Hello,
I'm getting ready to do production of some product, and now have some
production issues to solve.
I need to load the base code into
the x1101 chip, and a unique number in the "info" area.
My first question is how to use the gdbproxy to write just the info area.
I suppose I could use a variable that points to the area, and issue
variable assigments
in the debugger. That seems quite error-prone. Is there someway to
specify a binary file
to write to the area?
More generally, using gdb to load in the flash code seems cumbersome.
In addition,
I can't really have a 14-pin JTAG interface on these boards, they are
very small,
I've so far used the minimum 8-pin interface, actually an edge connector,
but I'd like to elminate that as well, maybe just 8 small pads I could
us a pressure contact with?
I've been reading about the Bootstrap loader as an alternative, but it
still needs 6 pins to interface with.
I really don't need to flash these chips later, in fact, making it
hard/impossible might be good.
Is it possible to take the 20-soic IDW package surface mount chip and
use some fixture to temporarily attach it
to something with a JTAG interface, and then have it soldered onto the
production board?
The surface mount tabs are quite small, this seems difficult, I have not
seen such a device available for sale.
Any thoughts appreciated.
thanks,
Kelly Murray
