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

4.1.1 Application Load

This section walks through the entire flow of programming an application into flash using the SCI boot mode. Make sure the device is ready for SCI communications by resetting the device while ensuring the boot mode pins are in the proper state to select SCI Boot mode. These are the steps that follow:

  1. The device receives the autobaud character that determines the baud rate at which the load takes place. This happens soon after the host initiates a transfer command.
  2. The flash kernel is transferred to the device, waiting for the character to be echoed before sending the next. Make sure the flash kernel is built and linked to RAM alone.
  3. The ROM transfers control and the flash kernel begins to execute. There is a small delay in which the kernel must prepare the device for flash programming before the device is ready to begin communications, and in this time the kernel configures the PLL and flash wait states.
  4. The kernel enters an autobaud mode and waits for the autobaud character to be received. This potentially allows the kernel to communicate at a higher speed than was used for the ROM loader because the PLL is configured for a higher speed by the kernel. SCI has an autobaud lock that allows the host to send any baud rate the user prefers - a single baud rate does not need to be agreed on for both sides.
  5. Once the baud rate is locked, the application can be downloaded using the same format as the flash kernel. At the beginning of the download process, a key, a few reserved fields, and the application entry point are transferred before the actual application code.
  6. After the entry point is received, the kernel begins to erase the flash. Erasing flash can take a few seconds, so note that while erasing flash looks like the application load has failed, the flash is just being erased.
  7. Once the flash is erased, the application load continues by transferring each block of application code and programming the code to flash.
  8. After a block of data is programmed into flash, a checksum is sent back to the host PC to make sure that all of the data was correctly received by the embedded device. This process continues until the entire application has been programmed into flash.

Now that the application is programmed into flash, the flash kernel attempts to run the application by branching to the entry point that was transferred to the application at the start of the application load process. A device reset is needed for this.