6 Flash Programmer Mode
S5U1C17001H USER MANUAL
Seiko Epson Corporation
17
(ICDMINI VER1.0 and VER1.1)
7 Firmware Update
The S5U1C17001H has a firmware update function using the debugger (gdb.exe). The following shows the
procedure to update the S5U1C17001H firmware.
Note: Before the firmware can be updated, the USB driver must be installed.For installation of the USB
driver, see Section 4.2, “Connecting to the Host Computer.”
(1) Connect only S5U1C17001H to the host computer using USB cable.
(2) Set the DIP switch SW7 of S5U1C17001H to ON (the other SWs are OPEN), then press the RESET/START
switch.
The LEDs of S5U1C17001H are as follows;
LED1
l
(blue) or
l
(green)
LED2
l
(blue)
LED3
l
(red)
LED4
l
(green)
(3) Start up the debugger (gdb.exe).
The same command can be executed by running the batch file provided with the firmware update.
To invoke at the command prompt:
>C:
>cd \EPSON\gnu17
>gdb
(4) Enter the commands shown below when debugger starts up.
(gdb) target icd usb
After entering the commands, the following will be displayed.
C17 ICD17 debugging
Connecting with target (ID_OK) ..... done
ICD Initializing (ICD_INITALIZE) ... done
Read ICD Version (ICD_VER_READ) ..... done
ICDmini hardware version .......... 1.0
ICDmini software version .......... 1.1
f
The current firmware version
Debug base address (ID_DATA_READ) .. xxxx
Boot address (ICD_DATA_READ) ........ xxxx
(5) Check the current firmware version, and enter the following commands if you need to update the firmware.
(gdb) c17 firmupdate
path
\
filename
.saf
path
: Path of the new firmware
filename
.saf
: File name of the new firmware
After entering the commands, the following will be displayed.
Erase flash data ...done
Load flash data ....done
ICD firmware update ...done
Please quit gdb, and power off ICD when LED2/LED3/LED4 is green.
(LED is green in the case of SVT17701).
This procedure may take about 15 minutes.
While updating the firmware, DO NOT reset S5U1C17001H or turn off the power.
Otherwise S5U1C17001H may not start up.
