Generate .Hex/Bin files for Production Flashing

Once I have my firmware for my ND2 finalized, how do I create .hex/.bin files so that I can

flash my production device using a JTAG programmer?

 

I'm well versed with JTAG flash and the pinouts, hookups, etc... just need to know how to get

the ND2 code from pe modules to .hex/.bin files.

 

Is this even possible from Visual Studio 2012 & using .NETMF 4.3?

 

Thanks,

 

D.

Hi Darrell L.,

The easiest way to do this is to deploy your app to the Netduino and then download the HEX/BIN file from flash.

You can do this with ST-Link (if you've soldered on a MiniJTAG header) or via MFDeploy.

BTW, you can also customize the XML files that come with Netduino Update and it will work as a mass-flashing tool for you Just drop in the file name of your deployment image in the (hopefully fairly obvious) spot.

Chris

Cool!

 

Since I have a plethora of ST-Link/V2-ISOL programmers on-hand, this won't be a problem.

 

Thanks for the tip with regards to modding the XML files for the update tool.

 

That should make my life in Production a little easier

BTW, if you ever want to flash production devices via UART, you can grab the "shield base firmware" update tool and swap in your HEX file there too. It uses our open source C# implementation of the "st loader" (uart) flashing protocol.

Chris