README
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chipKIT Wi-FIRE board
(https://chipkit.net/wiki/index.php?title=ChipKIT_Wi-Fire) features
the Microchip PIC32MZ2048EFG100 MCU, Microchip MRF24WG0MA Wi-Fi module,
USB 2.0 Full-Speed / Hi-Speed OTG controller, Micro SD card connector etc.
The PIC32MZ2048EFG100 is a 200 MHz 32-bit MIPS M5150 operation with 2MB Flash
memory and 512KB RAM.
Contents
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- Toolchain
- Building NuttX for the chipKIT Wi-FIRE board
- Programming Flash
- Serial console
Toolchain
=========
The following Toolchain options have been tested and confirmed to work:
CONFIG_MIPS32_TOOLCHAIN_PINGUINOL - Pinquino Toolchain
for Linux
CONFIG_MIPS32_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCERY_CODEBENCH_LITE - Sourcery CodeBench Lite
Toolchain for Linux
Pinquino Toolchain can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/PinguinoIDE/pinguino-compilers
Sourcery CodeBench Lite Toolchain for Linux can be downloaded and
installed as follows:
$ wget https://sourcery.mentor.com/GNUToolchain/package12725/public/mips-sde-elf/mips-2014.05-24-mips-sde-elf-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
$ sudo tar xvjf mips-2014.05-24-mips-sde-elf-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 \
-C /usr/local
Building NuttX for the chipKIT Wi-FIRE board
============================================
$ cd nuttx
$ make apps_distclean
$ make distclean
$ ./tools/configure.sh -l chipkit-wifire:nsh
$ make
Programming Flash
=================
CAUTION:
Currently the pre-installed bootloader of the chipKIT Wi-FIRE board
is not supported in this NuttX configuration. Doing the following
steps will erase the factory installed bootloader in the Flash
memory! If you are going to recover the bootloader later on your
chipKIT Wi-FIRE board, the original chipKIT bootloader can be found here:
https://reference.digilentinc.com/_media/chipkit_wifire/chipkit-wifire-v01000303.zip
Flash memory can be programmed with a PICkit 2 programmer via the
6-pin ICSP connector JP1 of chipKIT Wi-FIRE board.
A program is needed to interface to the PICkit 2. One such program
is the pic32prog utility:
https://github.com/sergev/pic32prog.git
It is recommended to configure udev rules so that root privileges
are not needed to use pic32prog; root privileges will only be needed
for this one-time setup:
1. On most Linux distributions, add the user to the plugdev group:
$ sudo useradd -G plugdev $(whoami)
2. Create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/60-pickit.rules with this
content (from http://kair.us/projects/pickitminus/):
# PICkit 2
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0033", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
# PICkit 3
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="900a", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
3. Restart udev (or restart the computer):
Debian: $ sudo udevadm trigger
Arch: $ sudo udevadm control --reload && sudo udevadm trigger
4. If PICkit was already plugged into USB, unplug and replug it.
Now NuttX can be flashed to the board as follows:
$ pic32prog nuttx.hex
Serial console
==============
Connect USB cable from your PC to connector J1 (labeled "UART") of
the chipKIT Wi-FIRE board.
Then use some serial console client (minicom, picocom, teraterm, etc)
configured to 115200 8n1 without software or hardware flow control.
Reset the board and you should see NuttX starting in the serial.
