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BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello

I received the new E-blocks2 ST-ARM programming board BL0061 but cannot find its USB driver.

The mLoader (v 4.0.0.1) does not recognize the BL0061 as well.

Could you help me, please?

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

Thanks for letting us know. I have now added the latest USB drivers to this page.

http://www.matrixtsl.com/eblocks/resources/

Let us know how you get on.

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben

Thank you for the reply

I purchased the bundle BL0596 which except the BL0061, also includes the E-blocks2 BL0114 Combo board with multiple LEDs, Switches, LCD etc.

I did manually the installation of BL0061 USB drivers, using the device manager of windows with success.
However, I don't know if the installed driver is the 64bit or the 32bit. I hope it is the amd64, as the OS of my PC is Win7 x64.
In Devices Manager, the installed driver is referred to:
Custom USB Devices
BL0061 Ghost2 STM32 Programmer
Supplier Matrix Technology Solutions Ltd
Date 6/1/2015
Version 1.0.0.5

The mLoader recognizes the BL0061 board, but when I try the autodetection of installed CHIP it reports "Chip = BL0061(6241).

In FC7 (v 7.3.0.5 / License version Proffesional / PIC / ARM) the board is listed on "Project Options / Choose a Target" in both: "Target / ARM / Misc", OR "Target / Free".
You could select BL0061 from either ARM or Free.
In FC7 main window, the built on micro STM32F401RC appears correctly.

Now the problems:

a) Ghost is not activated in FC7.

b) I tried to compile an elementary code and got several error messages from the compiler:

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c:\progra~2\flowco~1\compil~1\starm\stm32cubef4\drivers\cmsis\device\st\stm32f4xx\include\stm32f4xx.h:186:3: error: #error "Please select first the target STM32F4xx device used in your application (in stm32f4xx.h file)"
  #error "Please select first the target STM32F4xx device used in your application (in stm32f4xx.h file)"

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c:\progra~2\flowco~1\compil~1\starm\stm32cubef4\drivers\stm32f4xx_hal_driver\inc\stm32f4xx_hal_rcc_ex.h:6240:45: error: unknown type name 'RCC_PeriphCLKInitTypeDef'

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c:\progra~2\flowco~1\compil~1\starm\stm32cubef4\drivers\stm32f4xx_hal_driver\inc\stm32f4xx_hal_gpio.h:243:21: error: unknown type name 'GPIO_TypeDef'

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c:\progra~2\flowco~1\compil~1\starm\stm32cubef4\drivers\stm32f4xx_hal_driver\inc\stm32f4xx_hal_dma.h:159:3: error: unknown type name 'DMA_Stream_TypeDef'
The error messages are too many and impossible to include all.

From a first view, it looks like that all #defines are missing.

If you know a way to post you the whole compiler report, please let me know.

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Fotis,

Could you apply the update patches from here ...
http://www.matrixtsl.com/mmforums/viewt ... 63&t=19743
then see if you get any further errors.

The error report is saved to your project directory with the project name and the suffix .msg.txt

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

To reprogram the BL0061 board you will need the latest version of mLoader (4.0) which can be downloaded from here.
http://www.matrixtsl.com/resources/getr ... hp?id=1113

You can add this to your Flowcode installation if you wish by overwriting the files in the "Flowcode 7/tools/mLoader" directory.

The BL0061 definition file is in the update link Leigh posted.

I'm afraid that Flowcode 7.3 only supports ICD and ICT on the following boards: BL0011, BL0055, BL0080. More might be included but the BL0061 was a late development and so was not included. We might be able to release a minor update executable to add this but this could take a couple of weeks.

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi everyone

Thanks for the link.

I installed the patch but still receive errors from the compiler. However, many of the initial errors have been removed. The error report text from the compiler is the half now :D

Here is the latest compiler text file
Fotis_0.msg.txt
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As for the mLoader, the installed version is the latest v 4.0.0.1.
It still autodetects CHIP as BL0061.

Regarding the Ghost ICD and ICT there is no problem. I could wait for the release.

Thanks a lot
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi,
Please put the latest attached files into your Flowcode \CAL\STARM directory, this should fix the compiler issues
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi everyone

I followed your suggestions and now the compiler does not show error messages, and that the file has been sent to target.

See please:
Fotis_0.msg.txt
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However, the code actually is not compiled in the onboard micro STM32F401. During compiling, i can see the onboard LED USB to flicker.
But the code is not compiled.

It should be noted that with the bundle BL0596 (BL0061 and BL0114) i also purchased the new E-blocks2 BL0080 PIC multiprogrammer.
I tried the BL0114 combo board with the BL0080 and can confirm you that both are working flawlessly.
BL0114 is OK, but with the BL0061 doesn't work.

I tried all available configurations of STM32F401 oscillator without luck.

Please check the simple FCF that i created to test the micro:
Fotis_0.fcfx
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi,
I have not yet tested this on a target board yet,
but I presume you don't see the LED flash?
could this be due to missing delay after setting B0 to 0?

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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LeighM wrote:Hi,
I have not yet tested this on a target board yet,
but I presume you don't see the LED flash?
could this be due to missing delay after setting B0 to 0?
Hi,
No, LEDs doesn't flash, neither turned on.
I have connected the BL0114 either in ports A and B, or B and C.
After compiling, all LEDs are steady off.
There is not any activity of BL0114 is what i meant.

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

Here is a slightly modified CAL file you can try which hopefully should solve the problem. We were calling the none DDR version of the I/O functions before which mean the pins were remaining in input mode.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Thanks for the file but the problem remains the same.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Aha the default configs in the v7 FCD are wrong.

Here are what they should be.
BL0061Config.jpg
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Here is a new FCD with the config defaults fixed and also enabling the PortD clock which was previously missing.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Thanks for the new config table.
It looks that is correct.
However the BL0114 board is working now... partially :D
Only PortA.0 and PortB.0 LEDs are working as in the program loop.
I tried to output "1" in entire PortA and PortB, or PortA.1 and PortB.1, or PortA.7 and PortB.7 without success.
The same applies for PortC.
It looks like that all rest pins, except A.0, B.0, C0 are not enabled.
Here the new fcf:
Fotis_0.fcfx
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P.S.
Unfortunately, I haven't previous experience with STM32 micros to give a little help. However, I did a reading of the project C file and looks that a lot of defines are missing. There are not defines for other components than LEDs. I will try to take a look at the STM32F401 datasheet.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

If your outputting a value to an 8-bit port then you need to send the value 255 to set all the port pins. Sending the value 1 will simply output a high to pin 0 and a low to the rest of the pins.

You can output a 1 or 0 to higher pins using the output icon in single pin mode.

Here's another test you can try, should output high to PortA and PortC and count up on PortB.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Sorry, my mistake. I forgot it. :oops:
I can confirm that all LEDs are working just fine and as in the code.
That resolved.
Just now i tried the LCD display of BL0114 without success.
I will give again a try after a couple of hours and will let you know.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Benj wrote:Hello,

If your outputting a value to an 8-bit port then you need to send the value 255 to set all the port pins. Sending the value 1 will simply output a high to pin 0 and a low to the rest of the pins.

You can output a 1 or 0 to higher pins using the output icon in single pin mode.

Here's another test you can try, should output high to PortA and PortC and count up on PortB.
Hi Ben
Thanks a lot for the help.
Unfortunately, I had no luck with the LCD display of BL0114.
As i wrote in the other today post, the LCD is working with the BL0080 and the stocked P16F18877
Thanks again
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

Thanks for letting us know, glad the I/O is now working correctly. Please can you send me your BL0061 program for the BL0114 driving the LCD which isn't working and I'll see if I can find the cause of the issue for you.

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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Thanks a lot for the help
Here the simple fcf code for the LCD
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Fotios,

Is this the right program? no LCD there? Looks like the IO program you sent last time.

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Oh sorry :oops:
Here the right fcf
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Any good news for LCD?
I'm going to develop a project that will also include 2-3 PWM channels, 2 ADC channels, SPI or I2C bus.
I had in mind to give a try in the Cortex M4 micro STM32F303RE which is supported by FC7.
Thanks for any help
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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The preinstalled STM32F401RC micro on BL0061, can also be programmed using the ST-LINK/V2 and the ST Visual Programmer application.
You have to solder a 5-pin header on BL0061 and to assemble a 20p flat ribbon cable, terminated at a 20p IDC socket on one end (ST-LINK side) and a 5-pin housing on the other end.
The interconnections are shown in this picture (Updated. I forgot to include the RST connection in yesterday post)
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You could still use the Flow Code to build projects and to compile in hex format. Later, with the ST Visual Programmer, you can open the hex file and flash the code in the STM32F401 with the ST-LINK. It is tested and working.
Pictures attached:
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hello,

I have now found and fixed the LCD problem with the BL0061, there was a glitch on the Enable pin which was forcing the display to get out of sync. I'll push the fix to the Flowcode 8 update system in the next half hour or so. edit - done.

Here is the fixed component for v7.
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Re: BL0061 USB drivers

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Hi Ben
Unfortunately, the 4X20 LCD doesn't work. It remains blank.
Did you use the BL0114 combo like me?
I did copy/paste of your file and the old LCD.fcpx in FC7 has been replaced.
Now I also have a problem with the BL0080 programmer which worked just fine with the P16F18877 so far. The display of BL0114 prints, but wrong.
I will upload the fcf in the other thread.
Here my simple fcf for ARM:
Fotis_0.fcfx
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