hilscher netX 90 Production Manual

Production guide

netX 90

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Table of contents

1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3

1.1 About this document ........................................................................................................3

1.1.1 Description of the contents ............................................................................... 3

1.1.2 List of revisions ................................................................................................. 3

1.2 Further relevant documentation .......................................................................................3

1.3 Legal notes.......................................................................................................................4

1.4 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................8

2 Software architecture .............................................................................................................. 9

2.1 Basics...............................................................................................................................9

2.2 Flash layout....................................................................................................................11

2.2.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 11

2.2.2 Firmware use cases........................................................................................ 13

2.3 Files................................................................................................................................20

2.3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 20

2.3.2 Hardware configuration file (*.hwc) ................................................................. 21

2.3.3 Flash Device Label (*.fdl)................................................................................ 23

2.3.4 Communication firmware (*.nxi)...................................................................... 33

2.3.5 Application firmware (*.nai) ............................................................................. 35

2.3.6 Maintenance firmware (*.mxf) ......................................................................... 36

2.3.7 Hardware configuration file for maintenance firmware (*.mwc) ...................... 39

2.4 Boot process ..................................................................................................................42

2.4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 42

2.4.2 Console mode................................................................................................. 45

2.4.3 Alternative boot mode ..................................................................................... 46

3 End-of-line programming ...................................................................................................... 47

3.1 Programming interface options ......................................................................................47

3.1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 47

3.1.2 Using console mode and serial/UART interface ............................................. 48

3.1.3 Using console mode and “standard” Ethernet ................................................ 49

3.1.4 Using console mode and integrated web server............................................. 50

3.1.5 Using debug interface (JTAG/SWD) ............................................................... 54

3.1.6 Using console mode and host interface.......................................................... 55

3.2 How to use the Command line flasher ...........................................................................57

4 End-of-line testing ................................................................................................................. 67

List of figures ......................................................................................................................... 68

List of Tables.......................................................................................................................... 69

Contacts.................................................................................................................................. 70

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1 Introduction

1.1 About this document

1.1.1 Description of the contents

This production guide describes the software architecture of the netX 90

SoC and explains how to program necessary software components into

your device during end-of-line production.

1.1.2 List of revisions

Index Date Author Revision

1 2019-04-04 MKE Preliminary version created

2 2019-04-26 MKE Section Files [}page20] revised

Section Flash layout [}page11] revised

Section Programming interface

options [}page47] revised

Section How to use the Command line

flasher [}page57] revised

3 2019-07-12 MKE Document revised and released

Table1: List of revisions

1.2 Further relevant documentation

Besides this production guide, the following documents are also relevant to

the OEM manufacturer of netX 90-based devices:

Title Contents Document ID

Getting started: netX Studio CDT – netX 90

development

Getting started guide for netX 90 SoC

development with netX Studio CDT (for software

developers)

DOC170504GSxxEN

netX 90 – Technical data reference guide Describes netX 90 chip functions DOC160609TRGxxEN

netX 90 – Design-In Guide Describes the standard circuitry around the netX

interfaces (for hardware developers)

DOC180501DGxxEN

Table2: Additional documentation

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1.3 Legal notes

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Warranty

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the software shall run without errors in accordance with the requirements

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1.4 Abbreviations

Abbreviation Meaning

APP CPU Application CPU on the netX 90 handling the customer’s application.

APP FW Application firmware

COM FW Communication firmware

COM CPU Communication CPU on the netX 90 handling communication

(protocol stack) and basic management tasks of the SoC.

DPM Parallel Dual-Port Memory of the netX 90 (host interface)

FDL Flash Device Label

HW config Hardware configuration file

ROM code Hard-coded software residing in the Read-only memory of the netX.

Handles the netX 90 boot process and “loads” firmware into RAM (if

not executed in flash). Cannot be changed.

SPM Serial Dual-Port Memory of the netX 90 (host interface)

Table3: Abbreviations

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2 Software architecture

2.1 Basics

Key feature of the netX 90 SoC is the logical separation of communication

tasks (i.e. industrial Ethernet protocol processing) and application tasks (i.e.

IO data/application processing), which are handled by two separate ARM

Cortex-M4 CPUs, i.e. the “COM CPU” and the “APP CPU”.

Figure1: netX 90 architecture

Hilscher offers a range of pre-certified software protocol stacks for industrial

communication tasks as pre-built and ready-to-use firmware.

Note that there are three different firmware use cases:

A: Small footprint slave device

B: Small footprint slave device with firmware update area in SQI flash

C: Full featured loadable firmware

Each use case determines how the integrated memory is used, whether

external memory is required (SQI flash and/or SDRAM) and which memory

areas the COM CPU and the APP CPU may use. The use cases are

described in full detail in section Firmware use cases [}page13] of this

document.

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Hilscher’s netX Studio CDT IDE includes all components required to

configure, develop and debug the embedded application software.

The “flasher” utility included in the netX Studio CDT installation can be used

to flash/program all necessary software components to the netX 90-based

device.

You can access and use the flasher utility either via the netX Studio GUI

(recommended for software development or flashing of single prototypes)

or via command line interface (recommended for end-of-line mass

production).

The software components that need to be flashed to the netX 90 are

described in full detail in section Files [}page20] of this document.

Figure2: Software for communication and application CPUs (stand-alone-chip solution)

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2.2 Flash layout

2.2.1 Overview

The netX 90 SoC is equipped with the following integrated memory

devices:

COM CPU

·1024 KB ECC internal flash INTFLASH01, consisting of:

– 512 KB INTFLASH0

– 512 KB INTFLASH1

·576 KB ECC internal RAM COM INTRAM

·128 KB ROM

APP CPU

·512 KB ECC internal flash INTFLASH2

·64 KB ECC internal RAM APP INTRAM

Flash layout definition

The layout of the flash memory is defined in the “Flash Layout Table” of the

Flash Device Label (FDL) [see also section FDL Content: Flash Layout

Table [}page30]) for details.

The flash layout definition is thus kept separate from the firmware, which

allows for consistent flash area layout information, regardless whether it is

the regular communication firmware or the maintenance firmware that

accesses this information during booting.

The user can define up to ten flash areas containing either a certain binary

file (like e.g. the firmware) or dedicated space for storing non-file-based

data (see sub-section below). The correct definition of these areas depend

on your netX 90’s firmware use case. The following sections explain the

flash layout use cases in detail.

Note:

The pre-configured FDL templates provided by Hilscher and the

FDLs created by the New Flash Device Label wizard of netX

Studio CDT already contain the appropriate flash layout definitions

(a.k.a. “area” definitions) according to the individual use cases.

Thus, you do not need to enter the flash area definitions in the FDL

yourself, but can simply pick the right FDL for your use case (A, B

or C).

The details in the following sections are intended to provide some

background knowledge about the flash layout.

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Flash areas reserved for non-file-based data

Besides the areas assigned to “static” files like e.g. the *.nxi firmware or

the *.hwc hardware configuration, the flash layout requires the definition of

the following areas for “non-file-based” data:

·Management area (manages the storage of remanent data)

·Remanent area (stores remanent data)

·Firmware update area (intermediate storage of firmware update data)

Offsets and sizes of these areas are described in the Flash area definition

values tables in the following sections.

Important:

If you are not programming a “blank” netX 90 device (i.e. if a *.nxi

firmware ran on the netX before, thus using the management area

and the remanent area for data storage), make sure that these

areas are empty by erasing them with the Flasher tool. See section

How to use the Command line flasher [}page57] for information

on how to erase flash areas.

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2.2.2 Firmware use cases

2.2.2.1 Use case A: Small footprint slave device

The communication firmware is running in internal RAM and internal flash

and does not require external SDRAM or SQI Flash.

This applies to “traditional” Fieldbus protocol firmware (protocol stack

running in channel 0 of DPM) and “standard” Real-Time Ethernet protocol

firmware including a basic web server (protocol stack running in channel 0

and “network services” running in channel 1 of DPM).

·Communication firmware size is ≤ 500 KByte and located only in

INTFLASH0

·Firmware update area of 380 KByte is located in INTFLASH1

·Application CPU can use external SQI Flash and external SDRAM (if

implemented) exclusively (as defined in hardware configuration)

Figure3: Use case A: Small footprint flash layout example

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The following table shows the flash area definition values for this use case.

Area

No.

Area Content Area Content type Area start

address

Area size Area

chip No.

Area name Area

access

type

0 Hardware

configuration

*.hwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_HWCONFIG

Relative:

0x0

0x2000 0x0 HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00100000

1 Flash Device

Label

*.fdl

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_FDL

Relative:

0x2000

0x1000 0x0 FDL O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00102000

2 Communication

firmware *.nxi

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_FW

Relative:

0x3000

0x7D000 0x0 FW O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00103000

3 Firmware

update area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_FWUPDATE

Relative:

0x0

0x5F000 0x1 FWUpdate O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x00180000

4 Maintenance

hardware

configuration

*.mwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_MFW_HWCONFIG

Relative:

0x5F000

0x2000 0x1 MFW_HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001DF000

5 Maintenance

Firmware

*.mxf

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_MFW

Relative:

0x61000

0x15000 0x1 Maintenance O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001E1000

6 Remanent data

area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_REMANENT

Relative:

0x76000

0x8000 0x1 Remanent O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x001F6000

7 Management

data area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_FL

ASH_LAYOUT_CONTENT_

TYPE_MANAGEMENT

Relative:

0x7E000

0x2000 0x1 Management O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x001FE000

Table4: Flash area definition values of Use Case A

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2.2.2.2 Use case B: Small footprint slave device with FW update area in SQI flash

This use case is similar to use case A, i.e. the communication firmware is

running with INTRAM COM and INTFLASH01 and does not require

external SDRAM or SQI flash.

However, in this case the firmware update area is moved to the external

SQI flash, thus allowing the communication firmware to use more of the

INTFLASH. This means also that the APP CPU is responsible for the

firmware update, because only the APP CPU has access to the SQI flash.

Use case B applies to “traditional” Fieldbus protocol firmware (protocol

stack running in channel 0 of DPM) and “standard” Real-Time Ethernet

protocol firmware including a basic web server (protocol stack running in

channel 0 and “network services” running in channel 1 of DPM).

·Communication firmware size is ≤ 880 KByte and located in

INTFLASH01

·Firmware update area is located in external SQI flash

– APP CPU places new firmware in this area

– COM firmware does not have access to external SQI flash

– new firmware can be installed with the help of the maintenance

firmware

·APP CPU may use external SQI Flash and external SDRAM exclusively

(as defined in hardware configuration)

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Figure4: Use case B: Small footprint flash layout example with firmware update area in SQI

flash

Important:

Runtime issues will occur if the Remanent or Management areas

are accessed while the COM firmware is running from INTFLASH1.

To avoid this, the host application (APP CPU) must handle the

storage and management of remanent data.

Therefore, the firmware file (*.nxi) must be configured accordingly

by using the Tag List Editor software; i.e. in the Remanent Data

Responsibility tag, the Remanent Data stored by Host option

must be enabled. (For information about the Tag List Editor, see

section How to...Use the Tag List Editor in the document Getting

started: netX Studio CDT – netX 90 development,

DOC170504GSxxEN.)

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The following table shows the flash area definition values for this use case.

Area

No.

Area Content Area Content type Area start

address

Area size Area chip

No.

Area name Area

access

type

0 Hardware

configuration

*.hwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_HWCONFIG

Relative:

0x0

0x2000 0x0 HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00100000

1 Flash Device

Label

*.fdl

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_FDL

Relative:

0x2000

0x1000 0x0 FDL O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00102000

2 Communication

firmware *.nxi

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_FW

Relative:

0x3000

0x7D000

If 880 KB:

0xDC000

0x0 FW O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00103000

3 Maintenance

hardware

configuration

*.mwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_MFW_HWCO

NFIG

Relative:

0x5F000

0x2000 0x1 MFW_HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001DF000

4 Maintenance

Firmware

*.mxf

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_MFW

Relative:

0x61000

0x15000 0x1 Maintenance O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001E1000

5 Remanent Area HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_REMANENT

Relative:

0x76000

0x8000 0x1 Remanent O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x001F6000

6 Management

Area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_MANAGEME

NT

Relative:

0x7E000

0x2000 0x1 Management O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x001FE000

7 FW Update

Area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_

FLASH_LAYOUT_CONT

ENT_TYPE_FWUPDATE

Relative:

0x0

0x5F000 0x2 FWUpdate O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x64000000

Table5: Flash area definition values of Use Case B

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2.2.2.3 Use case C: Full featured loadable firmware

The COM LFW is a "full featured" Real-Time Ethernet protocol firmware

including an extended web server. It uses SDRAM and external SQI Flash

and works with a fail-safe flash file system in the SQI Flash.

Therefore handling of multiple files/configurations and functions on

embedded systems as well as working with Hilscher tools like

Communication Studio are possible.

·*.nxi communication firmware file size is limited to ≤ 880 KByte and

located in INTFLASH01.

·Firmware update area is located in the HCC Flash File System of the

external SQI Flash (and does therefore not need to be defined in the

FDL). New firmware will be installed with the help of the maintenance

firmware.

·APP CPU has no access to external SQI Flash, because it is used

exclusively by the COM CPU

·External SDRAM is equally shared by both COM CPU and APP CPU

(as defined in hardware configuration)

Figure5: Use case C: Full featured loadable firmware with SDRAM and external SQI flash

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The following table shows the flash area definition values for this use case.

Area

No.

Area Content Area Content type Area start

address

Area size Area chip

No.

Area name Area

access

type

0 Hardware

configuration

*.hwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_HWCONFIG

Relative:

0x0

0x2000 0x0 HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00100000

1 Flash Device

Label

*.fdl

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_FDL

Relative:

0x2000

0x1000 0x0 FDL O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00102000

2 Communication

firmware *.nxi

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_FW

Relative:

0x3000

0xDE000 0x0 FW O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x00103000

3 Maintenance

hardware

configuration

*.mwc

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_MFW_HWCONFI

G

Relative:

0x5F000

0x2000 0x1 MFW_HWConfig O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001DF000

4 Maintenance

Firmware

*.mxf

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_MFW

Relative:

0x61000

0x1F000 0x1 Maintenance O_RDONLY

Absolute:

0x001E1000

5 File system in

external SQI

flash

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_FILESYSTEM

Relative:

0x80000

0x23E000 0x2 Filesystem O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x6408000

6 Remanent Area HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_REMANENT

Relative:

0x2BE000

0x40000 0x2 Remanent O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x642BE000

7 Management

Area

HIL_PRODUCT_DATA_F

LASH_LAYOUT_CONTEN

T_TYPE_MANAGEMENT

Relative:

0x2FE000

0x2000 0x2 Management O_RDWR

Absolute:

0x642FE000

Table6: Flash area definition values of Use Case C

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2.3 Files

2.3.1 Overview

The following table provides an overview of mandatory and optional files

(depending on use case) that must or can be downloaded to the flash

memory of the netX 90 by the OEM during end-of-line production.

File Description Sources/tools for handling

the file

For details see section

Hardware

configuration

*.hwc

Mandatory binary file containing

the netX 90 hardware configuration

settings, e.g. pin assignments of

SDRAM, PHYs, UART etc.

Must be configured according to

use case.

Create: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT

Edit: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Hardware configuration file

(*.hwc) [}page21]

Flash Device

Label

*.fdl

Mandatory binary file containing

device-specific identification data

like manufacturer and device IDs,

MAC addresses and serial number.

It also contains the Flash Layout

Table, which defines the layout of

the flash memory of the netX 90.

MAC addresses and serial number

have to be adapted by OEM for

each device individually.

Create: Provided as pre-

configured templates for use

cases A, B and C by Hilscher.

Can also be created by OEM in

netX Studio CDT.

Edit: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT or OEM’s own production

tool

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Flash Device Label

(*.fdl) [}page23]

Communication

firmware

*.nxi

Pre-built binary firmware file for the

COM CPU, containing protocol

stack, operating system, web

server and tag list.

Create: Provided as ready-to-

use binary file by Hilscher

Edit: Certain features can be

enabled/disabled by OEM in the

Tag List Editor

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Communication firmware

(*.nxi) [}page33]

Application

firmware

*.nai

Binary firmware file containing the

application for the APP CPU.

Create: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT

Edit: Source code can be

edited and compiled by OEM in

netX Studio CDT

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Application firmware

(*.nai) [}page35]

Maintenance

firmware

*.mxf

Optional “Recovery” (a.k.a. “basic”)

firmware handling the update/

installation of “regular” firmware

and other files.

Create: Provided as ready-to-

use binary file by Hilscher

Edit: -

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Maintenance firmware

(*.mxf) [}page36]

Hardware

configuration for

maintenance

firmware

*.mwc

Additional hardware configuration

file required by the maintenance

firmware. Mandatory if

maintenance firmware is used.

Create: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT

Edit: By OEM in netX Studio

CDT

Download (flash): By OEM in

netX Studio CDT or Command

line tool (LUA flasher script)

Hardware configuration file for

maintenance firmware

(*.mwc) [}page39]

Table7: Overview of files

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