Rigi Schwinget (Picture: Roman Koch)
Every three years, there is the “Eidgenössisches Schwing- und Älplerfest” in Switzerland. A really big thing for us here. If you are not familiar with what this is, then have a read about the long tradition of Schwingen in Switzerland.
Wondering what “Schwingen” or wrestling has to do with a technology blog? It is about having fun with robots!
Self-Motivation: I write this post in the hope to cut the number of ‘please help me’ emails in my inbox ;-):
If you want to debug one of the Freescale boards with OpenSDA (FRDM-KL25Z, FRDM-K20, FRDM-KL05Z, FRDM-KL46Z48M, FRDM-KL02Z, TWR-KL47Z48M, …), and if you get this dialog …
No Device Available
… then read on.
As I was so pleased with the FRDM-KL46Z board, that I have ordered the Tower version of it, the TWR-KL46Z48M:
FRDM-KL46Z with TWR-KL46Z48M
What I missed so far was USB support for the KL46Z. So time to have a quick look at board(s) and to add USB support for it.
Looks like a flood of new Freedom boards is coming out 🙂 : I have found out about this new one: The FRDM-KE02Z.
FRDM-KE02Z Board
For many projects I need to store configuration or sensor data. For this I’m using either an SD card or program the internal flash memory of the microcontroller. Using the internal flash is a good thing as it does not need an external component. However, the typical number of programming cycles is limited to 10k-50k which is a limiting factor if data has to be recorded over a long time or very often. That’s why I’m using the very popular external 24xx external EEPROM devices from Microchip.
24LC512 connected to FRDM-KL25Z
I love the Freedom boards, like the most recent FRDM-KL46Z for about US$15. But if I think that the ‘Freedom’ board is to big, cost too much and has too much on it, then here is one which is built for only US$5 :-): The MC HCK (pronounced “McHack”):
MC HCK Board Assembled (Source: http://mchck.org/blog/2013-08-06-self-built-mchck-for-5-dollars/)
One of the ‘goodies’ of the FRDM-KL46Z is the Freescale MAG3110 magnetometer. The MAG3110 is a tiny 2×2 mm device:
MAG3110 on FRDM-KL46Z
What was missing so far is a Processor Expert component for it. This post is about closing this gap…
Freescale has added a new Freedom board: the FRDM-KL46Z:
FRDM-KL46Z with Box
My opinion? The best Freedom board so far, I love it!
For everyone who wants to build a Do-It-Yourself toolchain for Kinetis on Linux, I recommend to read the following excellent post by Karibe:
Setting up Linux opensource build and debug tools for freescale freedom board FRDM-KL25Z
He describes how to get OpenOCD with CMSIS-DAP working with Eclipse on Ubuntu to debug the FRDM-KL25Z board.
Happy Linuxing 🙂
So far I have covered in this tutorial series how to install ARM GNU gcc, adding Eclipse, followed by adding GNU GDB debugger, and then adding Processor Expert. I’m using FreeRTOS a lot in my projects, and luckily there is a Kernel Awareness Plugin available for FreeRTOS for GDB in Eclipse. This tutorial is about how to install and use it.
Queues and Tasks
MCU on Eclipse 