Flashing firmware
Note
When flashing new firmware make sure you disconnect power connection and uart connection.
| Needed hardware | |
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| You can change all variables using UART and CAN so flashing firmware a lot is not necessary You will usually flash it when: 1. New version of Spectral BLDC firmware is available 2. You are doing custom code developement 3. You are using SimpleFOC firmware |
You will need programming adapter from here! |
Connecting to PCB
| Step 1 | Step 2 |
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| Locate JTAG PINS | Press programming adapter like shown in the picture (apply small amount of pressure on the pins to get a good contact) |
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Flashing using visual studio code
Download visual studio code: Link
- Open Spectral BLDC firmware folder in VS code. (You need to have platformio installed)
- Press uplaod in VS code (Bottom left corner in VS code)
Flashing using STM32 ST-LINK Utility
Download STM32 ST-LINK utility Link
HEX and binaries
Using STM32 ST-LINK Utility you can flash only Binary or HEX files. These can be obtained from compiling source code of spectral BLDC firmware
Open STM32 ST-LINK utility Drag and drop the binary file inside.
Go to Target/settings and make sure they look like this.
Go to Target/connect. In case you get a error try to install stlink drivers from here!
Go to Target/program and verify. You should get pink output msg like below.
