SK Pang PiCAN FD and LIN-Bus Firmware Update Board User Guide

SK Pang PiCAN FD and LIN-Bus Firmware Update Board User Guide

1. Introduction

This document describes the procedure required to do a firmware update on the PiCAN FD LIN board.
The Raspberry Pi would need to be running the Raspberry Pi OS with desktop GUI.

2. Software Install

First do an update:
sudo apt update
Then reboot the Pi.
Next install LibericaJDK :

cd /home/pi
wget https://download.bell-sw.com/java/13/bellsoft-jdk13-
linux-arm32-vfp-hflt.deb
sudo apt-get install ./bellsoft-jdk13-linux-arm32-vfphflt.
deb
sudo update-alternatives –config javac
sudo update-alternatives –config java

Now download the java Unified Bootloader Host Application from:
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/MC
U16/ProductDocuments/SoftwareTools/UnifiedHost-1.19.0.zip

Unzip the file and change into the directory:

cd UnifiedHost-1.19.0

3. Using Unified Host App

Start the app by:

java -jar UnifiedHost-1.19.0.jar

Select Device Architecture as PIC24 MCUs \ dsPiC33 DSCs

Now click File | Open/Load File (*.hex) to load the firmware hex file.

Select the required firmware hex file.
Now click Settings|Serial.

Select the COM Port to be ttyS0:

Select the Bits per second to be 115200:

Now click Apply.
Download the boot.py from github:
Start a terminal and run the boot.py program by:
python3 boot.py

This will put the dsPIC33 micro-controller into bootloader mode. Check LED2 is flashing rapidly.

Now click 1. Read Device follow by 2. Program.

Check the Status shows Finished executing requested operations.

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