ChipworkX User Manual
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1. Ti nyBooter section provides more details Low Low High or Hold the system in TinyBooter mode access unconnected These pins are exposed on ChipworkX Development System to Up Down and Select buttons with a high default state In other words the pin is low when the button is pressed The following flow chart clearly explains the boot up sequence Rev 4 3 Page 17 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics L LC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX On Boot Up Rev 4 3 Page 18 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX On Boot Up System Pow er Up 4 n No TinyBooter needs to be Valid TinyBooter updated using TinyBooter Updater tool d Are Up Dow n and Select Button signals low pressed Yes Hold the system in Flash erasing process EMX Boot Up Sequence Flow Chart Rev 4 3 Page 19 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX On Boot Up 5 1 Bootstrap Loader vs TinyBooter vs ChipworkX Firmware The following table lists the major properties of each software Bootstrap Loader ChipworkX TinyBooter ChipworkX firmware Used to update ChipworkX TinyBooter Used to update ChipworkX firmware maintenance application code region get system information and to update system configurations such as networking settings Used to deploy exec2. External RAM Settings extRamvdd 1 extRamType 0 extRamDataBuswidth 32 extDDRamModel 0 Loading applet isp extram Chipworkx bin at address 0x301000 I Memory Size 0x4000000 bytes I Buffer address 0x302254 I Buffer size 0x0 bytes I Applet initialization done I External RAM initialized I Command line mode Execute script file TinyBooterLoader tcl GHI Electronics Chipworkx TinyBooter Updater Script I I Enable DataFlash I DATAFLASH Init O trace level 0 I Loading applet isp dataflash chi pworkx bin at address 0x20000000 I Memory Size 0x420000 bytes I Buffer address 0x200024A40 I Buffer size 0x40740 bytes I Applet initialization done I Send File TinyBooterLoader bin at address 0x00000 GENERIC SendFile TinyBooterLoader bin at address 0x0 I File size 0x20000 b e s I writing 0x20000 bytes at v n buffer addr 0x20002440 I 0x20000 bytes written by pn et I Temp file C Users Joe sam ba testCompareFile I Compare File TinyBooterLoader bin with memory at address 0x00000 for 131072 byte s I Read File C Users Joe sam ba testcompareFile at address 0x00000 GENERIC ReceiveFile C Users Joe sam ba testCompareFile 0x20000 bytes from address 0x0 I Reading 0x20000 bytes at 0x0 buffer addr 0x20002A40 sent file amp Memory area content address 0x00000 size 131072 bytes match exactly I script Completed D d 6 Reset
3. If Sleep feature is not required pull down this pin to ground 178 PB31 1063 SPI2 SPI master bus interface MOSI signal Master Out Slave In for SPI2 Shut Down Output can be wired to sleep circuit Refer to ChipworkX 179 SHDN Development System schematic If Sleep feature is not reguired leave this pin unconnected 180 3 3V 10 Connect to 3 3 volt source ChipworkX s Internal power supply circuit enable this pin can be wired to sleep 181 EN 1 2V circuit Refer to ChipworkX Development System schematic If Sleep feature is not reguired pull down this pin to ground 182 USBD Port B USB Host Feature USB positive data line of the USB hosting feature Port B 183 VBAT Connect to 3 3 volt backup battery to keep the real time clock running 184 USBD Port B USB Host Feature USB negative data line of the USB hosting feature Port B 185 GND14 Connect to Ground 186 GND17 Connect to Ground 187 JTAG NRST JTAG NRST signal Connect to TRST 188 USBD Port A USB Host Feature USB positive data line of the USB hosting feature Port A 189 JTAG RTCK JTAG RTCK signal 190 USBD Port A USB Host Feature USB negative data line of the USB hosting feature Port A 191 JTAG TDO JTAG TDO signal 192 3 3V 11 Connect to 3 3 volt source 193 NTRST JTAG NTRST signal Connect to TRST 194 USBD USB client feature ma E the USB debugging interface access interface and for 195 JTAG TDI JTAG TDI signal 196 USBD USB client feature EEN of the USB debugging interface access i
4. 8 16bit e 8MB FLASH o DC e 256MB Internal Flash with File System e 3UART e Embedded LCD controller e 1PWM e Embedded Ethernet PHY with fast e 3 3V I Os voltage DMA communication e 0 C to 709C Operational e Runtime Loadable Procedure e Power Consumption TBD mA e Full TCP IP Stack e Low Power Mode TBD mA e Web Services e 67 6mmx4 mm e SSL e Easily attached with SO DIMM200 e ZG2100 WiFi Driver slot e PPP GPRS 3G e RoHS Lead Free e DPWS Rev 4 3 Page 6 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual N Introduction Example Applications Designs with intensive processing or time critical routines using RLP Vending machine Measurement tool or tester Network server device Robotics GPS navigation Medical instrument with a color touch screen display Central alarm system Smart appliances Industrial automation devices Windows SideShow devices Rev 4 3 Page 7 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Development System 2 ChipworkX Development System ChipworkX Development System is the official kit from GHI Electronics for the ChipworkX module This kit exposes the various peripherals and interfaces that make it an ideal starting point for any NET Micro Framework project Furthermore most of ChipworkX module signals such as GPIO SPI and UART are accessible on a 0 1 header for rapid prototyping ChipworkX Devel
5. Add New Rom c Si Add Existing Item D Mee Entice N Al Show All File Add Reference Add Service Reference Set as StartUp Project 13 Add Reference NET Projects Recent Browse EI Component Name Version Runtime FEZDomino GHIElectronics NETMF FEZ 1 0 0 0 we 050727 FEZMini GHIElectronics WETKMF FEZ 1 0 0 0 v2 0 50727 J GHIElectronics NETMF Hardware 1 0 0 0 v2 0 50777 OHIElectronics NETMF Hardware EMX 1 0 0 0 v2 0 50727 GDllElectreontce NETME Hardware USBizi 1 0 0 0 v2 0 50727 GHIElectronics NETMFIO 1 0 0 0 v2 0 50727 GHIElectronics NETMF System 0 0 v2 0 50727 GreenTheme 0 0 v2D 50727 Innobedded SPOT Presentation v2 0 50727 MFDpwsClient 4 0 1681 0 v2 0 50727 d Jemen AIE Vn 2 Let s add USB Host library Select it and click OK 3 Add using for the name space at the beginning of the file using GHIElectronics NETMF USBHost 4 As an example we will get a list of currently connected devices Add this in Main method USBH_Device devices USBHostController GetDevices 5 Similarly you can use any other functionality provided by GHI library Press F5 in visual studio and the program will run If the program does not run then there is something incompatible on your system Rev 4 3 Page 32 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware For example you re using a new incorrect version of the GHI library and an old incorrect ver
6. Flash or even on a USB thumb drive Rev 4 3 Page 12 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Pin Out Description 4 Pin Out Description Most signals on ChipworkX Module are multiplexed to offer more than one function for every pin It is up to the developer to select which one of the functions to use GHI drivers and NET Micro Framework does some checking to make sure the user is not trying to use two functions on the same pin The developer should still understand what functions are multiplexed so there is no conflict The schematics of ChipworkX Development System board should be used as a reference design Advanced details on oscillator and power tolerance can be found in the AT91SAM9261S datasheet from Atmel website Digital I O pins are named IOxx where xx is an assigned number SODIMM200 Pin out Name No e ChipworkX 2 EE H W Name IO Feature Pin Description 1 GND BG Connect to GroundConnect to Ground 2 ENET TX Ethernet transmit data minus Recommended 3 ENET 2 5 Connect to Ethernet Connector Magnet TCT and RCT pins Ethernet connector is 4 ENET TX Ethernet transmit data plus a 5 GND Connect to Ground Development System 6 ENET RX Ethernet receive data minus schematic 8 ENET RX Ethernet receive data plus a PIA d i 11 ENET LED Ethernet interface conn
7. een 10 Wireless LAN WiFi IEEE 802 11b e eeeereeeees 40 c ala Rn E E 10 PPP TCP IP access through serial modems 41 3 2 AT91SAM9261S Microcontroller 11 lt EE 41 Ke E A E eee ere ere T ees eee 11 Elte EE 41 JANOR Flashers oeenn nE A EO 11 Aa EE 42 E Up ee E E E 11 D O uch Sereen Como D 42 20 3 81 DATAFLAS ammvesnsmins riee timo n riin 11 SE SFiS Ceni umeprivevatseonm mmmesstnet iaa 43 SEAS ah EE 11 USB cable connection detechon nnen 43 3 8 Runtime Loadable Procedure RIP 12 8 10 USB Host and Supported USB Drmvers 44 3 9 Database ee e EE 12 8 11 Storage Devices Internal Flash SD USB File System RRE EE E SE 44 5 ChipworkX On Boot UD soaimisssouetam t sasv ala hvan desi gege 17 Internal Flash Grorage sonnia aanaeni 44 5 1 Bootstrap Loader vs TinyBooter vs ChipworkX Firmware SD MIO MEMO hanooneen niendee 44 EE 20 USD MONO eege EE Tosa tse 5 2 ChipworkX Access Interface onnaa en 21 012 Cupu COMPAS E 45 ther Eege Eeeteeeee 21 SHADE oe o o EEN 45 DOO ece pE 22 8 14 Power Control Hbernate ernennen 45 6 1 TinyBooter update using bootstrap loader ER RENE EE 45 ESS he E 22 aller 45 Emergency Bootstrap access uuuuooi onnaa 22 019 Real Mime COOK eege dE 46 Installing TinyBooter Updater USB Driver 23 010 20 EEN 46 Updating tee EE 23 8 17 Processor Register ACCESS c ccccssssseceseseesseeseeesens 46 6 2 ChipworkX firmware update through Tiny
8. is backed up by battery Data is retained on power loss The developer only needs to wire a 3V battery or a super capacitor to the VBAT pin This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 17 Processor Register Access ChipworkX Module allows direct access to the AT91SAM9261S registers The user can write read or manipulate the bits as needed This can be useful enabling some features that may not be already exposed This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 18 JTAG access ChipworkX hardware exposes JTAG which can be used to download different firmware or to debug user defined native code Runtime Loadable Procedure code 8 19 Runtime Loadable Procedure RLP A highly useful and unigue feature in ChipworkX is allowing users to load their own compiled native code C or assembly and run it directly through managed code This feature is similar to the use of DLLs on PCs RLP can be used to implement processing Rev 4 3 Page 46 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features intensive and time critical routines This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 20 In Field Update This functionality allows devices that are deployed in the field to update their software automatically without external help This is very useful in remote and end users applications You can update the managed application only or the entire device including GHI firmware files Also this featur
9. the TinyBooter this means that the TinyBooter version is not suitable for the current firmware In this case update the TinyBooter then update ChipworkX firmware again Rev 4 3 Page 26 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware 7 ChipworkX Firmware ChipworkX firmware is the main piece of embedded software in the ChipworkX Module which hosts NET Micro Framework core with the required HAL drivers to provide the various ChipworkX features a user can control with Cff A user deploys and debugs the managed application code directly on ChipworkX Module from Microsoft Visual Studio through ChipworkX debugging interface ChipworkX on boot up section provides the reguired information on how to choose an access interface and how to access ChipworkX firmware ChipworkX firmware is different than TinyBooter or bootstrap loader Bootstrap loader vs TinyBooter vs ChipworkX firmware section lists the features and properties of each piece of software User can update ChipworkX firmware through TinyBooter Refer to TinyBooter to learn how to update the Firmware ChipworkX firmware can be updated with In Field Update feature The end user software interface that communicates with ChipworkX firmware is MFDeploy which comes with Microsoft NET Micro Framework SDK and Microsoft Visual CF with installed NET Micro Framework SDK 7 1 Getting Started with ChipworkX The objectives of this section are t
10. the system and then Tinybooter will execute Make sure to update TinyCLR firmware 7 The system is now ready to deploy new managed applications 6 2 ChipworkX firmware update through TinyBooter The objective of this section is to provide simple steps to access TinyBooter on your ChipworkX based system from your PC so you re ready to update ChipworkX firmware using MFDeploy In the following steps it is assumed that the user is using the USB access interface with Rev 4 3 Page 24 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual TinyBooter the GHI NETMPF interface driver installed Refer to ChipworkX access interface section for more details 1 2 First install the latest GHI NETMF SDK which includes ChipworkX firmware Insure there is no need to update the TinyBooter This information is usually mentioned in the GHI NETMF SDK release notes If a new TinyBooter is needed update the TinyBooter then update the ChipworkX firmware Press the Up and Down buttons then reset to set the access interface Refer to the ChipworkX on boot up section to learn about the boot up seguence Run MFDeploy and select USB from the Device list you should see ChipworkX ChipworkX in the dropdown SS NET Micro Framework Deployment Tool Target Options Plug in Help Device usg Chipworkc X Chipwork X Image File Check the communication between MFDeploy and TinyBooter by pinging the device Press Ping a
11. use The Module price covers the commercial use of ChipworkX Module with NET Micro Framework Disclaimer IN NO EVENT SHALL GHI ELECTRONICS LLC OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEOUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT ANY NOTICE GHI ELECTRONICS LLC LINE OF PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR LIFE SUPPORT APPLICATIONS ChipworkX is a Trademark of GHI Electronics LLC NET Micro Framework Visual Studio MFDeploy Windows Vista Windows SideShow are registered or unregistered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other Trademarks and Registered Trademarks are Owned by their Respective Companies Rev 4 3 Page 51 of 51 www ghielectronics com
12. 1049 LCD G1 TFT Display Green signal bit 1 163 PB18 IO50 LCD G2 TFT Display Green signal bit 2 164 PB19 1051 LCD G3 TFT Display Green signal bit 3 165 PB20 1052 LCD G4 TFT Display Green signal bit 4 166 PB21 1053 N A General purpose digital I O If TSC2046 touch controller chip similar to the one on the Development System is TOUCH used then wire this pin to CS at the controller s side pin 15 Refer to ChipworkX 167 PB22 1054 l CS Development System schematic TSC2046 s communication interface is SPI connect to SPI1 on ChipworkX 168 PB23 1055 LCD R4 TFT Display Red signal bit 4 169 GND13 Connect to Ground 170 PB24 1056 LCD G5 TFT Display Green signal bit 5 171 PB25 1057 LCD RO TFT Display Red signal bit O 172 PB26 1058 LCD R1 TFT Display Red signal bit 1 Rev 4 3 Page 15 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Pin Out Description Name No AA HST ChipworkX 2 EE H W Name IO Feature Pin Description 173 PB27 1059 LCD R2 TFT Display Red signal bit 2 174 PB28 1060 LCD R3 TFT Display Red signal bit 3 175 PB29 IRO2 1061 SPI SPI master bus interface SCK signal Clock for SPI2 176 PB30 IRQ1 lO62 SPI master bus interface MISO signal Master In Slave Out for SPI2 Wake Up Input Falling edge signal would wake up the processor and clear the 177 WKUP Shut Down signal
13. 2008 Si J i i CH N ep N O T D E O K Kg INHE 2M 94v 0 M01 G210C E1 010 4028 ZG2100 module front view 7G2100 module back view GHI Electronics LLC is an ZeroG authorized design partner To get started with ZeroG WiFi modules on ChipworkX GHI Electronics offers NETMF WiFi expansion that hosts ZeroG ZG2100 module and can be easily plugged in ChipworkX ChipworkX or EMX development system http www ghielectronics com product 126 Rev 4 3 Page 40 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features PPP TCP IP access through serial modems Using this feature users can create sockets and communicate over links that are not Ethernet serial or wireless links for example This includes PPP Client with PAP authentication protocol This feature allows the user to dial in through serial modem V 90 GPRS 3G to access the Internet or Extranet Embedded TCP IP Master Serial Communication Internet PPP Client In this case network settings will be taken from the hosting terminal server e g Internet Service Provider Important Note If the terminal server ISP does not reguire authentication credentials a user must use this type of communication anyway with any random user name and password Important Ethernet port or WiFi cannot be used when using GHI PPP Stack but Ethernet cable or WiFi physical link can be tr
14. Booter 24 e EE EE 46 7 ChipworkX Fmware nnansku 27 8 19 Runtime Loadable Procedure HIP 46 7 1 Getting Started with ChipworkxX cc csceesesessseeeeees 27 E E VIINI E 47 AN you need to start Te EE 27 cag AS 61g 10 a EE 47 Development System First Power up 20 PCA RE 48 Adding GHI NETMF Libaussa maassasssas 32 10 ChipworkX design Consideratnon ninen eeen 48 7 2 ChipworkX Emulator ae Laalneni 34 BT PUA eggittesdteebtiegeg enger Sege Eege deeg 48 EREM eege E lt EE 48 8 1 Application Flash RAMW EE 35 10 3 ChipworkX E VT EE 49 Extended Week References EW 39 Appendix A MF Deploy TOOI ivvssmssausisasousaaoosas kak avustama man 50 PAPI E E e 51 8 2 Debugging Interface Access Interface 35 Eec a EE 51 ER e CR ele ur 36 BE se eee pata ec gsc KEI AN AE Noe IA Pea 51 Rev 4 3 Page 3 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1 1 What is Microsoft NET Micro Framework NETMF Microsoft NET Micro Framework is a lightweight implementation of NET Framework It focuses on the specific reguirements of resource constrained embedded systems Supporting development in C and debugging on an emulation or the device both using Microsoft s Visual Studio The NEI Micro Framework is also open source released under the Apache 2 0 license and completely free Developers already experienced with NET and Visual Studio can take advantage of their skills imm
15. Drivers USB Client device and USB Host are completely different Many designers confuse USB when it comes to host and device USB Host is the master of the bus where all the work is done USB devices are simple compared to host and they can only connect communicate with a host and not other devices USB host and device on ChipworkX are two separate peripherals so there would be no conflict when using them both simultaneously USB Host allows the use of USB Hubs USB storage devices joysticks keyboards mice printers and more With ChipworkX supported class drivers you don t have to worry about the inner workings For USB devices that do not have a standard class low level USB access is supported ChipworkX Module contains USB host with two ports and USB client both can work simultaneously Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about USB Host signals assignment to ChipworkX hardware pins This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 11 Storage Devices Internal Flash SD USB File System File System lets you create and manipulate files and folders on the connected SD and USB storage devices With NET Micro Framework V4 0 FAT32 and FAT16 are supported by NETMF The user should refer to NET Micro Framework documentation for details on handling files and folders Note FAT32 and FAT16 formats are supported but FAT12 is not You can format your storage device on a PC with a FAT32 or FAT16 op
16. If using dynamic IP ChipworkX will not obtain IP lease at power up DHCP can only be enabled from software MFDeploy has a DHCP enable option but it has not effect on getting the IP lease on startup Networklnterface netif NetworkInterface GetAllNetworkInterfaces Get an IP address from DHCP server if netif 0 IsDhcpEnabled netif 0 RenewDhcpLease else netif 0 EnableDhcp Ethernet ChipworkX Module includes a 10 100 base PHY DM9000 with all reguired circuitry Users who wish to use Ethernet have to add an Ethernet connector with magnetic such as JO026D21 or any other compatible connectors Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about Ethernet signals assignments to ChipworkX hardware pins GHI Electronics supplies a dedicated MAC address for each ChipworkX Module The address can be found on a sticker on the module Rev 4 3 Page 39 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features Wireless LAN WiFi IEEE 802 11b ChipworkX includes drivers for ZeroG ZG2100 ZG2101 SMT modules Which are SPI bus based low priced and FCC certified The only difference between ZG2100 and ZG2101 is that ZG2100 hosts an on board antenna and ZG2101 includes a connection for an external antenna Note The MAC address is available on the SMT module Lt UE N PN 2G2101MCC2 Mig Loc T E a E MAC 001EC0000851 DB ZeroG
17. P 5 using Micy using Mic using Micz H aj References gj Resources H GPIOButtonInputProvider cs 4 Program cs i ga Resources resx E namespace 4 publid Hello World pi Watch Show output from Debug al IA lz Microsoft SPOT Emulator Gample SampleEmulator exe Managed Microscofit SPOT Emulator Sample SampleEmulator exe Managed Microsofit SPOT Emulator Sample SampleEmulator exe Managed Microsoft SPOT Emulator Sample SampleEmulator exe Managed Microsoft SOT Emulator Sample SampleEmulator exe Managed Microsoft SPOT Emulator Sample SampleEmulator exe Managed The thread Ox has exited with code O 0x0 40 3 Locals ed Watch Si Call Stack Immediate Window Output Ready Ln 10 Col 54 Ch 54 Rev 4 3 Page 34 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features 8 ChipworkX Features ChipworkX supports all of the necessary features of NET Micro Framework with the reguired HAL and PAL drivers such as Graphics TCP IP SSL and FAT File System NET Micro Framework SDK includes full documentation and examples about the usage of these features with the related libraries Furthermore ChipworkX supports other exclusive GHI hardware and software features such as USB host PPP GPRS 3G Database RLP and Internal FAT storage GHI NETMF SDK includes the reguired library files wit
18. a remarkably simple platform to implement in any hardware design 3 1 Block Diagram NET Micro Framework CLR ChipworkX Module Hardware User Runtime Loadable Procedure region 256MB NAND FLASH 200MHz ARM9 CPU Peripherals cPIo Interrupts PWM USB HC USB Device LCD Controller Ethernet Controller etc Rev 4 3 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Module Architecture 3 2 AT91SAM9261S Microcontroller AT91SAM9261S 200Mhz ARM9 32 bit processor is the core of ChipworkX Module ChipworkX firmware includes HAL and PAL drivers for the various peripherals of this microcontroller that can be accessed from the user s managed code We recommend you consult the AT91SAM9261S user manual for detailed information on things such as registers hardware and electrical characteristics 3 3 SDRAM 64MB of SDRAM comes standard with ChipworkX Module Approximately 2MB is reserved for developers native executable data that includes the Runtime Loadable Procedures 3 4 NOR Flash 8MB of NOR flash is available on ChipworkX Modules This memory is used for ChipworkX firmware user managed code and Extended Week References To ensure long term system stability GHI used better NOR flash for critical storage deployment and firmware On the other hand the NAND flash is used only for File System operations wher
19. aced This is available through GHI NETMPF library Example code is also included in the SDK SSL NET Micro Framework includes an SSL stack to enable secure network communication The user must update the SSL seed through MFDeploy before using SSL MFDeploy gt Target gt Manage Device Keys gt Update SSL Seed Consult NET Micro Framework documentation for more information about SSL 8 6 Graphics Display ChipworkX Module supports 16bit color displays natively The default resolution is 480x272 which matches Sharp 4 3 480x272 LQ043T1DG01 TFT display available on ChipworkX Development System This display is common and similar to what is used in the Sony PSP What makes this display better than others is that it embeds all required circuitry to run with only supplying 5V 3 3V Ground LCD digital signals and back light power Developers can use almost any digital TFT display This is accomplished by connecting HSYNC VSYNC CLK ENABLE and 16Bit color lines The color format is 5 6 5 5Bits for red 6Bits for green and 5Bits for blue If the display has more than 16Bits connect the MSB high Bits to ChipworkX and the extra LSB low Bits to ground Displays with VGA input monitors can be supported using a frame generator chip like Rev 4 3 Page 41 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features Chrontel s CH7025 to convert LCD signals into VGA analog signals with the suitabl
20. because only one slave is selected at any time This is accomplished by passing the Chip Select pin along with SPI configurations so the pin is selected only when data is being sent and then it is automatically deselected Rev 4 3 Page 37 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features If you are not sure of how SPI works or your slave cannot be deselected doesn t have Chip Select pin SSEL then you must use SPI2 which is completely free This applies to all SPI1 bus pins Those are SPI1 MOSI SPI1 MISO SPI1 SCK Ideally SPI1 can only be used when a developer has already used all pins and must use SPI1 otherwise SPI1 pins should be left unused by the developer Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about SPI signals assignments to ChipworkX hardware pins I2C I2C is a two wire addressable serial interface ChipworkX supports one master 12C port Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about I2C signals assignments to ChipworkX hardware pins I2C on ChipworkX is implemented using sofware Users should note these few points 1 2 3 4 5 I2C blocks managed threads It is recommended to use small data chucks The 12C clock rate is not accurate but this should not affect the I2C functionality For example using 100Khz for clock will result in 70Khz Losing Arbitration is not supported Read and Write timeouts are not supp
21. cal sync 144 PB1 1033 LCD TFT Display Horizontal sync H Sync 145 PB2 1034 LCD CLK TFT Display Clock General purpose digital I O LCDDEN j Some LCDs may operate using the LCD Enable pin 146 PB3 1035 This pin is multiplexed with BMS Boot Mode Select signal Care should be taken BMS l i l l l during reset time and it should not be set high on reset For more information about BMS check AT91SAM9261S user manual 147 PB4 1036 PWM PWM feature is mainly utilized to control the LCD back light illumination 148 PB5 1037 N A General purpose digital I O If TSC2046 touch controller chip similar to the one on the Development System is 149 PB6 1038 TOUCH used then wire this pin to PENIRQ at the controller s side pin 11 Refer to IRQ ChipworkX Development System schematic TSC2046 s communication interface is SPI connect to SPI1 on ChipworkX 150 PB7 1039 N A General purpose digital I O 151 GND12 Connect to Ground 152 PB8 1040 LCD BO TFT Display Blue signal bit O 153 PB9 1041 LCD B1 TFT Display Blue signal bit 1 154 PB10 1042 LCD B2 TFT Display Blue signal bit 2 155 PB11 1043 LCD B3 TFT Display Blue signal bit 3 156 PB12 1044 LCD B4 TFT Display Blue signal bit 4 157 PB13 1045 N A General purpose digital I O 158 1WIRE EEPROM PB14 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s EEPROM use 159 PB15 1047 N A General purpose digital I O 160 3 3V 9 Connect to 3 3 volt source 161 PB16 1048 LCD GO TFT Display Green signal bit O 162 PB17
22. ctronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Introduction 1 3 GHI s NET Micro Framework Based Solutions With GHI Electronics you re getting an experienced partner that offers a wide range of NET Micro Framework hardware and software capabilities using the various drop in modules chipsets such as ChipworkX Embedded Master ChipworkX and USBizi In addition our free unlimited support is available to assist you at any point New features and fixes come seamlessly to your product at no cost to you On top of the great features that NET Micro Framework provides such as Ethernet graphics and touch screen GHI solutions has additional exclusive features such as USB host PPP GPRS 3G database and native code runtime libraries RLP All these exclusive features are included at no extra cost to you USBizi EMX ChipworkX 1 4 What is ChipworkX Module ChipworkX Module is a combination of hardware ARM9 Processor Flash RAM Ethernet PHY etc on a small 67 6mm x47mm OEM board MINI92611 with SO DIMM200 slot that hosts Microsoft NET Micro Framework with various PAL HAL drivers In addition to the benefits of NET Micro Framework ChipworkX includes exclusive software and hardware features ChipworkX Module is a vastly sophisticated piece of hardware This complexity provides the end user with a remarkably simple platform to implement in any hardware design Looking at the ChipworkX Development System schematic shows just h
23. e timing Currently the highest supported resolution is 800x600 If your application reguires a higher resolution please contact us Refer to the ChipworkX Development System schematic for more information about hardware design Back Light circuit TFT signal connections Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about TFT signals assignments to ChipworkX hardware pins With ChipworkX graphics support users can leverage NET Micro Framework graphics features such as Windows Presentation Foundation WPF BMP GIF and JPEG image files Consult NET Micro Framework documentation for more information on graphics support Developer can either use the same TFT display or other ones This can be achieved by customizing the LCD controller registers to match the reguirement of the new LCD Displays with VGA input monitors can be supported using a frame generator chip to convert LCD signals into VGA analog signals with the suitable timing For more information about LCD controller registers refer to AT91SAM9261S User Manual 8 7 PWM ChipworkX hardware includes a PWM output which is mainly utilized to control the LCD back light illumination This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 8 Touch Screen Control By default ChipworkX supports touch screen using the TSC2046 touch controller chip with two analog inputs which are used to access the touch screen which is controlled though SPI1 Developers can s
24. e SDK to ease development and provide direct support for some USB devices such as Mass Storage Virtual Disk and CDC Virtual COM Port The library is capable of creating a USB client that s composed of multiple USB interfaces Please refer to GHI NETMF Library for more information ChipworkX Module contains USB host and USB client both can work simultaneously Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about USB device signals assignment to ChipworkX hardware pins Important Notes Be CAREFUL when changing the USB configuration and settings as you go on with development and creating your USB device and connecting it to the PC Windows might save the device information in its registry Therefore if you change the USB device settings interfaces and connect it again it might not work correctly Make sure to be careful with changing your USB device settings You may also need to delete all the settings from Windows registry manually By default Micro Framework debug interface is USB If you need to use the USB Client feature to build a USB device you should select a different debug interface first COM1 USB cable connection detection USB VBUS USB power can be connected through a protection resistor to any digital I O to detect the presence of a USB cable Rev 4 3 Page 43 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features 8 10 USB Host and Supported USB
25. e handshaking signal for COM3 122 PA14 1014 N A General purpose digital I O 123 PA15 1015 N A General purpose digital I O 124 3 3V 7 Connect to 3 3 volt source 125 PA16 1016 N A General purpose digital I O 126 PA17 1017 N A General purpose digital I O 197 PA18 1018 Down General purpose digital I O Button and TinyBooter Firmware Down Button Check hardware design consideration 128 PA19 1019 N A General purpose digital I O E PREN A Ee Ee Button Check hardware design consideration 130 PA21 1021 N A General purpose digital I O 131 GND11 Connect to Ground 132 PA22 I022 N A General purpose digital I O Es Guten ee P Buton EE Button Check hardware design consideration 134 PA24 1024 N A General purpose digital I O Rev 4 3 Page 14 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Pin Out Description Name MINI926711 N RE E SEN Te Da Mee H W Name P 135 PA25 1025 N A General purpose digital I O 136 PA26 1026 N A General purpose digital I O 137 PA27 1027 N A General purpose digital I O 138 PA28 1028 N A General purpose digital I O 139 PA29 1029 N A General purpose digital I O 140 PA30 1030 N A General purpose digital I O 141 PA31 1031 N A General purpose digital I O 142 3 3V 8 Connect to 3 3 volt source LCD 143 PBO 1032 V Sync TFT Display Verti
26. e includes a managed C bootloader that the user will provide This is different from the GHI low level bootloader that already exists on the device This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 21 Watchdog Watchdog is used to reset the system if it enters an erroneous state The Watchdog is enabled with a specified timeout The user must keep resetting the Watchdog time counter within this timeout interval or otherwise the system will reset This is available through GHI NETMPF library Rev 4 3 Page 47 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Advanced Users 9 Advanced Users ChipworkX Module is based on the Atmel AT91SAM9261S microcontroller With ChipworkX firmware s register access feature advanced users familiar with this microcontroller can manipulate the internal registers 10 ChipworkX Design Consideration 10 1 Hardware The following peripherals are recommended to be exposed from the module in any design possibly hidden from the end user Up Down and Select button pins USB Device Client IMPORTANT NOTE ChipworkX module uses SPI based flash for bootstrap This flash is connected to SPI1 bus SPI2 is completely free A SPI bus master ChipworkX is designed to work with multiple slaves For example ChipworkX Development System uses SPI1 for flash touch screen controller and MP3 decoder chip Our WiFi module uses SPI1 as well by default They all work in sync because only
27. e sector failure will not cause system instability Note The user MUST NOT access NOR Flash directly Registers or JTAG etc This might damage your ChipworkX module 3 5 NAND Flash 256MB of NAND flash is used as FAT file system storage under NET Micro Framework It can be accessed just like any other media SD card or USB storage device 3 6 Serial DATAFLASH ChipworkX includes 4MB Atmel serial Dataflash chip which is used for boot up process GHI system configuration and TinyBooter 3 Ethernet PHY ChipworkX Module hardware includes an industrial Ethernet PHY along with the needed circuitry The Ethernet oscillator is controlled by the processor allowing the user to control i s power consumption The designer only needs to wire the signals to the Ethernet connector The recommended Ethernet connector is JOO26D21 Rev 4 3 Page 11 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Module Architecture 3 8 Runtime Loadable Procedure RLP A highly useful and unigue feature in ChipworkX is allowing users to load their own compiled native code C or assembly and run it directly through managed code This feature is similar to the use of DLLs on PCs RLP can be used to implement processing Intensive and time critical routines 3 9 Database Support ChipworkX supports SQLite which is useful for logging and retrieving data through standard SQL queries to databases created on SD card NAND
28. e two programs can be connected to your platform at a time Rev 4 3 Page 33 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware 7 2 ChipworkX Emulator NET Micro Framework has a powerful emulator that can be extended or changed to suite the developer s needs This is useful as you can do most of the development and testing before building the actual hardware ChipworkX has an emulator available that maps the buttons and LCD dimensions as provided on the Development System However support for the extended features provided by GHI PWM USB Host etc are not supported in the emulator Using any of these extended features will result in an error on the emulator A user can choose the emulator from the Device list in Visual studio project properties EI MFWindowApplication1 Running Microsoft Visual C 2008 Express Edition Administrator File Edit View Project Build Debug Data Tools Window Help W m G LE lt Hex El 2 ES Mala Ga g GHI SST39WF 16BL EE EEER EE cy RB at E GE SE S Program cs x Solution Explorer Solution MFWindowApplicatio 2 X ed Sample Emulator E n K i ee E 5 MFWindowAppl E ler guernet E ay Tunkuan Send SETE 7 HE mutator Serial Forts A Solution MFWindowApplication1 1 project aa 1 E ES MFWindowApplication1 Sa Properties using Mic a i
29. ection indicator LED embedded in 12 ENET LED Ethernet interface activity indicator LED ChipworkX hardware 13 GND3 Connect to Ground 20 3 3V_0 Connect to 3 3 volt source 27 GND4 Connect to Ground 32 3 3V 1 Connect to 3 3 volt source 40 GND16 Connect to Ground 41 GND5 Connect to Ground 46 3 3V 2 Connect to 3 3 volt source 51 GND6 Connect to Ground 60 3 3V 3 Connect to 3 3 volt source 65 GND7 Connect to Ground 72 3 3V 4 Connect to 3 3 volt source 79 GND8 Connect to Ground 88 3 3V 5 Connect to 3 3 volt source 89 NAND RE PCO Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s NAND Flash use 90 NAND WE PC1 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s NAND Flash use 91 PC2 IRQO 1066 N A General purpose digital I O 92 PC3 1067 N A General purpose digital I O Rev 4 3 Page 13 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Pin Out Description Name No e ChipworkX 2 EE H W Name IO Feature Pin Description 93 PC4 1068 N A General purpose digital I O 94 PC5 1069 N A General purpose digital I O 95 GND9 Connect to Ground 96 PC6 1070 N A General purpose digital I O 97 PC7 1071 N A General purpose digital I O 98 PC8 lO72 CoM Serial port UART TXD transmit signal Out for COM2 99 PC9 1073 Serial port UART RXD receive s
30. ediately reducing the learning curve The actual C application development process is completely shielded from the low level design details of the hardware platform Combining the benefits with off the shelf low cost network enabled embedded systems creates a rapid product development solution 1 2 NETMF Porting vs Using There are two sides to working with NETMF porting it and using it For example writing a JAVA game on a cell phone is much easier than porting the JAVA virtual machine JVM to the phone The phone manufacturer did all the hard work of porting JAVA to their phone allowing the game programmers to use it with ease NETMF works the same way porting is not easy but using it is effortless NETMF can be split into two major components the core CLR and HAL Hardware Access Layer The core libraries are made so they are hardware independent Usually no modifications are needed on the core libraries A developer porting NETMF for a hardware platform will need to make the HAL to handle interfacing the hardware control to upper layers According to GHI s experience with NETMF porting it is not feasible to work on porting NETMPF to your new hardware in case you are targeting medium or low quantities annually less than 100 000 units A faster to market option is by using one of the available OEM modules chipsets These OEM devices have everything you need built in the hardware and software Rev 4 3 Page 4 of 51 www ghiele
31. electronics o ChipworkX User Manual Rev 4 3 March 11 2011 User Manual E SISSIN C4 BEI a a a ova as m e ne a caa me ma s m a aa em zeg i BEN bo eng o a eng s jj es VEEE d R35 TF aI Panj ot R36 s E miss Saad of ae n oi S i KA MINI92611 V1 4 j 8 a Ge 2 RS J m KEks Top View Back View Document Information Information Description Abstract This document covers complete information about ChipworkX Module and Development System specifications tutorials and references GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Rev 4 3 Page 2 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents PAINE aion aasi E Haa O Pola stn ee 4 8 4 Serial PEISA EE 37 1 1 What is Microsoft NET Micro Framework NETMF 4 Serial Port AT Kies iegeg teseebd es at eneeeestekie ed eg ged huge 37 TNE LMF Poring vs USI EE 4 HE 37 1 3 GHI s NET Micro Framework Based Golutons 5 a EE EN 38 1 4 What is ChipworkX Module 5 One wire InterittSssmmsvissassisusaav asta i omaa ovan aiak saaa a 38 1 5 Extended Framework Features uk 6 PU Ma TOPAP EE 38 1 6 ChipworkX Key Features A 6 MAC address settmg AAA 38 1 7 Exampie FD CAO ve geseet GER EE H IP address DHCP OF SIUC EE 39 2 ChipworkX Development Gvstem nnen neeenen 8 EE eege 39 3 ChipworkX Module Architecture Echo
32. firmware you are developing to your hardware MFDeploy is available in NETMF SDK Microsoft NEI Micro Framework vx 0 folder Tools MFDeploy exe Microsoft SPOT Debug Detailed documentation about MFDeploy is available under NET Micro Framework Help 19 MFDeploy Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Documentation Microsoft Document Explorer Administrator O O O O iii File Edit View Tools Window Help Back O 7 8 AT O How Del Q Search 3 Index amp Contents X Help Favorites 2 MSDN Forums vA Contents v i X MFDeploy Search X veret Dy URL ms help MS VSCC v90 MS VSIPCC v90 MS NETMF v30 1033 MS NETMF PSDK v30 1033 PSDK SDK MI S NET Micro Framework S NET Micro Framework Platform SDK E NET Micro Framework Development MFDeploy MET Micro Framework Platform SDK El Collapse All Legal Notice The MFDeploy tool helps you copy Microsoft amp NET Micro Framework applications to your What s New in the NET Micro Framework Platform SDK hardware devices MFDeploy makes it easy for you to deploy or uparade the firmware you are amp Quick Start Guide developing to your hardware H Overviews of the NET Micro Framework e H API Reference for NET Micro Framework In This Section ei Tools Legal Notice o Extensible Emulator This section provides a list of trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft amp Corporation that CG MEDeploy appear in this RRE Le
33. gal Notice MFDeploy Overviews EO dn i N The MFDeploy tool copies applications to NET Micro Framework devices A production i i MFDeploy Overviews environment tool MFDeploy also enables you to test a device s responsiveness create a standard o MFDeploy References application deployment for multiple devices manage application signing and perform select E Be TRCOnvert debugging tasks gi Sampi MFDeplov References H ples z e The MFDeploy class library contains the functionality you need to deploy code to NET Micro Glossary Framework devices namespaces from within your own applications 2009 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved Send feedback to mfdocfb microsoft com Version 2009 11 13 13h47m Index Results NET Micro Framework key namespaces topics found Title Location What Is the NET Micro Framework NET Micro Framework Platform SDK 3 Contents La index 2 Help Favorites Ready One of the great features of MFDeploy is authenticating loaded files MFDeploy uses public private keys to verify files This is a good feature for companies who want to make sure they are the only ones who can load applications on the system MFDeploy documentation explains this feature in details Rev 4 3 Page 50 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Legal Notice Legal Notice Licensing ChipworkX Module is fully licensed for commercial
34. gram cs Open it Solution Explorer Solution Fa 2 EIE amp D Solution MyConsoleApp I B 9 MyConsoleApp j Sa Properties G ea References 2 rogram cs mp ai Resources resx 11 Place a breakpoint at Debug Print line You can do this by clicking on the line and then pressing F9 public static void Main d Debug Print Resources GetString Res 12 Compile the application There should be no errors 13 Go to the menu and select Project gt MyConsoleApp Properties and in the new window select the Micro Framework tab In the tab there are options for deployment Select USB for transport and select ChipworkX ChipworkxX Rev 4 3 Page 29 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware Project Build Debug Data Tools 2 Add Class Shift Alt C Add New Item Ctrl 5hift A Add Existing Item Shift Alt A Exclude From Project Show All Files Add Reference Set as StartUp Project MyConsoleApp Properties Application Deployment Build Ei Transport Build Events USE e Debug Device Resources Chipwork X Chipwork X Services E Generate native stubs for internal methods Settings Root name for native stub files Reference Paths NET Micro Framework LH Create stub files in this directory 14 Press F5 Debug You will see how Visual Studio loads the application and runs it Visual Studio
35. h full documentation and examples about the usage of these features with the related libraries The following sections clarify necessary guidelines about ChipworkX features 8 1 Application Flash RAM EWR 8MB of external flash is available on ChipworkX Modules External flash is used for firmware system assemblies user deployment and EWR storage 64MB of SDRAM comes standard with ChipworkX Module Enough for applications using NET Micro Framework and SideShow Extended Week References EWR EWR Extended Week References is a way for managed applications to store data on FLASH memory Stored data has priorities if more data needs to be stored and the flash EWR region is full some lower priority data will be overwritten Consult NET Micro Framework documentation for more details If more storage is needed Internal 256MB Flash SD memory cards and or USB memory devices can be used EWRSs do not work with removable media devices NAND Flash 256MB of NAND flash is used as FAT file system storage under NET Micro Framework It can be accessed just like any other media SD card or USB storage device 8 2 Debugging Interface Access Interface Access Interface with ChipworkX firmware is usually named NETMF debugging interface which is the communication interface between ChipworkX firmware and the application code terminal Visual C debugger It can be configured as USB serial port or Ethernet Access Interface section provides t
36. he reguired information on how to access ChipworkX debugging interface Rev 4 3 Page 35 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features Changing the debug interface might be necessary for some applications The default debug interface is USB but some application might need to use the USB Client feature to connect to PC as a different device for example a USB Storage In this case you should change the debug interface Other access interfaces can be enabled using software Using GHI library you can set the interface and it is saved So it will keep this setting after you reset the device Only TinyCLR Firmware and TinyBooter interfaces can be changed The Bootloader cannot be changed using software You can force ChipworkX to ignore the software settings and use the default USB interface This is helpful in case the incorrect settings are stored This is done by holding Center and Down buttons upon startup If you are not able to access the device after setting the debug interface for example it was set incorrectly you can reboot the device in bootloader mode erase and update TinyBooter and firmware again Software settings is done using GHI NETMEF library under GHIElectronics NETMF Hardware Configuration 8 3 Digital Inputs Outputs The module has 80 digital I O pins that can be used in managed applications All digital I O pins are 3 3V only This means that signals coming from a
37. ignal In for COM2 100 PC10 1074 N A General purpose digital I O 101 MAC INT PC11 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s Ethernet PHY use 102 PC12 1076 COM3 Serial port UART TXD transmit signal Out for COM3 103 PC13 1077 Serial port UART RXD receive signal In for COM3 104 NAND CS PC14 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s NAND Flash use 105 NAND BSY PC15 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s NAND Flash use 106 3 3V 6 Connect to 3 3 volt source 107 PAO 100 SPI master bus interface MISO signal Master In Slave Out for SPI1 SPI1 is shared with 108 PAY EI SPI1 SPI master bus interface MOSI signal Master Out Slave In SD card driver touch for SPI1 screen controller 109 PA2 lO2 SPI master bus interface SCK signal Clock for SP11 110 DataFlash_CS PA3 Leave unconnected Reserved for ChipworkX s DataFlash use 111 PA4 104 N A General purpose digital I O 112 PA5 lO5 N A General purpose digital I O 113 GND10 Connect to Ground 114 PA6 106 s Used as a Chip Select signal for SPl based SD MMC card communication 115 PA7 lO7 2C open drain pin DC Interface SDA 116 PA8 108 open drain pin I2C Interface SCL 117 PA9 109 COMI Serial port UART RXD receive signal In for COM1 118 PA10 1010 Serial port UART TXD transmit signal Out for COM1 119 PA11 1011 N A General purpose digital I O 120 PA12 1012 COM3 Serial port UART RTS hardware handshaking signal for COM3 121 PA13 1013 HW HS Serial port UART CTS hardwar
38. isconnect power 2 Remove the jumper placed on ChipworkX Module 3 Connect power Rev 4 3 Page 22 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual TinyBooter 4 Place the jumper back 5 Connect USB cable 6 Follow the same next steps for updating the TinyBooter Installing TinyBooter Updater USB Driver 1 After erasing serial DataFlash and NOR Flash successfully following the previous steps 2 Power up ChipworkX hardware 3 Connect USB cable to your PC then Windows will ask for driver INF file 4 The driver file is located in the following path GHI NETMF SDK ChipworkxX Firmware TinyBooter Updaten USB Tinybooter Updater Driver 5 Important Note for Windows 7 users only Windows 7 installs the driver automatically but it mistakenly considers it a GPS camera device Although the name is wrong the driver is OK and you may proceed with the steps 6 After Windows is done installing the driver you will see a new serial port COM port in your system It will take the first available COM port number e g COM 7 This port is used by TinyBooter Updater script to upload the new tinybooter bin file to serial DataFlash or it can be used to access the processor using Atmel tool SAM BA sam ba cdc 2 9 xp vista exe to manually upload bin files to serial DataFlash Updating Tinybooter 1 After installing TinyBooter Updater USB Driver and recognizing the new COM port number open command prompt and go
39. ly when a SD card is inserted or ejected To do this there is a pin on the SD card connector called Card Detect which works like a switch Connect this to a GPIO InterruptPort on ChipworkX and call mount unmount appropriately USB Memory Before proceeding make sure you have an understanding of how USB devices are inserted and detected on your NET Micro Framework device Refer to the USB Host section Similar to SD cards the user may be interested in mounting unmounting the file system on the USB drive automatically when a USB drive is inserted or ejected To do this you can get events from ChipworkX about connection disconnection of USB devices and call mount unmount appropriately 8 12 Output Compare Using output compare developers can generate different waveforms This is available on any digital output pin This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 13 Database ChipworkX supports SOLite which is useful for logging and retrieving data using standard SQL queries A database can be created in RAM or saved on Storage Media with file system SD NAND or USB mass storage Refer to ChipworkX Database for reference on creating databases in RAM or non volatile memory GHI NETMF SDK includes a simple example code on how to use the database feature 8 14 Power Control Hibernate Power Control ChipworkX is running at 200MHz However the user can using register access change the clock speed This way the processor will r
40. nance functions Compact enough to handle the assigned functions Highly sophisticated with NET Micro Framework and reguires HAL and PAL drivers to provide the various ChipworkX features Next sections provide more details Rev 4 3 Page 20 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX On Boot Up 5 2 ChipworkX Access Interface The default access interface on ChipworkX is USB Bootstrap Loader USB driver GHI NETMF SDK ChipworkX Firmware TinyBooter Updater USB Tinybooter Updater drive ChipworkX updater inf TinyBooter and ChipworkX Firmware USB driver GHI NETMF SDK USB DriversiGHI NETMF InterfaceA GHI NETMPF Interface inf Other Interfaces You can set other access interfaces and even save them to the device using software In case problems occur for the access interface holding center and down buttons upon start up will force ChipworkX to ignore the software settings and use USB interface Please see debug interface section for details Rev 4 3 Page 21 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual TinyBooter 6 TinyBooter ChipworkX Module implements a software from Microsoft called TinyBooter This software can be used to update the ChipworkX firmware Typically a user would never need to update TinyBooter as it is not used in the final application For rare cases especially when changing to a different NET Micro Frame
41. nd you should see this message 3E NET Micro Framework Deployment Tool Target Options Help Device USE Chipwor X Chipworlc X Image File Pinging TinyBooter Bootloader build info Microsoft Copyright IC Microsoft Corporation All rig Now we can lead MFDeploy to the new ChipworkX firmware files Click Browse and direct MFDeploy to the firmware HEX files These can be found under ChipworkX firmware folder in the SDK The other files with sig extension must exist in the same folder as the HEX files Select ALL of the HEX files at once and start deploying the firmware by pressing Deploy Rev 4 3 Page 25 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual TinyBooter Name Date modified Type _ ER CONFIG ER_FLASH SS NET Micro Framework Deployment Tool Target Options Help Device USB hipwork A Chipworlc A e Ping Erase Image File C Program Files amp 6 GHI Electronics ChipworkX SOK Finnware ER Deploy 7 Loading the files takes about a minute On completion the firmware will execute Double check the version number to make sure the correct firmware is loaded 8 Loading new firmware will not erase the deployed managed application If you need to erase the managed application click Erase Important Note After updating the ChipworkX firmware if you see a message on the LCD or on ChipworkX access debugging interface stating that you need to update
42. nother circuit can NOT be higher than 3 6V All pins support input and output with pull up feature All digital I O pins are interrupt capable Interrupt pins asynchronously call functions in managed applications Interrupts can be activated on rising or falling edges with optional glitch filter Enabling interrupts for both rising and falling edges is supported but in this case the glitch filter is disabled Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about Digital I O assignment to ChipworkX hardware pins The I Os are numbered as in the following table AT91SAM9261S Peripheral IO ChipworkX Port Name Pin name IO number PA PAO PA31 0 31 PB PBO PB31 32 63 PC PCO PB31 64 95 Rev 4 3 Page 36 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features 8 4 Serial Peripherals Serial Port UART One of the oldest and most common protocols is UART or USART ChipworkX hardware exposes three UART ports Serial Port AT91SAM9261S UART Hardware Handshaking COM Debug Unit DBGU Not Supported COM2 USARTO Not Supported COM3 USART2 Supported Important Note Serial port pins have 3 3V TTL levels where the PC uses RS232 levels For proper communication with RS232 serial ports PC serial port an RS232 level converter is required One common converter is MAX232 Note If the serial port is connected between two TTL circui
43. nterface and for 197 JTAG TCK JTAG TCK signal 198 GND18 Connect to Ground 199 JTAG TMS JTAG TMS signal 200 PIN200 Pull up with 10K resistor N A and Reserved pins user should NOT connect or use Rev 4 3 Page 16 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX On Boot Up 5 ChipworkX On Boot Up ChipworkX includes three pieces of embedded software bootstrap loader TinyBooter and ChipworkX firmware On system boot up Atmel bootstrap loader initializes Flash and RAM memory then it looks for the TinyBooter image in the 4MB serial DataFlash chip and lets it execute from RAM After TinyBooter takes over the hardware it prepares the resources to be handled by ChipworkX firmware ChipworkX firmware is the main software that runs NET Micro Framework core and the user managed application During boot up a user can interrupt the seguence to remain in boot loader TinyBooter or firmware by changing the state of the following signals on start up Pin 133 Pin 127 Pin 129 Description Up Button Down Button Select Button signal signal signal High or High or High or This indicates the user has no interference on boot up unconnected unconnected unconnected process and the system will boot in normal mode seguence Low Low Low Hold the system in Flash memory erasing process preparing the hardware to be accessed by the bootstrap loader for TinyBooter update
44. o provide simple steps to setup your ChipworkX based system on your PC so you re ready to develop your application on Visual Studio C with NET Micro Framework All you need to start up e ChipworkX Development System e USB Cable included with the kit e Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or Microsoft Visual C Express Edition free download installed with latest updates e Microsoft NET Micro Framework SDK Version 4 1 e Latest GHI NETMF SDK available on GHI Electronics website If you got a new ChipworkX Development System it is recommended that you update ChipworkX firmware and TinyBooter if needed with the files available in the latest GHI NETMF SDK within ChipworkX folder before you start these steps The suggested access interface in these steps is USB the default on ChipworkX Development System Rev 4 3 Page 27 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware Development System First Power up The development system comes loaded with the latest firmware and an example application Power up the device using a power pack or a USB cable and you will see the example running on the LCD Once the system is tested for functionality try to deploy your own application 1 2 D Install the latest Microsoft NET Micro Framework SDK Version 4 Install the latest GHI NETMF SDK Power up the development system board It is recommended to use any regular 9 15 Volt DC adapter with
45. one slave is selected at any time This is accomplished by passing the Chip Select pin along with SPI configurations so the pin is selected only when data is being sent and then it is automatically deselected If you are not sure of how SPI works or your slave cannot be deselected doesn t have Chip Select pin SSEL then you must use SPI2 which is completely free This applies to all SPI1 bus pins Those are SPI1 MOSI SPI1 MISO SPI1 SCK Ideally SPI1 can only be used when a developer has already used all pins and must use SPI1 otherwise SPI1 pins should be left unused by the developer 10 2 Software ChipworkX firmware is only licensed to work on ChipworkX MINI92611 modules provided by GHI Electronics LLC Please consult GHI Electronics for customized firmware for other hardware designs Rev 4 3 Page 48 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX design Consideration 10 3 ChipworkX Placement ChipworkX Module MINI92611 mounting is a standard SO DIMM 200 pin A compatible SO DIMM 200 pin connector is 1565917 4 from AMP Rev 4 3 Page 49 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Appendix A MFDeploy Tool Appendix A MFDeploy Tool Name MFDeploy is a free tool from Microsoft that helps you deploy aki Z Microsoft NET Micro Framework applications to your hardware es devices MFDeploy makes it easy for you to download the a
46. opment System Brochure and Pin outs Document provides for a more detailed view of this system XBee PRO d S SD MMC connector Accelerometer E K gt ae 4 3 TFT Display With touch screen Front View Rev 4 3 Page 8 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Development System 28942 868 409 008 6006 0 0o00000000000 oR oKoKoelokokokokokokoks pp pp gs epp S EELEE SS E 9 BER RRRELE RE RE REPRESS E e lt D D L lt A Ki t A a J 9 2 9895 cl A JA C32 VI La Lech ak ZE R49 a 1 690900H80 109011087 jo cis cas bei m vekhAhKKKEKEEKRKEKLRSESER 94 464646463646356 3 4 645 p HN rr R Da N rat N Back View Rev 4 3 Page 9 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Module Architecture 3 ChipworkX Module Architecture ChipworkX is a combination of hardware ARM Processor Flash RAM Ethernet PHY etc that hosts Microsoft NET Micro Framework with various PAL HAL drivers In addition to the benefits of NET Micro Framework ChipworkX includes exclusive software and hardware features such as support for USB host PPP networking and more The 67 6mm x47mm MINI9261 1 module contains everything needed to run NET Micro Framework The module is a sophisticated piece of hardware developed with a complex BGA design This complexity provides the end user with
47. orted Using buses like SPI and UART is recommended over I2C One wire Interface Through one wire a master can communicate with multiple slaves using a single digital pin One wire can be activated on any Digital UO on ChipworkX This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 5 Networking TCP IP Networking is a crucial part in today s embedded devices NET Micro Framework includes a full TCP IP stack with complete socket support for manged applications ChipworkX networking implementation includes PPP WiFi Ethernet TCP IP SSL HTTP and Device Profile for Web Services MAC address setting User can use MFDeploy to update the correct MAC address before the device is connected to a network Network settings can also be changed dynamically from the managed code Rev 4 3 Page 38 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features Networklnterface netif Networklnterface GetAllNetworkinterfaces Set new MAC address byte newMAC new byte 0x00 Ox1A OxF1 0x01 0x42 OxDD netif 0 PhysicalAddress newMAC 1 Nenwork Corfiguratior Date P arches VR Subas Mask 255 2532551 D aut Gateway 162 1531 MAC Acdroas DIS Foman Address 255 233 255 255 DNS Secondary Address 255 253 755 265 DEEP 7 Erekle eier Ge IP address DHCP or static DHCP dynamic IP and Static IP are supported when using Ethernet or WiFi on ChipworkX
48. ow simple it really Is All you need is 3 3 volts and some connections to bring the latest technologies to your products With manageable features like USB host database and WiFi the possibilities are boundless Rev 4 3 Page 5 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual Introduction 5 ma E Pom oe d a Sg a gt me gt K CH we muu H Sen Sen mi wen mm p Se o Kee S U3 Ken ll e M9000AEP e KS o un g i TE M Ss keck g wun a Let Cum OW La Back View Top View 1 5 Extended Framework Features ChipworkX supports a complete set of INET Micro Framework features such as TCP IP SSL FAT USB device and more Including support for other exclusive GHI features such as full USB host stack CAN ADC DAC PPP GPRS 3G etc ChipworkX also allows developers to load their own compiled native code Furthermore ChipworkX supports SQLite database allowing fast logging and retrieval of standard SQL quires For real time and high processing needs Runtime Loadable Procedures allow users to load their own compiled native code C or assembly to run directly through manged Micro Framework similar to the use of DLLs on PCs 1 6 ChipworkX Key Features e NET Micro Framework e Embedded USB host device e 200 MHz 32 bit ARM9 Processor e 80 Digital I O Pins with interrupt AT91SAM9261S capabilities e 64MBRAM e 2 SPI
49. should pause at the breakpoint we placed in step 4 public static void Main i 15 Make sure you have the output window open If not open the window by selecting View gt Output Rev 4 3 Page 30 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware View Project Build Debug Data Tool Code F7 j Ta Server Explorer Ctrl W L H CH Solution Explorer Ctrl W 5 j ES Class View Ctrl WW Ca Code Definition Window Ctrl W D 3 4 Object Browser Ctrl W J P i Error List Ctrl W E B Ctrl W O 84 Properties Window Ctrl W P 16 Press F10 to step over Debug Print and watch the output window The output window should display Hello World Output Show output fron Launching em Microsoft _5 Microsoft 5 Microsoft Si Hello World a a 17 Press F5 and the code will continue executing until it reaches the end of the program 18 Now try to modify the string to Amazing Framework and run the program again S namespace MyConsoleApp d public class Program i public static void Main i Debug Print Amazing Framework Rev 4 3 Page 31 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware Adding GHI NETMPF Library 1 Goto the Project tab and click Add Reference Project Build Debug Data ot Add Class e a SG
50. sion of the firmware This is simply resolved by upgrading the firmware to the one included in your SDK and making sure the Added Reference is from the SDK as well MFDeploy is helpful to investigate these errors as explained next Using MFDeploy you can see debug messages exceptions or errors from your device Make sure Visual Studio is not in debug mode Open MFDeploy and make sure you can ping as explained in previous steps Now Click on Target gt Connect GE Se NET Micro Framework Deployment Tool Target Options Plug in Help Application Deployment b Manage Device Keys b Configuration b Device Capabilities Ctrl 5hift C Connect F5 Disconnect Ctrl F5 Now reset your hardware and click Ping You will see debug output of what the device is doing for example loading assemblies and any debug messages printed by your application Attributes 45 bytes elements TypeSpec 16 bytes f 4 elements Resources Files 56 bytes 4 elements Resources 320 bytes 40 elements Resources Data 1197 bytes Strings 1305 bytes Signatures 2637 bytes ByteCode 107295 bytes Beady Hello World In case the program did not run because of incompatibility the debug output will show these errors This is useful for debugging certain applications Note If you Connect through MFDeploy you cannot deploy using Visual Studio MFDeploy must be disconnected or closed before you can go back to Visual Studio Only one of thes
51. the inner connector positive to power up the system It can be power up over USB cable but it should be connected directly to PC USB port or to a powered USB hub to ensure sufficient power for the board Connect USB cable to your PC on other end if it was not connected On the Display you will see some information including the debugging interface which is USB by default Install USB driver if not yet installed Run MFDeploy tool choose USB from device list then you ll see ChipworkX ChipworkxX in list SS NET Micro Framework Deployment Tool Target Options Plug in Help Device USB Image File Note if you did not see that string you might have different default debugging interface you did not install the driver correctly or the processor is shutdown Pressing ping button on MFDeploy It should return TinyCL R This verifies that the board is responsive See MFDeploy description in next sections s ms Pinging TinyCLR Open Visual Studio and start a new Micro Framework console application This is the simplest application that can be loaded All it does is printing a string to the debug output Name your project MyConsoleApp Rev 4 3 Page 28 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Firmware S Console Application 42 Window Application 10 Visual Studio will now generate all needed project files One of the files is called Pro
52. tion before using on ChipworkX Before using the storage devices and accessing them with NETMF the user must mount the file system first This is done using the ChipworkX library provided with the SDK SD cards and USB storage devices are NOT mounted automatically Please refer to library documentation GHIElectronics NETMF IO PersistentStorage Internal Flash Storage ChipworkX Hardware has 256MB NAND Flash which is utilized as file storage with FAT file system The NAND is used only for File System operations were sector failure will not cause the system to be unstable NAND flash devices have a limited life span on how many erases can be done on one sector This should not be a problem for many applications as the limits are 100 000 erase cycles minimum Also with wear leveling support this will dramatically increase the NAND life span SD MMC Memory SD and MMC memory cards have a very similar interface ChipworkX Module supports Rev 4 3 Page 44 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features both cards and also supports SDHC over 4GB cards ChipworkX uses SPI1 to access SD MMC cards and PA4 Digital I O for chip select signal There are two smaller versions of SD cards mini SD and micro SD All card sizes are identical as far as the interface The only difference is the physical dimensions A user may be interested in mounting or unmounting the file system on the SD card automatical
53. to the following folder GHI NETMF SDK Chipworkx Firmware TinyBooter Updater 2 Run the following command to run the script ChipworkX TinyBooter Updater bat COMx where x is the number of newly created Serial Port See example below E Administrator Command Prompt Rev 4 3 Page 23 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual TinyBooter 3 When you run the batch file if you get an Access Denied message from Windows Try to run the batch file as an Administrator or copy the batch file to your desktop and run it from there 4 The script will run to upload the new TinyBooter bin file to serial DataFlash This process takes several seconds to complete 5 When it is done ogfile log will be created and opened using notepad automatically It contains information about the updating process Make sure the end of the file says Sent file amp memory area content match exactly The following is an example ogfile log of a successful update Ej logfile log Notepad File Edit Format View Help I waiting I TCL platform Windows NT SAM BA CDC 2 9 on windows Retrieved arguments from command line argv 0 COM24 argv 1 chipworkx argv 2 TinyBooterLoader tcl Connection COM24 target comType 1 Board chi ey I Traces Level I target handle file2a9dcco Read device Chip ID at Oxfffff240 get 0x019703a0 I Found processor chipworkx Chip ID 0x019703a0
54. ts no level converter is needed but they should be connected as a null modem Null modem means RX on one circuit is connected to TX on the other circuit and vice versa Refer to the Pin Out Description section for more information about UART signals assignment to ChipworkX hardware pins SPI ChipworkX supports two SPI Interfaces SPI1 and SPI2 SPI Bus is designed to interface multiple SPI slave devices the active slave is selected by asserting Chip Select line on the relative slave device SPI1 is used to interface the touch screen controller MS1053 codec and SD card Therefore if the developer is using an additional SPI slave device through SPI1 this device must use SPI bus only when its chip select signal is active and that could be accomplished by dedicating one of the Digital I Os to do this function in SPI configuration ChipSelect Port A good example is reading analog inputs of the touch screen controller and to control VS1053 MP3 decoder chip on the development System Example project source code included in GHI NETMF SDK is a good reference on how to do so IMPORTANT NOTE ChipworkX module uses SPI based flash for bootstrap This flash is connected to SPI1 bus SPI2 is completely free A SPI bus master ChipworkX is designed to work with multiple slaves For example ChipworkX Development System uses SPI1 for flash touch screen controller and MP3 decoder chip Our WiFi module uses SPI1 as well by default They all work in sync
55. un slower and consume less power Hibernate The user can put ChipworkX in hibernate mode through PowerState functionality in Rev 4 3 Page 45 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features Micro Framework Only DeepSleep mode is supported In this mode the processor is set into idle wait for interrupt mode in which the clock to the ARM core stops reducing the power used when the processor is not busy Note that the rest of the device is still clocked by the master clock If needed clocks of the unused peripherals can be deactivated through register access to participate in power saving Here s an example to sleep and then wake up on an interrupt pin Must enable an interrupt event on the user wake up pin InterruptPort wakeUpPin new InterruptPort ChipworkX Pin PA25 false Port ResistorMode PullUp Port InterruptMode InterruptEdgeBoth wakeUpPin OnInterrupt new NativeEventHandler wakeUpPin OnInterrupt Sleep Specify waking up on GeneralPurpose IO PowerState Sleep Sleeplevel DeepSleep HardwareEvent GeneralPurpose 8 15 Real Time Clock AT91SAM9261S includes a real time clock that can operate while the processor is off The developer only needs to wire a 3V battery or a super capacitor to the VBAT pin A 32KHz crystal is already included in the ChipworkX module This is available through GHI NETMPF library 8 16 Battery RAM There are 16 Bytes of RAM that
56. upport different kinds of touch screens and touch controllers easily by writing a simple driver and exposing the position parameters to touch screen methods Refer to the Pin Out Description section and ChipworkX Development System schematic for more information about touch screen controller TSC2046 connections signals Rev 4 3 Page 42 of 51 www ghielectronics com GHI Electronics LLC ChipworkX User Manual ChipworkX Features 8 9 USB Device Client USB Client device and USB Host are completely different Many designers confuse USB when it comes to host and device USB Host is the master of the bus where all the work is done USB devices are simple compared to host and they can only connect communicate with a host and not other devices USB host and device on ChipworkX are two separate peripherals so there would be no conflict when using them both simultaneously The USB client interface is usually used as an ChipworkX access interface for debugging and application deployment through Microsoft Visual Studio However developers have full control over the USB client interface For example the USB client can be made to simulate a USB keyboard or USB mass storage Controlling a ChipworkX USB client requires intricate knowledge of how USB works The user should refer to NET Micro Framework documentation for complete details on how to use this feature Fortunately GHI Electronics offers a USB Client library available in th
57. ute and debug the managed NETMF application code In other words it plays the role of a virtual machine Emergency use or when GHI releases a new TinyBooter freguently used always used Pre placed on the chipset provided by Atmel on SAM processors The user can download to ChipworkX Module through GHI boot loader for instance The user can download to ChipworkX Module through TinyBooter for instance Fixed and can not be updated Latest file is included with every GHI NETMF SDK not necessarily changed in every new SDK Latest file is included with every GHI NETMF SDK not necessarily changed in every new SDK Access interface is USB Virtual COM CDC device Access Interface debugging interface can be USB or serial port Access Interface debugging interface can be USB Ethernet or serial port User access is through Atmel In system Programmer sam ba software tool GHI provides simple script files for easy use of this loader to update Tinybooter User access it through MFDeploy tool to maintain firmware configurations networking USB and application code region Users access it through Microsoft Visual C to deploy execute and debug the managed NETMF application through the debugging interface Users can access it using Microsoft NETMF MFDeploy tool to maintain the firmware or application code region Very compact to accomplish only the flash memory mainte
58. work version e g 3 0 to 4 0 or when it is mentioned in the release notes of a new GHI NETMF SDK to update the TinyBooter there is a way to update it through bootstrap loader TinyBooter is loaded from serial DataFlash on power up On the other hand TinyCLR is loaded by TinyBooter from NOR Flash For compatibility reasons the user has to erase both DataFlash and NOR Flash before updating the TinyBooter 6 1 TinyBooter update using bootstrap loader The user can update Tinybooter using Tinybooter Updater included with GHI NETMF SDK under ChipworkX firmware folder This updater tool consists of Atmel sam ba tool with the reguired script and the BIN file that has to be loaded to serial DataFlash chip It also includes the Tinybooter Updater driver that defines USB port as a virtual Serial Port used to upload the new BIN file through The following instructions explain how to successfully accomplish this Erasing Process 1 Power up ChipworkX hardware 2 Press and hold Up Select and Down buttons keep holding and reset the system 3 Release the buttons when prompted to do so then you will see instructions about how to proceed 4 Press Up three times to proceed with the erasing process or press Down to abort Emergency Bootstrap access Use this method of access whenever something wrong happens during TinyBooter update process like uploading the wrong bin file and ChipworkX tinybooter is not accessible at all 1 D
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