SPRABV4I October   2021  – August 2025 SM320F28335-EP , SM320F28335-HT , TMS320F280023-Q1 , TMS320F280025-Q1 , TMS320F280025C-Q1 , TMS320F280033 , TMS320F280034 , TMS320F280034-Q1 , TMS320F280036-Q1 , TMS320F280036C-Q1 , TMS320F280037 , TMS320F280037-Q1 , TMS320F280037C , TMS320F280037C-Q1 , TMS320F280038-Q1 , TMS320F280038C-Q1 , TMS320F280039 , TMS320F280039-Q1 , TMS320F280039C , TMS320F280039C-Q1 , TMS320F280040-Q1 , TMS320F280040C-Q1 , TMS320F280041 , TMS320F280041-Q1 , TMS320F280041C , TMS320F280041C-Q1 , TMS320F280045 , TMS320F280048-Q1 , TMS320F280048C-Q1 , TMS320F280049 , TMS320F280049-Q1 , TMS320F280049C , TMS320F280049C-Q1 , TMS320F2802-Q1 , TMS320F28020 , TMS320F280200 , TMS320F28021 , TMS320F28022 , TMS320F28022-Q1 , TMS320F280220 , TMS320F28023 , TMS320F28023-Q1 , TMS320F280230 , TMS320F28026 , TMS320F28026-Q1 , TMS320F28026F , TMS320F28027 , TMS320F28027-Q1 , TMS320F280270 , TMS320F28027F , TMS320F28027F-Q1 , TMS320F28030 , TMS320F28030-Q1 , TMS320F28031 , TMS320F28031-Q1 , TMS320F28032 , TMS320F28032-Q1 , TMS320F28033 , TMS320F28033-Q1 , TMS320F28034 , TMS320F28034-Q1 , TMS320F28035 , TMS320F28035-EP , TMS320F28035-Q1 , TMS320F28050 , TMS320F28051 , TMS320F28052 , TMS320F28052-Q1 , TMS320F28052F , TMS320F28052F-Q1 , TMS320F28052M , TMS320F28052M-Q1 , TMS320F28053 , TMS320F28054 , TMS320F28054-Q1 , TMS320F28054F , TMS320F28054F-Q1 , TMS320F28054M , TMS320F28054M-Q1 , TMS320F28055 , TMS320F2806-Q1 , TMS320F28062 , TMS320F28062-Q1 , TMS320F28062F , TMS320F28062F-Q1 , TMS320F28063 , TMS320F28064 , TMS320F28065 , TMS320F28066 , TMS320F28066-Q1 , TMS320F28067 , TMS320F28067-Q1 , TMS320F28068F , TMS320F28068M , TMS320F28069 , TMS320F28069-Q1 , TMS320F28069F , TMS320F28069F-Q1 , TMS320F28069M , TMS320F28069M-Q1 , TMS320F28075 , TMS320F28075-Q1 , TMS320F28332 , TMS320F28333 , TMS320F28334 , TMS320F28335 , TMS320F28335-Q1 , TMS320F28374D , TMS320F28374S , TMS320F28375D , TMS320F28375S , TMS320F28375S-Q1 , TMS320F28376D , TMS320F28376S , TMS320F28377D , TMS320F28377D-EP , TMS320F28377D-Q1 , TMS320F28377S , TMS320F28377S-Q1 , TMS320F28379D , TMS320F28379D-Q1 , TMS320F28379S , TMS320F28P550SG , TMS320F28P550SJ , TMS320F28P559SG-Q1 , TMS320F28P559SJ-Q1

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Programming Fundamentals
  6. 3ROM Bootloader
  7. 4Flash Kernel A
    1. 4.1 Implementation
      1. 4.1.1 Application Load
  8. 5Flash Kernel B
    1. 5.1 Implementation
      1. 5.1.1 Packet Format
      2. 5.1.2 CPU1 Kernel Commands
      3. 5.1.3 CPU2 Kernel Commands
      4. 5.1.4 Packet Data
      5. 5.1.5 Status Codes
    2. 5.2 F2838x SCI Flash Kernels
      1. 5.2.1 CPU1-CPU2 Kernels
        1. 5.2.1.1 Kernel Commands
      2. 5.2.2 CPU1-CM Kernels
        1. 5.2.2.1 Kernel Commands
      3. 5.2.3 Using the Projects With SCI Bootloader
        1. 5.2.3.1 CPU1-CPU2
        2. 5.2.3.2 CPU1-CM
      4. 5.2.4 Using the Projects With Code Composer Studio (CCS) Software
        1. 5.2.4.1 CPU1-CPU2
        2. 5.2.4.2 CPU1-CM
    3. 5.3 F28P65x SCI Flash Kernel
      1. 5.3.1 CPU1 Kernel
        1. 5.3.1.1 Host-Kernel Communication: ControlCard
        2. 5.3.1.2 Host-Kernel Communication: LaunchPad Development Kit
        3. 5.3.1.3 Kernel Commands
      2. 5.3.2 Using the Projects With SCI Bootloader
        1. 5.3.2.1 CPU1
      3. 5.3.3 Using the Projects With CCS
        1. 5.3.3.1 CPU1
    4. 5.4 F28P55x SCI Flash Kernel
      1. 5.4.1 Implementation
        1. 5.4.1.1 Specifying the Flash Banks and Sectors of the Application
      2. 5.4.2 Kernel
      3. 5.4.3 Using the Project With SCI Bootloader
      4. 5.4.4 Using the Project with CCS
  9. 6Example Implementation
    1. 6.1 Device Setup
      1. 6.1.1 Flash Kernels
      2. 6.1.2 Hardware
    2. 6.2 Host Application: serial_flash_programmer
      1. 6.2.1 Overview
      2. 6.2.2 Building and Running serial_flash_programmer Using Visual Studio
      3. 6.2.3 Running serial_flash_programmer for F2806x (Flash Kernel A)
      4. 6.2.4 Running serial_flash_programmer for F2837xD (Flash Kernel B)
    3. 6.3 Host Application: Firmware Updates on F28004x With SCI Flash Kernel
      1. 6.3.1 Overview
      2. 6.3.2 Boot Pin Configurations
      3. 6.3.3 Using Three Boot Modes
      4. 6.3.4 Performing Live Firmware Updates
  10. 7Troubleshooting
    1. 7.1 General
    2. 7.2 SCI Boot
    3. 7.3 F2837x
      1. 7.3.1 F2837xS
      2. 7.3.2 F2837xD
      3. 7.3.3 F2837xD LaunchPad™
    4. 7.4 F28P65x
  11. 8References
  12. 9Revision History

6.3.4 Performing Live Firmware Updates

It has been shown how the flash kernel is downloaded to RAM, and facilitates downloading the application to flash. By storing the flash kernel in flash, the user does not need to download the flash kernel to RAM, thus saving time. The flash kernel is available in flash to directly download the application to flash. The flash kernel takes up some flash space. This is a tradeoff that certain users can decide to use. It is especially useful to enable certain features, such as Live Firmware Updates (LFU). In LFU, the application only uses flash boot mode, and when the application is running, a user can choose to update firmware. The application will pass control to the flash kernel in flash, which will facilitate updating the application in Flash. On a single-bank flash, this typically requires a device reset. But if the device contains multiple flash banks, a device reset can be avoided with LFU, allowing a seamless transition to new firmware.

For further details on how to perform Live Firmware Updates, see [6] and [7].