AXIOM Remote/Development

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1 Introduction

Currently Axiom Remote Development kit has 3 main components,

  1. AXIOM Remote
  2. Pickit
  3. FT4232H mini- module
  4. </0l> This page provides information for the connection and setting up the AXIOM Remote and its components.

    2 Pickit Connection

    2.1 Steps to connect and flash AXIOM Remote with Pickit2

    1. Connect the 6 pin cable between pickit and ICSP port on Remote.
      Note : Make sure that the pin 1 (indicated by white arrow) of the wire is connected to pin 1 (indicated by white arrow) on the ICSP port on the remote.
    2. Use pic32prog to flash the hex file to AXIOM remote.
      Note : pic32prog only works with sudo
    3. Usage example:
      sudo ./pic32prog AXIOM_Remote_Firmware.hex

      Output:

      Programmer for Microchip PIC32 microcontrollers, Version 2.0.204
          Copyright: (C) 2011-2015 Serge Vakulenko
            Adapter: PICkit2 Version 2.32.0
          Processor: MZ2048ECG100
       Flash memory: 2048 kbytes
        Boot memory: 80 kbytes
               Data: 171496 bytes
              Erase: done
      Program flash: ########################################### done
       Program boot: ### done      
       Verify flash: ########################################## done
        Verify boot: ## done       
       Program rate: 3450 bytes per second
      

      NOte : press the reset button on Remote after the flash progress is complete in pic32prog.

    3 UART Connection

    Any UART to USB adapter should work. We use an FT4232H adapter that is available from distributors for around 28€. You require a USB-A to USB-Mini-B cable to connect the FT4232H to your computer and 3 dupont cables to connect the FT4232H to the AXIOM Remote.

    3.1 FT4232H Pinout

    FT4232H.jpg FT4232H-pinout.jpg

    Chip Datasheet: https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DS_FT4232H.pdf

    Mini Module Datasheet: https://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/DataSheets/Modules/DS_FT4232H_Mini_Module.pdf

    3.2 FT4232H wiring

    FT4232H features 4 UART ports, in this example we utilize port C. Under Linux the FT4232H should simply show up as ports /dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/ttyUSB3 where port C from the above example would correspond to /dev/ttyUSB2.

    Note that the Transmit (TXD) and Receive (RCD) lines need to be cross wired meaning TXD needs to be connected to RXD and RXD to TXD. You can choose any GND pin though.

    Name FT4232H pin Remote pin
    GND GND GND
    TXD CD0 RXD
    RXD CD1 TXD

    Axiom-remote-uart-pins.jpg FT4232H-pinout-uart-portc.jpg

    4 JTAG connection

    4.1 FT4232H wiring

    5 dupont cables are required to hook up JTAG to the FT4232H.

    Name FT4232H pin Remote pin
    GND GND GND
    TCK AD0 TCK
    TDI AD1 TDI
    TDO AD2 TDO
    TMS AD3 TMS

    Jtag.png FT4232H-jtag.jpg FT4232H-jtag-pinout.jpg Jtag-ft4232h-pinout.jpg Remote-jtag-adapter.jpg

    4.2 Flashing

    It is possible to flash the PIC32 firmware through pic32prog and FT2232H and FT4232H adapters (amongst others, like PICkit3). Multiple devices which use FT2232H are already supported in pic32prog, but not FT4232H. We've forked pic32prog, added FT4232H support and adjusted the build to reduce problems there.

    https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/pic32prog

    Usage example:

    ./pic32prog -s 1500 -S AXIOM_Remote_Firmware_635.hex

    Output:

    Programmer for Microchip PIC32 microcontrollers, Version 2.0.258
        Copyright: (C) 2011-2015 Serge Vakulenko
          IDCODE=5510e053
          Adapter: Generic FT4232H adapter
        Processor: MZ2048ECG100
     Flash memory: 2048 kbytes
      Boot memory: 80 kbytes
             Data: 135904 bytes
            Erase: .......done
    Program flash: ################################## done
     Program boot: ### done      
     Program rate: 35484 bytes per second
    

    Note: Don't forget to press reset button after flashing, as by default reset (MCLR) will be hold by the programmer.

    4.3 Debugging

    Our tests with OpenOCD and FT4232H were only partially successful, PIC32 could be accessed, resetted and halted, also registers and disassembled code inspected, but breakpoints could not be set properly or were not stopping the execution. Luckily there is a tool called ejtagproxy, which can be used instead of OpenOCD. Also the connection from gdb-multiarch is working properly and breakpoints are stopping the execution.

    ejtagproxy supports same devices as pic32prog. We've forked ejtagproxy' too and added FT4232H support.

    https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/ejtagproxy

    Note: Use gdb-multiarch which is able to debug MIPS targets.

    Start ejtagproxy:

    ./ejtagproxy

    Output:

    GDB proxy for Microchip PIC32 processors, Version 1.0.36
    Copyright (C) 2012 Serge Vakulenko
    
    EJTAGproxy comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
    use '--warranty' option. This is Open Source software. You are
    welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Use the
    '--copying' option for details.
    
    ejtagproxy: waiting on TCP port 2000
    

    Start gdb-multiarch':

    gdb-multiarch

    Connect to ejtagproxy:

    target extended-remote localhost:2000

    or

    tar ext :2000

    Load symbol file (to see the names of function where the target was halted, instead of addresses, and to be able to set breakpoints via names and not only addresses):

    file <path to .elf file>

    Example

    file /home/dev/Projects/Firmware/build/AXIOM_Remote_Firmware_635.elf

    Some useful commands:

    Command Short form Description
    reset r Reset target (PIC32)
    CTRL+C Halt the target
    continue c Resume execution after halt
    break PollButtons b PollButtons Set breakpoint on function PollButtons
    break 0x9d001f73 b 0x9d001f73 Set breakpoint on address 0x9d001f73
    info breakpoints i b Show set breakpoints
    delete del or d Delete all breakpoints
    delete breakpoint 3 del 3 or d 3 Delete breakpoint 3, see 'info breakpoints'
    info registers i r Show available registers and their values

    4.3.1 Debugging in VSCode

    TODO