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README ^^^^^^

README for NuttX port to the Stellaris LMS38962 Evaluation Kit

Contents ^^^^^^^^

Stellaris LMS38962 Evaluation Kit OLED USB Device Controller Functions Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit Configuration Options Configurations

Stellaris LMS38962 Evaluation Kit ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Board includes the following features:

o Stellaris LM3S8962 microcontroller with fully-integrated 10/100 embedded Ethernet controller o Simple setup; USB cable provides serial communication, debugging, and power o OLED graphics display with 128 x 96 pixel resolution o User LED, navigation switches, and select pushbuttons o Magnetic speaker o LM3S8962 I/O available on labeled break-out pads o Standard ARM® 20-pin JTAG debug connector with input and output modes o USB interface for debugging and power supply o MicroSD card slot

Features of the LM3S8962 Microcontroller

o 32-bit RISC performance using ARM® Cortex™-M3 v7M architecture - 50-MHz operation - Hardware-division and single-cycle-multiplication - Integrated Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC) - 42 interrupt channels with eight priority levels o 256 KB single-cycle flash o 64 KB single-cycle SRAM o Four general-purpose 32-bit timers o Integrated Ethernet MAC and PHY o Three fully programmable 16C550-type UARTs o Four 10-bit channels (inputs) when used as single-ended inputs o Two independent integrated analog comparators o Two I2C modules o Three PWM generator blocks - One 16-bit counter - Two comparators - Produces two independent PWM signals - One dead-band generator o Two QEI modules with position integrator for tracking encoder position o 0 to 42 GPIOs, depending on user configuration o On-chip low drop-out (LDO) voltage regulator

GPIO Usage

PIN SIGNAL EVB Function


26 PA0/U0RX Virtual COM port receive 27 PA1/U0TX Virtual COM port transmit 10 PD0/IDX0 SD card chip select 11 PD1/PWM1 Sound 30 PA4/SSI0RX SD card data out 31 PA5/SSI0TX SD card and OLED display data in 28 PA2/SSI0CLK SD card and OLED display clock 22 PC7/PHB0 OLED display data/control select 29 PA3/SSI0FSS OLED display chip select 73 PE1/PWM5 Down switch 74 PE2/PHB1 Left switch 72 PE0/PWM4 Up switch 75 PE3/PHA1 Right switch 61 PF1/IDX1 Select switch 47 PF0/PWM0 User LED 23 PC6/CCP3 Enable +15 V

OLED ^^^^

The Evaluation Kit includes an OLED graphics display. Features:

  • RiT P14201 series display
  • 128 columns by 96 rows
  • 4-bit, 16-level gray scale.
  • High-contrast (typ. 500:1)
  • Excellent brightness (120 cd/m2)
  • Fast 10 us response.

The OLED display has a built-in controller IC with synchronous serial and parallel interfaces (SSD1329). Synchronous serial (SSI) is used on the EVB. The SSI port is shared with the microSD card slot.

  • PC7: OLED display data/control select (D/Cn)
  • PA3: OLED display chip select (CSn)

NOTE: Newer versions of the LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit has an OSAM 128x64x4 OLED display. Some tweaks to drivers/lcd/p14201.c would be required to support that LCD.

USB Device Controller Functions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Device Overview

An FT2232 device from Future Technology Devices International Ltd manages
USB-to-serial conversion. The FT2232 is factory configured by Luminary
Micro to implement a JTAG/SWD port (synchronous serial) on channel A and
a Virtual COM Port (VCP) on channel B. This feature allows two simultaneous
communications links between the host computer and the target device using
a single USB cable. Separate Windows drivers for each function are provided
on the Documentation and Software CD.

Debugging with JTAG/SWD

The FT2232 USB device performs JTAG/SWD serial operations under the control
of the debugger or the Luminary Flash Programmer.  It also operate as an
In-Circuit Debugger Interface (ICDI), allowing debugging of any external
target board.  Debugging modes:

MODE DEBUG FUNCTION       USE                         SELECTED BY
1    Internal ICDI        Debug on-board LM3S8962     Default Mode
                          microcontroller over USB
                          interface.
2    ICDI out to JTAG/SWD The EVB is used as a USB    Connecting to an external
     header               to SWD/JTAG interface to    target and starting debug
                          an external target.         software. The red Debug Out
                                                      LED will be ON.
3    In from JTAG/SWD     For users who prefer an     Connecting an external
     header               external debug interface    debugger to the JTAG/SWD
                          (ULINK, JLINK, etc.) with   header.
                          the EVB.

Virtual COM Port

The Virtual COM Port (VCP) allows Windows applications (such as HyperTerminal)
to communicate with UART0 on the LM3S8962 over USB. Once the FT2232 VCP
driver is installed, Windows assigns a COM port number to the VCP channel.

Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit Configuration Options ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

CONFIG_ARCH - Identifies the arch/ subdirectory.  This should
   be set to:

   CONFIG_ARCH=arm

CONFIG_ARCH_family - For use in C code:

   CONFIG_ARCH_ARM=y

CONFIG_ARCH_architecture - For use in C code:

   CONFIG_ARCH_CORTEXM3=y

CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP - Identifies the arch/*/chip subdirectory

   CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP=lm

CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_name - For use in C code to identify the exact
   chip:

   CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_LM3S8962

CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD - Identifies the boards/ subdirectory and
   hence, the board that supports the particular chip or SoC.

   CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD=lm3s8962-ek (for the Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit)

CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_name - For use in C code

   CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_LM3S8962EK

CONFIG_ARCH_LOOPSPERMSEC - Must be calibrated for correct operation
   of delay loops

CONFIG_ENDIAN_BIG - define if big endian (default is little
   endian)

CONFIG_RAM_SIZE - Describes the installed DRAM (SRAM in this case):

   CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=0x00010000 (64Kb)

CONFIG_RAM_START - The start address of installed DRAM

   CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000

CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS - Use LEDs to show state. Unique to boards that
   have LEDs

CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK - This architecture supports an interrupt
   stack. If defined, this symbol is the size of the interrupt
    stack in bytes.  If not defined, the user task stacks will be
  used during interrupt handling.

CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP - Do stack dumps after assertions

CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS -  Use LEDs to show state. Unique to board architecture.

There are configurations for disabling support for interrupts GPIO ports. GPIOJ must be disabled because it does not exist on the LM3S8962. Additional interrupt support can be disabled if desired to reduce memory footprint.

CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOA_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOB_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOC_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOD_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOE_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOF_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOG_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOH_IRQS=y
CONFIG_TIVA_GPIOJ_IRQS=n << Always

LM3S8962 specific device driver settings

CONFIG_UARTn_SERIAL_CONSOLE - selects the UARTn for the
   console and ttys0 (default is the UART0).
CONFIG_UARTn_RXBUFSIZE - Characters are buffered as received.
   This specific the size of the receive buffer
CONFIG_UARTn_TXBUFSIZE - Characters are buffered before
   being sent.  This specific the size of the transmit buffer
CONFIG_UARTn_BAUD - The configure BAUD of the UART.  Must be
CONFIG_UARTn_BITS - The number of bits.  Must be either 7 or 8.
CONFIG_UARTn_PARTIY - 0=no parity, 1=odd parity, 2=even parity
CONFIG_UARTn_2STOP - Two stop bits

CONFIG_TIVA_SSI0 - Select to enable support for SSI0
CONFIG_TIVA_SSI1 - Select to enable support for SSI1
CONFIG_SSI_POLLWAIT - Select to disable interrupt driven SSI support.
  Poll-waiting is recommended if the interrupt rate would be to
  high in the interrupt driven case.
CONFIG_SSI_TXLIMIT - Write this many words to the Tx FIFO before
  emptying the Rx FIFO.  If the SPI frequency is high and this
  value is large, then larger values of this setting may cause
  Rx FIFO overrun errors.  Default: half of the Tx FIFO size (4).

CONFIG_TIVA_ETHERNET - This must be set (along with CONFIG_NET)
  to build the Stellaris Ethernet driver
CONFIG_TIVA_ETHLEDS - Enable to use Ethernet LEDs on the board.
CONFIG_TIVA_BOARDMAC - If the board-specific logic can provide
  a MAC address (via tiva_ethernetmac()), then this should be selected.
CONFIG_TIVA_ETHHDUPLEX - Set to force half duplex operation
CONFIG_TIVA_ETHNOAUTOCRC - Set to suppress auto-CRC generation
CONFIG_TIVA_ETHNOPAD - Set to suppress Tx padding
CONFIG_TIVA_MULTICAST - Set to enable multicast frames
CONFIG_TIVA_PROMISCUOUS - Set to enable promiscuous mode
CONFIG_TIVA_BADCRC - Set to enable bad CRC rejection.
CONFIG_TIVA_DUMPPACKET - Dump each packet received/sent to the console.

Configurations ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Each Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit configuration is maintained in a sub-directory and can be selected as follow:

tools/configure.sh lm3s8962-ek:<subdir>

Where <subdir> is one of the following:

nsh: Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at examples/nsh.

NOTES:

1. This configuration uses the mconf-based configuration tool.  To
   change this configurations using that tool, you should:

   a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool.  See nuttx/README.txt
      see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.

   b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
      reconfiguration process.

2. This configuration uses Cygwin under Windows with the NuttX buildroot
   tool chain.  This is eaily change by modifying the following:

     CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y
     CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y
     CONFIG_ARM_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT=y

3. The configuration enables both the serial and telnetd NSH interfaces.

4. As it is configured now, you MUST have a network connected. Otherwise,
   the NSH prompt will not come up because the Ethernet driver is waiting
   for the network to come up.  That is probably a bug in the Ethernet
   driver behavior!

nx An example using the NuttX graphics system (NX). This example focuses on general window controls, movement, mouse and keyboard input.

NOTES:

1. This configuration uses the mconf-based configuration tool.  To
   change this configurations using that tool, you should:

   a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool.  See nuttx/README.txt
      see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.

   b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
      reconfiguration process.

2. This configuration uses Cygwin under Windows with the NuttX buildroot
   tool chain.  This is eaily change by modifying the following:

     CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y
     CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y
     CONFIG_ARM_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT=y