Boa5200 HOWTO

Introduction

This document describes how to install and setup Linux and development environment for BOA5200 board. Assume that you have a development machine (your PC) that you use for development and building your applications which you consequently want to get running and test on MPC5200.

Serial line setting

The easiest way to communicate with the board ,when there is no OS and remote shell running on it, is over serial line. Recommended serial communication program is minicom. Setup minicom as follows:

Baud Rate – 38400

Bits - 8

Parity – N

Stop Bits - 1

Hardware Flow Control:- No

Software Flow Control:- No

After the setup you will see Redboot> command prompt. Here you can enter Redboot`s commands. Redboot is a simple boot manager bulit upon eCos real-time OS. For more details , see http://ecos.sourceware.org/ecos/docs-latest/redboot/redboot-guide.html.