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<TITLE>Production and testing: Flashing</TITLE>
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<H1>Production and testing: Flashing</H1>
The microcontroller of <B>atusb</B> contains firmware that must be
loaded before the testing process can commence. The firmware consists
of the following two parts:
<OL>
<LI>The boot loader (via serial programming, using <B>avrdude</B>)
<LI>The application (via DFU, using <B>dfu-util</B>)
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Note that <B>atben</B> has no microcontroller and therefore does not need
any flashing.
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<H2>Flashing the boot loader</H2>
The following image shows the setup for flashing the boot loader:
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<IMG src="setup-C.png">
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To flash the boot loader,
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<LI>insert the <B>atusb-pgm</B> board into the Ben
<LI>place the <B>atusb</B> board (DUT) on the table near the Ben,
without connecting it to USB
<LI>place <B>atusb-pgm</B> on <B>atusb</B> as shown in the image below
and gently push it on the contacts
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<A href="atusb-programming.jpg"><IMG
src="atusb-programming.jpg" width="250"></A>
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<LI>finally, run
<PRE>
make flash
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The flashing takes about 20-30 seconds. If it should fail, make sure you
properly placed <B>atusb-pgm</B> and try again. If it keeps on failing,
remove <B>atusb-pgm</B> from the Ben and insert it again.
If flashing fails despite numerous attempts, proceed to the
<A href="analysis.html">fault analysis</A>.
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<H2>Flashing the application</H2>
The flashing script proceeds automatically to the flashing of the
application. All you need to do is insert the <B>atusb</B> board
into the PC:
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<IMG src="setup-D.png">
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The flashing script will wait up to 30 seconds for enumeration.
Once the <B>atusb</B> board has been detected, the script transfers
the application with DFU. After this, you can proceed with the
<A href="test.html">functional test</A>.
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If the board fails to enumerate, proceed with the
<A href="analysis.html">fault analysis</A>.
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Up: <A href="index.html">Production and testing</A>&nbsp;
Prev: <A href="setup.html">Software setup</A>
Next: <A href="test.html">Functional test</A>&nbsp;
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Last update: 2011-05-26&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Werner Almesberger</I>
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