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Hello everyone,
We've implemented our real-time application using CY8CKIT-050 PSoC®5 Development Kit. Now we are trying to design our own board. An on-board programming interface with pc through a usb connector is required to write program to the PSoC5 chip. But we don't know how to design this part.
Up to now, I found two ways to make it possible. One is FX2LP programmer circuitry from Kit-050. Another one is MiniProg3 which is kind of expensive for us. We are wondering if there are other methods to implement an On-board Programming Interface. Thank you so much !
Best Regards,
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Some possibilities / examples -
http://www.cypress.com/?app=forum&id=2233&rID=71536
http://www.cypress.com/?app=forum&id=2232&rID=56007
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=44530
And of course bootloaders –
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=50230 AN68272 UART BL PSOC 3, 4, 5LP
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=41002 AN60317 I2C BL PSOC 3, 5LP
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=57561 AN73503 USB HID BL with GUI Host PSOC 3, 5LP
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=56014 PSoC® 3, PSoC 4, and PSoC 5LP Introduction To Bootloaders
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=83293 AN86526 - PSoC® 4 I2C Bootloader
Regards, Dana.
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A PSoC5 allows for a USBUART Bootloader. This would require an initial programming at your factory (Using a MiniProg 3) and at the customer's site a PC and a (free) Cypress Program will be used. The advantage is that no additional hardware except the USB-plug and a cable will be required.
Bob
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Thank you! The EZ-USB-FX1 based PSOC 3/5 programmer is what I'm looking for.
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Copying from my post to reddit's /r/PSoC (which is stuck in the spam filter):
I recently purchased a number of the PSoC5LP SchmartBoards[1] . They are designed to work with a bootloader for programming, but I wanted to be able to program the chip directly.
The CY7C68013A (FX2LP) chip works as a programmer for the PSoC5LP, and there are boards[2] on eBay for cheap that use that chip.
The LCSoft board is intended to run as a knock-off Saleae Logic. Modern versions of the software break many of these clones, but it's easy enough to convert them. The EEPROM holds the device IDs and can optionally store the firmware we want - in this case, the FX2 programming firmware.
The first step is to remove the jumper and boot it. Install and fire up CyConsole[3] , and use hex2bix to convert the firmware to an IIC file for programming. In the Suite USB directory, there is a utility at Firmware\bin\hex2bix.exe. Run it as so:
hex2bix -M 0x8000 -i "[path to fx2lp_fw.hex in PSoC programmer Service directory]" -F 0xC2 -O "[output file].iic".
This creates an iic version of the firmware which can be programmed to the EEPROM. Replace the jumper, and in CyConsole, go to Options, EZ-USB. Here you will find the "Lg EEPROM" option (because these boards have a larger EEPROM), and can select the iic file created earlier. Reset the board, and it's now a programmer.
The next step is to program the SchmartBoard itself. If you don't have a programming header handy, an alternative is to use USB to program the device in SWDIO mode (as described in KBA82881[4] ). If you cut open a USB cable, you will generally have green as D+ and White as D-. This corresponds to SWDIO and SWDCK, respectively. Solder some headers on to the four wires, and you have almost everything you need to program.
Although there is a pin labeled XRES on the SchmartBoard, it's for the EEPROM (not the PSoC). To get access, pin 10 on the JTAG header needs to be accessed. I used a probe I had lying around. This connects to PB2 on the board (Reset).
Next, the green wire (SWDIO) is connected to PD0, and the white wire (yellow in my picture) is connected to PD1. Red and Black are connected to +3.3 and ground (yes, this means that USB is 3.3v instead of 5). Connect the USB header, acquire, and program.
What it looks like: http://imgur.com/a/JIxwi [5]
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The previous post I made is about programming through the USB connector specifically, rather than just programming through a USB programmer. It still requires access to the reset pin, but it can likely be made to use power cycling instead, if there is an interest in that.