PBP projects for R/C models

[ScaleRobotics]

I received two 32bit Whackers today.
Can I attach them to my PICkit 2 Programmer?

Yes, jumper J5 will accept your PicKit2, so you can program the device. You should only have to do this about once. All other upgrades of firmware can be handled though the StickOS, using the USB cable.

Will the following get me started?

http://www.schmalzhaus.com/UBW32/

I hadn't noticed before, but it looks like it is preloaded with some other "language". I think you are better off with StickOS though. So I would dowload it from here: http://www.cpustick.com/downloads/St...v1.80c.elf.hex and load it into the UBW32 with your PicKit2.

And follow the StickOS documentation, located here: http://www.cpustick.com/downloads/stickos.v1.80.2p.pdf

All above located on this site: http://www.cpustick.com/downloads.htm

[Kenjones1935]

scalerobotics, I thought that you suggested that J5 will work with the PICKIT USB connector.

I can not find J5 on the board. I can find J6 but not J5. I downloaded the .pdf file which is a picture of the board. It is sooo messy that I can not find J5 on it either.

HELP.....

KEn

[Kenjones1935]

J5 is the tail end of the board...

Hmmm.

KEn

[Kenjones1935]

My PICkit2 Programmer makes the blue LED glow. When I ask for a READ it presents me with a GUI that claims voltage error and the LED goes out.

Is there a similar document to the MICROCHIP explanation of the PICkit 2 hardware?

The documentation for this PIC32 chip is 631 pages. That is more than the 500 pages of documentation referenced by the young guy in the video.

What now, coaches?

Ken

[Kenjones1935]

The six pin USB connector that I am using is called a PICkit2.

Are you all saying that you use that connector, but then use MPLAB IDE programmer for to talk to the PIC32 Whacker? I assumed you were using the PICkit2 Programmer.

Confusion reigns.

Ken

[Kenjones1935]

I rediscovered in PICkit2 Programmer the DEVICE FAMILY pull down. There is an entry for the PIC32MX460. I selected that. Low and behold....

Ain't life grande.
Ken

[Kenjones1935]

CPUStick Basic sounds good. Let me guess at what I must do to get it.

1. Establish the connection between my PICkit2 Programmer and my new PIC32 Whacker.
2. Download from http://www.cpustick.com/downloads.htm one of the StickOS HEX images. Which image is the correct one for my PIC32?
3. Load this .hex image into my Whacker board FLASH using the PICkitr2 programmer.

My observation (from a READ command) is that the 512K of FLASH is blank. This surprised me because I thought the PIC32 Whacker came with embedded software.

Am I guessing correctly?

Ken

[ScaleRobotics]

Low and behold....
Ain't life grande.

Hey Ken,

Sorry I couldn't answer earlier. Are you all sorted out, or are there still questions? I think you may have answered yourself on all the above. But just in case:

Since I pointed you to a hex file, you will not need anything except your PicKit2 to load it into your UBW32. Sounds like you found the J5. Really I don't know where it is either, I just saw it clear as day on the schematic. You would think it might be labeled. I have played a bit with the CUI32, but not the UBW32. The CUI32 is very clearly marked for each pin. Sounds like that may not be the case with the UBW32.

Too bad it is not silk screened. That would have been helpful. I assume you are looking at this. Which could be a lot clearer. http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/D...MX460_v262.pdf

Are you able to upload the .hex firmware into the device with the Pickit2?

[ScaleRobotics]

Ken, I am sorry. I gave you the wrong firmware file. That one was meant for a UBW32 with HID Bootloader which apparently came with the UBw32 before we wrote over it.

Soooooooooo

Here is what I can only believe to be the right file. If this does not work, we will have to ask for higher help.

I wish I had the same hardware here, and would not have led you astray.

Here is the file:

[Kenjones1935]

In the world of Hi-Tech I always purchase a second one - just in case.

If I were to switch, what do you suggest be my actions?

Ken

[ScaleRobotics]

In the world of Hi-Tech I always purchase a second one - just in case.

If I were to switch, what do you suggest be my actions?

Ken

That's right, I sort of forgot about the second one...
But it does not sound like you tried the firmware I just sent you. As one last try, I would have you stick with the one were working on, and try the firmware I just sent in the previous reply.

But your right, if that does not work:
Switch to the untouched one. Download the microchip driver here: http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/D...C/UBW32inf.zip and install it into your PC. And only plug the usb cable into it. See if you get a "new hardware detected" message.

Run the HID Bootloader executable from microchip http://www.cpustick.com/downloads/HIDBootLoader.exe , and see if it can find your UBW32. Then select the first firmware I sent you. This one: StickOS for Microchip PIC32MX4-F512L UBW32 Board Bootloader (v1.80) (.HEX, UBW32 HID bootloader image) with the long name. Let the microchip bootloader try to load the firmware into the untouched one (not even using your PicKit2).

Let me know how it goes.

[Kenjones1935]

I have four USB ports on the back and two on the front of my PC. How do I know into which physical port to plug the cable?

How does HyperTerminal know?

Ken