NAME
Device::Microchip::Bootloader - Bootloader host software for Microchip PIC devices
VERSION
version 0.5
SYNOPSIS
my $loader = Device::Microchip::Bootloader->new(firmware => 'my_firmware.hex', target => '/dev/ttyUSB0');
DESCRIPTION
Host software for bootloading a HEX file to a PIC microcontroller that is programmed with the bootloader as described in Microchip AN1310.
The tool allows bootloading over serial port and over ethernet when the device is connected over a serial to ethernet adapter such as a Lantronix XPort.
METHODS
new(%parameters)
This constructor returns a new Device::Microchip::Bootloader object. Supported parameters are listed below
- firmware
-
The hex file that is to be programmed into the target device. Upon creation of the object, the HEX file will be examined and possible errors will be flagged.
- device
-
The target device where to send the firmware to. This can be either a serial port object (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0) or a TCP socket (e.g. 192.168.1.52:10001).
- verbose
-
Controls the verbosity of the module. Defaults to 0. Increasing numbers make the module more chatty. 5 is the highest level and probably provides too much information. 3 is a good level to get started.
connect_target
Make a connection to the target device. This function will return a hash containing information on the response containing the following elements:
bootloader_version
Reports the version of the bootloader firmware running on the device as [major].[minor].
launch_app
Exit the bootloader and launch the application code.
erase_flash($stop_address, $pages)
This function erases flash pages. The $stop_address is the base address of the last page to erase. $pages specifies how many pages will be erased. The erasing happend backwards (from the page defined by $stop_address) to lower addresses. See the Microchip application note AN1310 for details.
Warning: this function will erase the 'goto bootloader' instruction at address 0x0000 too, so ensure to save it before erasing the first page in program memory of the tager device.
read_eeprom($start_address, $nr_of_bytes)>
Reads a number of bytes from the EEPROM of the device. Returns '05' when no EEPROM is present in the device.
read_flash($start_address, $nr_of_bytes)
Reads a number of bytes from the flash memory (= program memory) of the target device.
read_flash_crc($start_address, $nr_of_write_blocks)
Read the CRC values of $nr_of_write_blocks flash write blocks (= typically a smaller value than the blocksize of a flash erase block, see the specs of your target device for details).
write_flash($start_adress, $data)
Writes the $data to the program memory starting from location $start_address. $start_address should be aligned with the write block size and $data is an ASCII string in hexacdecimal format where a single byte is a readable nibble. So e.g. "10" represents a byte value of 0x10. The first byte of the $data string will be written at $start_address and the address is incremented from that point on.
BUILD
An internal function used by Moose to run code after the constructor. Need to document because otherwise Test::Pod::Coverage test fails
O_NDELAY
Detected by Pod::Coverage from the sysopen function. Stub documenation to ensure the test does not fail when the module is deployed.
O_NOCTTY
Detected by Pod::Coverage from the sysopen function. Stub documenation to ensure the test does not fail when the module is deployed.
O_RDWR
Detected by Pod::Coverage from the sysopen function. Stub documenation to ensure the test does not fail when the module is deployed.
AUTHOR
Lieven Hollevoet <hollie@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Lieven Hollevoet.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.