This section does NOT apply to Coridium Products, it is for installing BASIC on boards from other vendors.

Step 2: Install DEMO Firmware, if you have purchased the compiler skip to step 3

The ARMbasic  compiler is freely downloaded, but the utility to install BASIC support libraries is locked to a PC.  But we do support a DEMO mode that limits variables to 100 words and 4K of code.  To install this firmware follow these steps. 

The software installed in the previous step is NewFirm for the standalone ARMbasic compiler.

   NewFirm allows you to choose the serial port on the PC from a list of known ports.  Ports in that list that are capitalized were determined to be using FTDI USB serial devices.  You must also set the control type,  For Coridium style designed boards which use DTR for reset and RTS for boot, this can be selected by the Normal checkbox.  For boards without those connections, you must Manually get the board into a ROM boot configuration.  This is done by holding P0.14 low while asserting RESET.  For instance on Olimex boards this is done by shorting the BSL jumper while pushing RST.  On Futurelec boards, hold the LOAD button while pressing and releasing RESET.

If this does not pass, then you cannot go on to the next step.  You must verify your connections, choice of COM port, and whether you are driving P0.14 low while driving RST on the LCP2xxx low, and then releasing it.  These would be the same steps you use to program any hex file with a program like FlashMagic.  Refer to the documents that came with your PCB.
Once the TEST passes, you can load the DEMO code.  Set the CPU and Crystal values.  Then you can LOAD DEMO firmware.

Install Firmware on ARM

  This part of the install needs to be run once to place a base set of libraries on the ARM processor.  This firmware includes the initialization code, communication routines, and a set of subroutines called from the user ARMbasic program. 

The NewFirm utility is also used to accomplish this.  The first time you run this portion of the installation, a key will be required.  This process is not yet automated, and requires you to get a key from Coridium. For details on that look at the unlock pages . 

After passing the communication TEST, choose the CPU type -

Once the CPU is chosen the TEST button will become an UPDATE. 

Before doing the UPDATE, check the Crystal setting, for instance the Olimex board uses a 14.7456 MHz crystal.

You can also choose the default baud rate.

Remember, that if you change the baud rate here, you will need to set the baud rate in BASICtools, the default is 19.2Kb.

Now you are ready to place the Firmware on your PCB. 

You can use the UPDATE option if you have purchased an ARMbasic firmware license, if not you can install the demo code.

Click UPDATE or click LOAD DEMO

Assuming all was connected correctly, you will see something like above, and you are now ready to start writing ARMbasic programs.  This is the last time you will need to run the NewFirm program, as the portion of the Flash that contains your program will be maintained by the BASIC program.

Remove any BOOT jumpers, and press RESET, which will now launch the ARMbasic runtime monitor running on your PCB.

If you bought an ARMbasic compiler, continue to installing full firmware.

If you are just running the demo code, continue to write your first program.