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netRAPID Chip Carrier | Getting Started
DOC131104GS04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2017-09 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2014 - 2017
3.4 Downloading firmware
3.4.1
Overview
There are several ways to download firmware or configuration files to the
netRAPID Chip Carrier. The
netRAPID Evaluation DVD
(NRPEB product
DVD) provides software tools for downloading files from a Windows PC to
the serial flash memory of the netRAPID via USB interface or via host
interface/Dual-Port Memory.
Please note that downloading a LFW file requires the SSBL on the
netRAPID (see section above).
3.4.2
Downloading firmware from PC via USB
The usual way to download LFW from a Windows PC to the serial flash of
the netRAPID is by using the
netHOST Device Test Application
and the
USB diagnostic interface of the netRAPID. Each netRAPID Evaluation
Board is equipped with a Mini-USB diagnostic interface socket. If you are
not using an Evaluation Board, you of course need to implement the USB
interface hardware on the baseboard of your netRAPID OEM host device in
order to be able to access the USB interface of the netRAPID.
The netHOST Device Test Application can be found on the product DVD in
the
Tools\netHost
directory. Instructions for downloading the firmware
to the netRAPID with this tool via USB are provided in the
firmware to the netRAPID via USB
section on page 56.
3.4.3
Downloading firmware from PC via PCI and host interface
If you are using a Windows PC as host device for your netRAPID, you can
also download the firmware from the PC via PCI and host interface (i. e.
parallel Dual-Port Memory). You need the
cifX Driver Setup Utility
software installed on your PC for this. As additional hardware components
you also need a certain PCI adapter card and a cable, which can be
purchased from Hilscher. Each netRAPID Evaluation Board is equipped
with a suitable host interface connector socket into which you can plug-in
the cable of the PCI adapter card. If you are not using an Evaluation Board,
you of course need to implement the host interface connector hardware on
the baseboard of your netRAPID host device in order to be able to access
the host interface of the netRAPID via PCI adapter card.
The cifX Driver Setup Utility is included in the
cifX Device Driver
installation, which can be found on the product DVD in the
Driver and
Toolkit\Device Driver (NXDRV-WIN)\Installation
directory.
Instructions for downloading firmware to the netRAPID with the cifX Driver
Setup Utility via PCI and host interface are provided in the
Firmware to the netRAPID via PCI and Host Interface
section on page 62.
