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Using UART_B and flashing the D2000

matthew_h_5
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I would like to be able to use both of the D2000's UARTs in a project with the D2000 CRB. I found a reference to being able to flash the micro with the UART connected instead of JTAG. Does anyone have instructions on how to make this work?

 

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Richard_A_Intel
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Matthew,

Thank you for your question.  The D2000 Development boards does run UART though the USB port and with the onboard FTDI chip you can just connect a USB cable to your host system to flash the microcontroller.  I recommend following the Getting Started Guide for your first use:  https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/d2000/get-started

Thank you,
Richard    

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matthew_h_5
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I think I should have been clearer. I would like to be able to keep the jumpers on the D2000 CRB in the UART position rather than having to move them back and forth every time I want to reprogram the board. I read that it may be possible to flash the microcontroller using the board with UARTB connected to the FTDI chip. I can program it with the JTAG connection and then move the jumpers but they're kind of a pain to move. 

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Richard_A_Intel
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Can you share the reference you mentioned that covered using the UART this way?  I am not aware of a method in the tools that supports this.

Thank you,

Richard 

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matthew_h_5
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I found this article:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-uarts-on-intel-quark-microcontroller-d2000

It doens't say that you could use the UART for programming. I tried getting UART_B to work period and ran into problems with Pinmux as well as build problems which I posted in another thread. Due to time constraints, I had to give up.

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Richard_A_Intel
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Thank you for the link.  That guide is for using the UART in your application to transmit data as part of your applications normal operation.  It does not provide a means for flashing the microcontroller with your application.

Thank you,
Richard   

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Richard_A_Intel
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I neglected to mention that in another thread a guide for using the UART to flash was provided.  Here is the link: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/quark/mcu/software-interface-bootloader-user-guide.html

Thank you, Richard

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