ColdFire DEMO52233

Documentation

Windows driver for DEMO52233. NOTE: If its not possible to dowload the driver, you need to go to P&E Micro and find there new driver.

Linux drivers can be found on P&E Micro, but it not works in Kubuntu 6.10 and 7.04. I didnt try another versions of Linux.

GNU ColdFire Toolchains. (windows and linux). In windows installation have included PE driver.

Download and install driver from P&E Micro, then download and install Toolchains from codesourcery. (there is important to have checked Add defaulth path in installator). Now connect Coldfire demo board to you computer. If its installed correctely, there shoud lighted some LEDs on board.
Now run windows shell (START->run->cmd->enter) and try run this command:

 m68k-elf-sprite -i

You should see some output, the most importatnt is to see there pe://USBMultilink/..... (If you dont see it, you have something wrong. Try to reinstall win driver.)

Warning: Do not use it with Kubuntu.

Download the latest driver from P&E Micro and follow instructions which is in driver. After isntallation you should see something like ****** P&EMicro Driver inslalled sucefully *****. Then run

 ls /dev | grep windrvr6

if you can see windrvr6 you win. Than download toolchain from codesourcery. You should download compiled version, but you must add default path to ../../bin (FIXME).

  #include <stdio.h>
  int
  main (void)
  {
     printf("Hello World!\n");
     return 0;
  }

and save file.

Then run

 m68k-elf-gcc -mcpu=52235 -o hello -T m52235evb-ram-hosted.ld hello.c

You should see no errors.

Running GDB to test out application:

 m68k-elf-gdb hello

In GDB you need to connect to target

 target remote | m68k-elf-sprite pe://USBMultilink m52235evb

Then we need to load the application to the RAM:

  load

After this is program im RAM memory. Now we can add breakpoint to main function:

 breakpoint main

and run SW

 continue

You should see Hello World! in the output.

Default sysclk is equal to crystal.
! This is only HOWTO with no warranty. !
If you have question try send me email to [jiri]dot[kubias]at[gmail]dot[com], but Im not interested in programming with Coldfire now.