How to Install GIMX Firmware on TIAO GBoard/GIMX Adapter
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How to Install GIMX Firmware on TIAO GBoard/GIMX Adapter
TIAO GBoard/GIMX Adapter is a combined development board, integrates USB to COM converter, and an ATMEGA32U4 chip. This is great for AVR development. However it is also very easy to use it as a GIMX adapter, no need to solder anything!
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install GIMX firmware on to TIAO GBoard/GIMX Adapter
Required Hardware
- A Computer (Windows or Linux,, but in this example, we focus on Windows)
- TIAO GBoard/GIMX Adapter
Required Software
- Atmel Flip or dfu-programmer
- AVR Windows Driver (it is part of Flip software, but if you want to use dfu-programmer, you need to download the driver separately)
- GIMX firmware
Install the Windows Driver
- First we need to connect the board to your computer, use the USB to Mini USB B cable to connect the ATMEGA32U4 USB port to your PC's USB port:
- Once the board is connected to your PC, you will notice this notification:
- Click it and you will see this:
- Right mouse click on it and select update driver...
- Select Browse my computer for driver software:
- Use the browse button to locate the driver software:
- Click install
- Windows driver installed
Install Firmware Using Flip
If you plan to use dfu-programmer, please skip this step and go to next step.
- Run flip software, click the chip icon to select the chip:
- In the target device list, select ATMEGA32U4
- Select USB as the communication protocol
- Click Open to use the USB port
- Load the HEX firmware from to Flip software so we can flash it
- Select the firmware for ATMEGA32U4
- Make sure Erase, Blank Check, Program and Verify are all checked and click Run button
- If everything goes OK, you will see this:
- Done
Install Firmware Using DFU-Programmer
If you plan to use Flip, you can skip this step.
You can use the following command to install the firmware on ATMEGA32U4 using dfu-programmer:
To erase the chip:
dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 erase
To program the chip:
dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 flash <path to firmware>
To reset the chip:
dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 reset
For example:
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