diff --git a/configs/flipnclick-pic32mz/README.txt b/configs/flipnclick-pic32mz/README.txt index 79e86c00d3..52a3c0a33e 100644 --- a/configs/flipnclick-pic32mz/README.txt +++ b/configs/flipnclick-pic32mz/README.txt @@ -72,8 +72,15 @@ On Board Debug Support Using the mikroProg =================== - WARNING: This will most certainly overwrite the bootloader that was factory - installed in FLASH! + WARNINGS: + 1. Following there steps will most certainly overwrite the bootloader + that was factory installed in FLASH! + 2. Due to the position and orientation of the mikroProg connector you + may lose functionality: If you attach mikroProg to the red side of + the board, you will not be able to use the Arduino Shield Connector + while the mikroProg connected. If you attach mikroProg to the white + side of the board, you will similarly lose access to mikroBUS + connectors A and D. Hardware setup -------------- @@ -85,8 +92,9 @@ Using the mikroProg colored wire on the ribbon cable should be on the same side as the tiny arrow on the board indicating pin 1. - Connect the mikroProg to your computer with the provided USB cable; also power the Flip'n'Clip board with another USB cable connected to the computer. Either USB - port will provide power. + Connect the mikroProg to your computer with the provided USB cable; also + power the Flip'n'Clip board with another USB cable connected to the + computer. Either USB port will provide power. Installing the Software ----------------------- @@ -97,14 +105,14 @@ Using the mikroProg https://download.mikroe.com/setups/drivers/mikroprog/pic-dspic-pic32/mikroprog-pic-dspic-pic32-drivers.zip mikroProg Suite for PIC, dsPIC, PIC32 v260 - https://download.mikroe.com/setups/programming-software/mikroprog/pic-dspic-pic32/mikroprog-suite-pic-dspic-pic32-programming-software-setup-v260.zip Install the mikroProg Suite. From things I have read, I gather that you must be Administrator when installing the tool The instructions say that it will automatically install the drivers. It did not for me. - To install the drivers... You will find several directories under mikroprog-pic-dspic-pic32-drivers/. Select the correct directory and run + To install the drivers... You will find several directories under + mikroprog-pic-dspic-pic32-drivers/. Select the correct directory and run the .EXE file you find there. When I started the mikroProg suite, it could not find the USB driver. @@ -194,16 +202,16 @@ Serial Console will leave that as an exercise for the interested reader. The outputs from these pins is 3.3V. You will need to connect RS232 - transceiver to get the signals to RS232 levels (or connect to the - USB virtual COM port in the case of UART0). + transceiver to get the signals to RS-232 levels. The simplest options are + an expensive Arduino RS-232 shield or a Mikroe RS-232 Click board. STATUS: I have been unable to get the RS-232 Click to work in the mikroBUS - A slot. The PIC32MZ does not receive serial input. It appears that there - is an error in the some documentation: Either RG9 is not connect to + A slot. The PIC32MZ did not receive serial input. It appears that there + is an error in the some documentation: Either RG9 is not connected to UART4_RX or the PPS bit definitions are documented incorrectly for UART4. Switching to UART3 eliminates the problem and the serial console is fully - functional. + functional. I have not tried the other options of UART1, 2, or 5. SPI ===