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Test Drive the Zoom ColdFire LITE Development Kit
4.1
Terminal Emulation Installation
The Zoom ColdFire LITE Developer Kit is designed to communicate with terminal emulation
programs via the null-modem serial cable included, using the following settings: 19200 baud, 8-
data-bits, 1-stop-bit, no-parity, and no-flow-control. The terminal emulation program must support
binary transfers in order to download software to the kit.
Although Logic Product Development does not support any particular terminal emulation
program, we suggest using Tera Term Pro for Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Tera Term Pro is
provided on the CD-ROM or can be downloaded for free from Logic’s website at the following
location:
https://www.logicpd.com/auth/login.php
. Tera Term Pro is not available for Linux users.
Logic Product Development does not guarantee or support any terminal emulation programs
under Linux or Windows platforms.
Once the terminal emulation program has been installed, open a new serial port connection using
the port where the null-modem serial cable is connected. For example, using Tera Term, set the
‘baud-rate’ to 19200, ‘data’ to 8-bit, ‘stop’ to 1-bit ,‘parity’ to none, and ‘flow control’ to none.
Figure 4.1 - Tera Term: Serial port setup window
4.2
Power-up the Development Kit
The Zoom ColdFire LITE Development Kit will ship with both the Freescale and Logic
bootloader(s) installed in resident Flash. The Freescale ‘dBUG’ ROM monitor is the default
bootloader. LogicLoader can be accessed via dBUG ROM monitor, see section 4.2.2.
LogicLoader provides the capability for loading operating systems and applications. In addition, it
provides a full suite of commands for interfacing to the Fire Engine. These commands: load
operating systems, configure hardware platforms, bring-up hardware, customize applications,
perform tests, and manage in-field devices.
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