NXP Semiconductors A71CL, Quick Start Manual

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NXP Semiconductors
AN11803
A71CL Quick start guide for A71CLARD-ALI and Kinetis
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Application note Rev. 1.0 — 11 December 2018
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To write the downloaded firmware into the Kinetis FRDM board, the bootloader mode
should be enabled. For this, press ‘ Reset’ button and, while holding down the button,
connect a USB cable to the debugger port of the Kinetis board (e.g., FRDM K64,
Figure 24 ).
Figure 24. Enabling bootloader mode
After connecting the USB cable to the Kinetis board, the green led located inside the
yellow square will start blinking and the development PC will show a new drive called
‘ BOOTLOADER’ . The drive may disappear again after ~30 seconds in case there is no
interaction, in this case disconnect and connect again with pressing the ‘ Reset’ button.
Drag the downloaded firmware directly into the drive, see Figure 25 . Once the file is
copied inside the ‘ BOOTLOADER’ drive the LED will soon start blink fast, then unplug the
Kinetis board and plug it again. The green led stays on, thus indicating that the OpenSDA
bootloader firmware has been configured correctly.
Figure 25. Copying the firmware into the Kinetis board in ‘BOOTLOADER’ mode