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NXP^TM M522XX, KINETIS and i.MX RT / uTasker Serial Bootloader with brand new FRDM-K64F.

« on: December 02, 2016, 11:43:47 PM »

Hello,

I have a Freescale FRDM-K64F board and I have a simple question.
By default, the dev kit came with the mbed bootloader.

Now, I want to program the BIN file from here:
http://www.utasker.com/kinetis/FRDM-K64F.html
http://www.utasker.com/kinetis/FRDM-K64F/uTaskerSerialBoot_FRDM-K64F_KBOOT_HID_UART_MSD_SDHC.bin

Here are my questions:
Q1) Can you use the KDS (Kinetis Design Studio) with the integrated OpenSDA to burn this software ?

Q2) Otherwise do I have to buy a JTAG programmer to change the bootloader in the FDRM-K64F ?
Example P&E Universal Multilink :
https://mcuoneclipse.com/2015/05/11/debugging-the-frdm-k64f-with-pe-multilink/#more-14938
http://www.pemicro.com/products/product_viewDetails.cfm?product_id=15320137&productTab=1

Q3) What is the recommended reader/writer (programmer) software for the Freescale Kinetis ?
Is there any tool (similar to CFFlasher of the Coldifre ) but for the Kinetis ?

Thanks

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ST^TM STM32 and STR91XF / STM32F746G-DISCO configuration

« on: November 14, 2016, 06:39:08 PM »

Hello,

I downloaded and extracted the file "uTaskerV1.4.3_STM32.zip".
(reference: http://www.utasker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1697.0;attach=651)

The utasker STM32 webpage says that there is 'out of the box' support for the "STM32F746G-DISCO" board.
http://www.utasker.com/stm32.html

However, I don't see any "STM32F746G_port.h" in the "\uTaskerV1.4.3_STM32\Hardware\STM32" folder.

Is the support files of this board only available in the commercial version of uTasker STM32 ?


Also, I would like to know what is the general status of utasker for the STM32.
Indeed, the last release (1.4.3) has been made on 2014-05-24. (which is more than 2 years old)
Is there active development of the STM32 branch of uTasker ?
Is it recommended for new development (new project) ?


On a similar subject, recently Qualcomm did purchase Freescale/NXP.
Does it have any impact on the uTasker RTOS developement ?

What is the general status of uTasker ?
Is it planned to be supported for another few years ? (Should I consider Freertos instead of uTasker ?)

Thanks for your time,

ssinfod

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NXP^TM M522XX, KINETIS and i.MX RT / TICK_RESOLUTION explanation.

« on: April 27, 2016, 01:55:04 AM »

Hello,

I'm using uTasker on the Coldfire M52233.
I have a question regarding this line from config.h:
  #define TICK_RESOLUTION 50

What are the "correct" values of this define ?
I'm planning to set TICK_RESOLUTION to 10 on the Coldfire M52233 with a 60 MHz clock.
Is there any problem to do this ? Would it also work if I set it to 1 ?

I see a comment on the same line but I don't fully understand its meaning and how it was calculated...
  // 50 ms system time period - max possible with M5223X at 60MHz (with prescaler) PIT would be about 70s!

Any explanations would be great.

Thanks
ssinfod