Roving Networks RN-ISP-UM, User Manual

Page 1: ...ted Excellent Integrated System Limited Stocking Distributor Stocking Distributor Click to view price real time Inventory Delivery Lifecycle Information Click to view price real time Inventory Delivery Lifecycle Information Microchip Technology Microchip Technology RN ISP RN ISP For any questions you can email us directly For any questions you can email us directly sales integrated circuit com sal...

Page 2: ...sheet of RN ISP PROGRAMMER ISP INTERFACE Contact us sales integrated circuit com Website www integrated circuit com www rovingnetworks com 1 RN WIFLYCR UM 01 RN ISP UM In System Programmer USER MANUAL 2012 Roving Networks All rights reserved RN ISP UM 1 1 Version 1 1 1 19 2012 ...

Page 3: ...tains the WiFly module dual power supplies multiple hardware interfaces e g UART SDIO SPI slave and SPI master and current measurement capability that allows power profiling of the WiFly module RN ISP The ISP provides a means to download and debug application code to the WiFly module USB cable This cable connects the RN ISP to a Linux based development computer s USB port 16 way ribbon cable This ...

Page 4: ...lowing steps 1 Connect the USB cable from the RN ISP to the development PC 2 Connect the ISP 16 way ribbon cable from the RN ISP to the RN IDK s H1 connector To install the RN ISP follow the instructions in EPSILON 6 EPSILON 1 Also refer to Known Issues KNOWN 24 for additional information Figure 1 shows the connection setup The RN ISP provides power to the RN IDK Figure 1 RN ISP Connected to the D...

Page 5: ...N ISP development board and Figure 3 describes the pins and jumpers Table 1 provides more detail on the probe hooks Figure 2 RN ISP Board Description Table 1 Probe Hook Detail Probe Hook Color Description Black Ground Red Power 3 3 or 5 V Yellow ISENSE Reset Button LED SWD J2 3 3 V Regulated 16 Pin Debug Connector J3 10 Pin Debug Connector J4 Wake Button LED 5 V from USB Mini USB Connector Probe H...

Page 6: ..._RX 9 VDD_TARGET 10 GND 11 ISP_SCK 12 ISP_MOSI 13 ISP_MISO 14 ISP_IRQ 15 ISP_SS 16 ISP_PWR_DOWN Jumper Block P2 Row Description 1 PWR_DOWN 2 USER_RTS 3 USER_CTS 4 USER_RX 5 USER_TX 6 DMA_RX 7 DMA_TX 8 SS 9 IRQ 10 MISO 11 MOSI 12 SCK 13 VDD_3V3_SW 10 Pin Debug Connector J4 Pin Description 1 GND 2 VDD_TARGET 3 ISP_DMA_RX 4 ISP_USER_TX 5 ISP_WAKE 6 ISP_RESET 7 ISP_DMA_TX 8 ISP_USER_RX 9 ISP_USER_CTS ...

Page 7: ...to flash memory using the make load cr command Roving Networks provides a variety of example applications all of which include a makefile with a make target named load Run the Application Once the application has been loaded successfully open a console window and launch a terminal program such as minicom to monitor the output on the UART port To start the application assert the reset momentarily b...

Page 8: ... the RN 134 board must align with the 16 way ribbon cable s red wire as shown in Figure 5 You must use a 10 pin header to connect the 16 way ribbon cable and the 10 pin debug port Figure 5 Connect the RN ISP to the RN 134 Board Connect to the RN 174 Evaluation Board Pin1 indicate with a square pad on the 16 pin debug header on the RN 174 board must align with the 16 way ribbon cable s red wire as ...

Page 9: ...chip drivers from the FTDI website at http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm Refer to Appendix A Installing FTDI drivers for Windows on page 9 for installation instructions NOTE You cannot develop firmware on a Windows or Mac computer However you can use Windows Mac or Linux computers to monitor and configure the firmware Launch a terminal emulator program and select the user UART COM port The defa...

Page 10: ... first install FTDI drivers You can download the drivers from the FTDI website at http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm After you download the drivers perform these steps to configure the COM ports 1 Run the FTDI driver executable to install it 2 When the driver finishes installing connect the RN ISP to the USB port of your computer 3 Open your PC s device manager You will see four USB serial conv...

Page 11: ...te COM ports are created in the Ports section of the device manager COM and LPT as shown in Error Reference source not found Figure 10 You may need to reboot your Windows machine for the COM ports to be created Windows typically creates four sequential COM ports COM 3 4 5 and 6 in this example The highest COM port is the user UART which you use to configure the module In Error Reference source not...

Page 12: ...hnology Excellent Integrated System Limited Datasheet of RN ISP PROGRAMMER ISP INTERFACE Contact us sales integrated circuit com Website www integrated circuit com www rovingnetworks com 11 RN ISP UM 1 1 Figure 10 RN ISP COM Ports ...

Page 13: ...he SDK is running on the development machine follow these steps to start the power profile application 1 Connect the RN_G2ISP to the development machine 2 Connect the target board RN 174 or RN SDK to the RN ISP 3 Open a command prompt on the development machine 4 Go to the SDK release tools dcom_interface directory 5 Type python g2isp_gui py cr The power profile application launches as shown in Fi...

Page 14: ...arious states such as sleep wake up and load an application from flash power on the transmitter to send data put the transmitter in idle receiving mode and go back to sleep The regions in Figure 12 is are Start to 0 ms The module is asleep 0 to 10 ms The module boots and loads the application into RAM from flash 10 to 100 ms The module is sending data and the the transmitter is on intermittently 1...

Page 15: ...ect the target board to the RN ISP using a 16 pin ribbon cable Then connect the RN ISP to the PC using a USB cable Before using the flash loader utility you must first locate the DMA COM port associated with the utility The DMA port is usually the second highest of the four COM ports that are created for the ISP For example if the COM ports are labeled COM3 COM4 COM5 and COM6 COM 5 is the DMA port...

Page 16: ...ebsite www integrated circuit com www rovingnetworks com 15 RN ISP UM 1 1 Figure 14 USB Serial Port COM31 Properties Window 2 In the USB Serial Port COM31 Properties window click the Port Settings tab 3 Click Advanced Select COM3 in the COM Port Number drop down list box to change the COM port number to COM3 See Figure 15 Figure 15 Advanced COM Port Settings ...

Page 17: ... clear out the COM ports The application note is available on the Roving Networks Documentation Resources web page at http www rovingnetworks com resources show To run the flash loader utility on a Windows PC perform the following steps 1 Open a command prompt window 2 Change to the flash_load_32 directory 3 Ensure that the binary image file you want to load is in the same directory 4 Type flash_l...

Page 18: ... 3V SW OUT 3 ISP DMA RX 4 ISP User TX 5 ISP Force Awake 6 ISP Reset 7 ISP DMA TX 8 ISP User RX 9 VDD 3 3V SW Out 10 GND Out 11 ISP GPIO 9 12 ISP GPIO 4 13 ISP GPIO 5 14 ISP GPIO 6 15 ISP GPIO 8 16 ISP Power Down 1 3 5 7 9 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 4 6 8 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6 ISP Power LED AUX 1 connector Port B of FTDI Chip 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 AUX1 Header Pin Description 1 VDD 3 3V J2 2 VDD 3 3V ...

Page 19: ...ngnetworks com 18 RN ISP UM 1 1 RESOURCES RELATED DOCUMENTS For more information refer to the following sources which are available on the Support page on the Roving Networks website at http www rovingnetworks com support php RN 131 Data Sheet RN 134 Data Sheet RN 171 Data Sheet RN 174 Data Sheet Advanced User Manual COM Port Reset Application Note http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm FTDI driver...

Page 20: ...rochip Technology Excellent Integrated System Limited Datasheet of RN ISP PROGRAMMER ISP INTERFACE Contact us sales integrated circuit com Website www integrated circuit com www rovingnetworks com 19 RN ISP UM 1 1 NOTES ...

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