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5 Fast LIN BSL Support
5
Fast LIN BSL Support
There are two software components required to use the BSL feature of the target device. Part 1 is the firmware
of the XMC4200 microcontroller mounted on the µIO-Stick. This firmware is responsible to generate the BSL
communication protocol. Part 2 is the BSL user software running on a Microsoft
user interface and prepares the data packets to be sent to the µIO-Stick and further to the target device.
5.1
Installation Guideline
1.
Go to the section
2.
Download uIO_BSL_Tool.zip and extract all the files
3.
Connect the µIO-Stick via USB to the PC and via the 16-pin connector to the target device
4.
Update the µIO-Stick with the current BSL firmware version by executing the script UpdateBSL
5.
Launch the application BSL_Tool.exe
5.2
BSL Tool
The BSL GUI tool is the user interface to control the BSL interactively. It provides two modes of operation, a
Basic Mode and an Expert Mode.
5.2.1
Basic Mode
The Basic Mode provides a reduced user interface limited to the minimum required actions, such as download
of code into the target device.
Figure 8
shows the user interface of the Basic Mode.
Figure 8
BSL Tool - Basic Mode
5.2.2
Expert Mode
The Expert Mode provides much more functionality, all functions of the BSL modes supported by the target
device are available in this mode. In order to switch to Expert Mode from Basic Mode, select the Expert Mode in
the Extra menu, as shown in
Application Note
Tools & Software
of the µIO-Stick
Figure 9
on page 14 .
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