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AN11803
A71CL Quick start guide for A71CLARD-ALI and Kinetis
AN11803
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6.6 OpenSDA configuration
OpenSDA is a serial and debug adapter built into the Kinetis board. It provides a bridge
between the development PC and the Kinetis MCU, which can be used for debugging,
flash programming and serial communication all over USB.
Note:
This section explains how to install the correct OpenSDA bootloader firmware
version to the Kinetis FRDM-K64F board. This needs to be done for debugging, flash
programming, and serial communication over a single USB connection between a host
and an embedded target processor. If this section is not followed carefully, it is possible
the examples will not be executed.
To configure OpenSDA into the Kinetis FRDM board, an OpenSDA bootloader (.bin
file) should be downloaded from OpenSDA website
. Scroll down the page to section
‘
Compatible Evaluation Boards’
and search for the target Kinetis FRDM board. In this
case,
depicts the OpenSDA bootloader version defined for the Kinetis FRDM
K64F: version 2.0.
Figure 22. OpenSDA bootloader version for the Kinetis FRDM-K64F
Once the OpenSDA bootloader version is identified, click in the ‘
Downloads’
, scroll down
until ‘
J-Link OpenSDA – Generic Firmwares’
appears and download the desired version.
illustrates the process; in this case
OpenSDA V2 Bootloader
has been
selected, according to the compatible evaluation boards table previously mentioned.
Figure 23. Desired firmware for the Kinetis FRDM-K64F