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netRAPID Chip Carrier | Getting Started
DOC131104GS04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2017-09 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2014 - 2017
3.4.4
Downloading firmware from PC via USB and SPM host interface
(NRPEB 51-RE only)
The
NRPEB 51-RE
Evaluation Board allows you to easily access the serial
dual-port memory of the netX over an additional USB interface (SPM-to-
USB interface via FTDI chip). You can thus download a Standard Loadable
Firmware file from your configuration PC to the NRPEB 51-RE via SPM
USB connection.
Instructions for this are provided in section
NRPEB 51-RE via SPM USB interface
on page 75.
3.4.5
Developing customized download function
If you are using a customer-engineered host system not based on
Windows, you can, of course, also implement in your own host application
a customized download function for firmware files via host interface. You
can use the
cifX Toolkit
, which is provided on the product DVD in the
Driver and Toolkit\Driver Toolkit (NXDRV-
TKIT)\cifXToolkit
directory, to develop a driver enabling
communication between your host system and the Dual-Port Memory
(parallel or serial DPM) of the netX on the netRAPID.
For more detailed information about the cifX Toolkit, please refer to the
Toolkit Manual
cifX/netX Toolkit – DPM
, DOC090203TKxxEN, which is
stored in the
Driver and Toolkit\Driver Toolkit (NXDRV-
TKIT)\Documentation
directory of the product DVD.