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| - | ====== Radio programming ====== | + | <WRAP center round important 60%> |
| + | This page has deprecated and moved to the new documentation framework of the main Bitcraze website. Please go to [[https:// | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | The Radio dongle can be programmed either via USB bootloader or via SPI. The USB bootloader does not require any hardware but is **not** currently (as of 2012-09) full-proof (**if the flash procedure does not complete well the dongle will have to be reprogrammed via spi**). Unless you have equipment to re-flash the dongle via SPI (currently requires a JtagKEY jtag interface), **program only Bitcraze released firmware** via USB (last firmware image can be found [[https:// | ||
| - | In Linux it might be required to launch | + | ====== Crazyradio firmware upgrade ====== |
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| + | **Please note: The current implementation of the bootloader/ | ||
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| + | **Do not do development and flash you own firmware on the dongle without having access to hardware that makes SPI programming possible. If firmware that doesn' | ||
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| + | The Crazyradio contains a USB bootloader that gives the possibility to upgrade the firmware without any external hardware (see warnings above). | ||
| ===== USB bootloader (command line instructions) ===== | ===== USB bootloader (command line instructions) ===== | ||
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| + | Please note that you might have to exchange //python// with //python2// if you distro uses python3. | ||
| First Crazyradio has to be rebooted in USB bootloader mode. To do so insert the dongle in the pc, open a terminal window and run the bootloader launcher: | First Crazyradio has to be rebooted in USB bootloader mode. To do so insert the dongle in the pc, open a terminal window and run the bootloader launcher: | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | After running this tool the Crazyradio dongle should have disappeared and a new device named '' | + | After running this tool the Crazyradio dongle should have disappeared and a new device named **nRF24LU1P-F32 BOOT LDR** should appear. |
| To flash the firmware use the nrfbootload.py script: | To flash the firmware use the nrfbootload.py script: | ||
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| < | < | ||
| > cd crazyradio-firmware | > cd crazyradio-firmware | ||
| - | > python usbtools/ | + | > python usbtools/ |
| Found nRF24LU1 bootloader version 18.0 | Found nRF24LU1 bootloader version 18.0 | ||
| Flashing: | Flashing: | ||
| - | Flashing | + | Flashing |
| Flashing done! | Flashing done! | ||
| Verifying: | Verifying: | ||
| - | Reading | + | Reading cradio-pa-0.53.bin... |
| - | Reading | + | Reading |
| Verification succeded! | Verification succeded! | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | ===== Step-by-step upgrade using the Bitcraze VM ===== | ||
| + | Below is a short guide with step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade the Crazyradio with the latest firmware using the [[projects: | ||
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| + | * Start up the VM and download the latest firmware from [[https:// | ||
| + | * Open up a terminal | ||
| + | * Insert the Crazyradio and pass it to the VM | ||
| + | * Run the following commands: | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | > cd ~/ | ||
| + | > python usbtools/ | ||
| + | Launch bootloader . | ||
| + | Bootloader started | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Once the bootloader is started the Crazyradio dongle will dissapear ad a new device named **Nordic Semiconductor nRF24LU1P-F32 BOOT LDR** will appear. If you do not have a filter set up for the bootloader in the VM then script will say that it failed. This is ok. Pass the bootloader device into the VM and continue. | ||
| + | * Run the following command: | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | > python usbtools/ | ||
| + | Found nRF24LU1 bootloader version 18.0 | ||
| + | Flashing: | ||
| + | Flashing 5810 bytes... | ||
| + | Flashing done! | ||
| + | Verifying: | ||
| + | Reading cradio-pa-0.53.bin... | ||
| + | Reading 5810 bytes from the flash... | ||
| + | Verification succeded! | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * If you see **Verification succeded** then unplug the dongle and re-insert it again. If you do not see this message, but instead some error. Do **NOT** unplug the dongle, try to reflash the firmware instead. | ||
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| + | ===== Check your firmware version ===== | ||
| + | Run the following command: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | > lsusb -d 1915:7777 -v | grep bcdDevice | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | This should return the version (e.g. " | ||
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