Renesas FDM Quick Start Guide

FDM Quickstart Guide

Introduction

This guide is intended to help you to get started quickly when using the FDM. It will cover:

1. How to install the software tools (FDT 2.2, Sample EDK kernels), plugging in the FDM for the first time.

2. How to generate an FDT project which uses the FDM.

3. How to physically connect the FDM to a target board and precautions of use.

4. Example of connection using FDT with the FDM.

1

Software Installation

Note that Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT do not fully support USB and so cannot be used with the FDM.

Insert the Software Tools CDROM in your drive, it should automatically run the menu program. If it does not:

• Open "My Computer" from your desktop

• Locate and open the CDROM drive

• Double-click the "autorun.exe" icon to run the program.

Once the menu program is running:

• Select "FDM" from the drop down list.

• The buttons suffixed with the '»' symbol will display a popup

menu when clicked. The content above the separator in these
menus changes dynamically, depending on the selected EDK
device.

• If you do not have FDT already installed, you should click the

"Install Tools »" button and complete the installation of FDT.

• Click "Add EDK Support" to install the sample EDK

kernel(s) with support for the FDM pin settings.

• Use of the FDM requires FDT kernels which have settings for
controlling the mode pins of the target device. The only
kernels which have these settings are for EDK’s. It is possible
however, to manually add these settings to other kernels; this
is covered by a separate application note.

Once FDT is installed, it is possible to plug in the FDM to the PC
USB port using the supplied USB A-B cable – the first time this is
done it will install the driver: ensure that the FDM is not plugged
into a target device before this first connection is made. Under
Windows 98, Me, and 2000 the driver should install automaticall y
without prompting for a driver disk. Under Windows XP the
“Found New Hardware Wizard” will launch. Select “Install the
software automatically” and click “Next” to complete the
installation.

Once the driver has been successfully installed the red LED will
illuminate continuously and the Green LED will begin to flash. The
installed driver will be loaded each time the FDM is plugged in.

Note that the green LED will not flash if the driver is not
installed correctly (e.g. FDT is not installed).

Documentation

The CD's menu program will automatically detect if you need to install the Acrobat Reader when you first select a PDF
document from the Manuals popup menu. Alternatively, you may install Acrobat Reader manually from the CD's menu
program by selecting "Manuals »", "Acrobat Reader".

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2

Generating a Test Project

Once you have installed the required software you can quit the menu
program and start the Flash Development Toolkit (FDT). This
example uses the EDK 2282 but the method is valid for other EDK’s.

• Start FDT by using the Start Menu to navigate to “Start”,

“Programs”, “Renesas”, “Flash Development Toolkit

2.2” and select “Flash Development Toolkit 2.2”.

• In the “Welcome” dialog box, select “Create a new

Workspace” and click “OK”.

• In the “New Project Workspace” dialog box, change the

directory if the default is not where you would like to save
it.

• Enter the Workspace Name, “EDK with FDM”. Click

“OK”.

• A dialog box will be displayed asking if you want to run the

project wizard to add a new project; click “Yes”.

• Enter the Project Name, “EDK2282” (replace with an

appropriate name if using another EDK). Click “Next”.

• In the “Choose Device And Kernel” dialog, select the

EDK target device from the drop down list: "H8S/2282F"
in this example. Then select the Kernel with .EDK at the
end of the kernel version (See screenshot). Click “Next”.
[Note that the EDK kernels are not installed as part of FDT
and should have been installed separately in order to use the
FDM with FDT 2.2]

• In the “Communications Port” dialog, click the Select Port

combo box to display the list, scroll up to the top and select
“FDM”. If the Baud rate required is not the default
selection, the “Use Default Baud Rate” option must be
unchecked before the required setting can be set. Click
“Next”.

• For EDK’s the default options for “Crystal Frequency”,

“Clock Mode”, “CKM” and “CKP” should remain
unchanged in the “Device Settings” dialog, so click “Next”
to continue.

• In the “Connection Type” dialog, select “BOOT Mode”

connection and click “Next”.

• In the “Programming Options” dialog, select Messaging

level “Advanced” and click “Finish”.

The project is now setup and the mode pin settings have been
read from the flash configuration file for the selected kernel. The
next stage is to connect the hardware.

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