LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi,

In lpc2364 MCU,I am implementing a bootloader which uses IAP apis, At location 0x0000 i have the bootloader code from here i am call my application which is loaded at location 0x8000 through jtag programmer.In this procedure my application at loaction 8000 is working fine.
Then I loaded the same application at loaction 0x8000 by IAP API and cross verified the code the code loaded by my program and JTAG programmer is same.but at the instuction
0x00008000 E59FF018 LDR PC,[PC,#0x0018]
at his loaction the value of PC is 0x8000 but after this instruction the value of PC should be 0x8058 but in the code which is loaded by IAP API the PC becomes 0x0058. Do i want to do any presettings to execute the above instuction correctly.
Kindly help me to solve this issue .If u didnt understand kindly inform.. so that i wil explain in details.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Your application is linked at location = 0x0.

Easy way:
Go to Target Options and in IROM1 change the 0x0 to 0x8000 and re-build your application.

Hard way:
Change LR_IROM1 and ER_IROM1 in the scatter file.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi Abishek,

If you have already done what Leandro Gentili said, then I suspect I have a problem similar to yours.

0x00008000 E59FF018 LDR PC,[PC,#0x0018]

I think this is an exception handler, a reset hander. So I would like to know: Do you use the "Conditional Assembly Control Symbols: RAM_INTVEC REMAP RAM_MODE" in your startup file of your App?

It seems my problem is related to the breakpoints I set; and only happens in a Debug Session. So, maybe you can try a different breakpoint to see what will happen.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

http://www.keil.com/support/docs/2963.htm

ARM: ATMEL REMAP CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH ULINK DEBUGGING

The REMAP feature on Atmel devices exchanges RAM and Flash areas. When the remapping is done before ULINK can stop the device, you will see swapped memory areas in the debugger and the CPU may not behave correctly.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi Abishek,

What is the value of your 0x00008020?

What is the value of your 0x00000020?
What is the value of your 0x40000020?

Looks like you trigger a Reset, so ARM core goes to the Reset Handler at 0x00000000, then loads the value at 0x00000020 into PC, after that your PC becomes 0x00000058.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi John,

This not only happening at exceptions at this position also
0x0000814C E59F000C LDR R0,[PC,#0x000C]
0x00008150 E12FFF10 BX R0

At the start of the instuction the value of PC is 0x814c
Here after this instuction the value of R0 should be 0x8164 but in this case its becoming 0x0164.

This is happening only for the code which i loaded using IAP apis, If load the code through ULINK debugger its working fine.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi Leandro Gentili,

yes if i load the code at location 0x8000 with ulink programmer its working fine. But if i do the same thing by my bootloader program using IAP apis the above instruction is malfuntioning.

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi Abishek,

Now I think that, the problem you encountered is totally different from mine; and I don't know anything about IAP.

But I would like to know, is your Application a HEX file or a BIN file?

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi John
Hex file

 RE: LPC23xx firmware upgrade

Hi Abishek,

Maybe you can use the C:\KEIL\ARM\BINxx\fromelf.exe to translate your Application to BIN format; then try it again to see if the BIN format works properly with IAP.