Lpc2000

What are people doing for production programming, solely PC based?  Does 
anyone know of a non-pc solution, something that you load file into via USB 
then remove PC?

Regards,
Joel Winarske

Joel Winarske wrote:

> What are people doing for production programming, solely PC based?  Does
> anyone know of a non-pc solution, something that you load file into 
> via USB
> then remove PC?

PCs are cheap, common found in all places and are easy to program and 
expand.
PC programs for programming devices are already used (and - more 
important - tested) in development environments and for production 
environment all types of IO cards are available that will hook your PC 
solution into a production line and here is also no problem with fitting 
a PC into any networked solution.

In larger production environments the ease of adaptation and 
expandability of progamming and test equipment is important. This can 
all be realized fairly easy on a PC. I've used software like LabView, 
together with some home brew solutions for these kind of situations.

Last time I used specific hardware solutions was when I had to reprogram 
about 200 pieces of 8751 devices (good old 8051 with UV erasable EPROM). 
These had to be taken out of their end-user equipment, swapped by new SW 
version and meanwhile re-program the devices just taken out. This was 
about 15 years ago when we just had one fairly expensive programmer in 
our development lab...

There may be good reasons for not using a PC (given last week where a 
device had to be programmed while hanging uot somewhere above the 
ground). In that case look for a Windows CE PDA with serial port.

Rob

> Rob Jansen wrote:
>
> In larger production environments the ease of adaptation and
> expandability of progamming and test equipment is important. This can
> all be realized fairly easy on a PC. I've used software like LabView,
> together with some home brew solutions for these kind of situations.

This is for a large production environment.  Currently one station handles 
all device programming via standalone programmers running simultaneously. 
The idea is to just add another standalone programmer that can handle the 
LPC214x part.  Something like this: 
http://www.pemicro.com/index.cfm?targetURL=http://www.pemicro.com/products/product_viewDetails.cfm?product_id=145&menu_id=details&CFID=664608&CFTOKEN=42199926

Yes I could whip up a quick pc based interface, but the standalone route 
saves time, money, and confusion for production.

Regards,
Joel

I heared that Segger did a port for the ARM devices of their Flasher
http://www.segger.com/flasher.html

But I could not find it on the web site. 

If this is of inteest, may be a direct request to Segger might do the
trick. Much more robust and simpler than a PC.

Bob

--- In lpc2000@...m, "Joel Winarske" <joelw@i...> wrote:
>
> What are people doing for production programming, solely PC based? 
Does 
> anyone know of a non-pc solution, something that you load file into
via USB 

> then remove PC?
> 
> Regards,
> Joel Winarske
>

Joel Winarske ha scritto:
> This is for a large production environment.  Currently one station handles 
> all device programming via standalone programmers running simultaneously. 
> The idea is to just add another standalone programmer that can handle the 
> LPC214x part.  Something like this: 
> http://www.pemicro.com/index.cfm?targetURL=http://www.pemicro.com/products/product_viewDetails.cfm?product_id=145&menu_id=details&CFID=664608&CFTOKEN=42199926

You can use a fanless EPIA Mini-ITX (www.mini-itx.com) putting it in a
rugged small case (http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=3#p1153).
It may be powered at 12V with 12V-ATX adapters if you need to avoid
power failures.
Install inside win or linux, make a small script to use parallel port to
connect button to start/stop programming and leds to signal
programming/end etc...



FabioDB.

> This is for a large production environment.  Currently one
> station handles all device programming via standalone programmers
> running simultaneously. The idea is to just add another
> standalone programmer that can handle the LPC214x part.

See:
  http://www.mpeforth.com/jtagwidget.htm

A beta test client recently bought some more for production use.
You're welcome to contact me directly to see if the JTAG Widget
will work as you want.

Stephen

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Have a look on this:
www.ronetix.at

It is a very high speed ARM JTAG debugger + programmer, capable of
debugging/programming four boards at once. Can operate in standalone
mode. Suitable when lots of targets have to be programmed.

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Joel Winarske" <joelw@i...> wrote:
>
> What are people doing for production programming, solely PC based? 
Does 
> anyone know of a non-pc solution, something that you load file into
via USB 

> then remove PC?
> 
> Regards,
> Joel Winarske
>

> Have a look on this:
> www.ronetix.at
> 
> It is a very high speed ARM JTAG debugger + programmer, capable of
> debugging/programming four boards at once. Can operate in standalone
> mode. Suitable when lots of targets have to be programmed.

Looks like just what I was looking for.

Thanks,
Joel