2010-08-11 07:33:30 Getting started with the BF-518 EZ-KIT

Patrick Doyle (UNITED STATES)

Message: 92319

I am about to embark upon my first uClinux/Blackfin project. I have the following hardware in front of me:

PART NUMBER: ADZS-BF518F-EZ-BRD

U9 has a sticker on it that reads 1.0

The top of the board has silkscreened:

The back of the board has stickers with

SERIAL NO. 588016

MAC 00E022FE5F1C

BOM REV 1.4

Should I anticipate any problems with this rev of the hardware?

Also, I would like to find or write a document entitled something like "Getting started with uCLinux on the ADSP-BF518F EZ-KIT", targetted at the experienced embedded development engineer, with just enough of a cookbook to convince myself that things basically work. An outline might look something like:

Package Contents

-- pointer to appendix to restore to factory configuration

Prerequisites

Development Host

serial cable

ethernet cable

access to blackfin.uclinux.org

Switch Settings

Quick Start

Boot from SPI Flash

-- SPI Flash is programmed with DAS U-BOOT

-- update u-boot

-- load kernel/initrd

-- via serial port

-- via TFTP

-- how to set up your server

-- compile & run hello world

Nonvolatile storage options

SPI Flash (2 MByte)

Parallel Flash memory (4 MByte)

eMMC? (2 GByte -- accessible from u-boot?)

Appendices

Restoring factory configuration

Running a Ubuntu development host in a VMWare box (on a Macbook)

--ok, that last item might be a little specific to me :-) but you get the gist. I'm going to be filling in this outline as I go along, but if somebody else has already done this, I'd be glad to follow it. If not, I'd be just as glad to publish this for the next person.

--wpd

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2010-08-11 12:10:36 Re: Getting started with the BF-518 EZ-KIT

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 92328

i started a framework for exactly this type of thing, but didnt get around to finishing it

idea is to take these docs:

docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=hw:boards:bf533-stamp-quick-start

docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=hw:boards:bf537-stamp-quick-start

merge the duplicate parts into fragments, and then have one main page per board that customizes the content.

you can see my stalled work here:

https://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=quick-start:bf537-stamp