an
even higher level of automation than the single-button touch capability
that is
offered by the Cyclone. P&E offers several means of automating
control, including a command-line executable, UDP/Serial
communications, or the .DLL included in P&E's new Cyclone Automated
Control Software Package. In this article, we discuss automated control
using the automated control package and the unprecedented level of
power and flexibility that
it offers.
Click through to learn more about the Cyclone Automated Control Package.
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Dec 2008 3
Did you ever wonder how to power cycle your device to force it into
Background Debug Mode? Are you trying to eliminate an external
power supply from your manufacturing setup? You can accomplish either task by using
a Cyclone PRO. Using the Cyclone PRO's internal power generation mechanism, you can control power for any HC08/HCS08/RS08/HC(S)12 device. Click through to read more...
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Oct 2008 20
P&E
offers an easy and reliable way to control a Cyclone PRO via the
built-in RS232
protocol. If you would like to follow along with our example, please
pre-program your Cyclone PRO with a stand-alone image and
configure your RS232 host device to operate at an 115200 baud rate, 8
data bits, no parity and 1 stop bit mode. You are now ready to enjoy
the flexibility of controlling your Cyclone PRO by sending it a
pre-defined set of byte strings. Click through to continue with our
example code...
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Oct 2008 10
Did you know you can safeguard data while erasing your flash module
during Flash/EEPROM programming? P&E has added a “preserve range” function
that can be used in a programming algorithm to preserve memory
ranges. The function looks at the range to be preserved, saves it, and
restores it after the flash has been erased. Click through to see how to take advantage of this new feature.
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