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--- boards:frdm [2022/12/13 14:15]
darron [Bootloader]
+++ boards:frdm [2023/08/11 14:46] (current)
darron [Firmware]
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-One day I may solder them in place.
+One day I will solder them in place.
-=== Bootloader ===
+=== Firmware ===
-Out the box this board doesn't work with anything resembling a modern
+Out of the box this board doesn't work with anything resembling a modern
-day computer so I never even got to use it. For example, it doesn't
+day computer so I never used it until 8 years after buying it in 2014.
-work in any variety of Linux or Windows after 7.
-You have to download new firmware to upgrade it from version 0.11
+Without an upgrade it doesn't work in any variety of Linux or Windows after 7.
-to something higher. Somehow I managed to get it working using
+The fact that it doesn't work with anything except XP and 7 means it's
-Windows XP in a VirtualBox VM.
+very hard to upgrade.
-Once that magically worked I updated it to J-Link for NXP.
+You have to download new firmware to upgrade the bootloader from version 0.11
+to something higher that will work with a modern PC. Somehow I managed to get it
+to upgrade using Windows XP in a VirtualBox VM.
+Once the upgrade magically worked I further updated it from OpenSDA to J-Link for NXP.
 The files I think I used to proceed were (I have a bad memory but this is probably close):