Arduino board package for BlackIce

r.miller 2017-10-02 16:20:57 UTC #1

Today I've made a more complete release of the Arduino support package for BlackIce. Compared to the complexities of STM32CubeMX and its HAL, this lowers the bar for building applications which use the STM32 and ICE40 chips together. There is now a small MyStorm library including a method FPGAConfigure() which configures the ICE40 with a bitstream from a byte array compiled into the STM32 program, from a known address in the STM32 flash, or from an input stream such as a UART or USB serial connection, or a file on the onboard SD card. There are also some simple example programs to illustrate interactions between STM32 and ICE40:

SPIreadswitches : reads the settings of onboard switches via a SPI connection to the FPGA
SPIwriteleds : sends a changing pattern for the onboard LEDs via a SPI connection to the FPGA
ICEboot : a simple (and much faster) clone of the iceboot utility which loads bitstreams from the USB serial connection
SDcard : lists the files on the BlackIce's microSD card and prompts for a bitstream file to configure the ICE40

Installation instructions:

First install Thomas Roell's arduino-STM32L4 package using instructions under Board Manager here.
Under Preferences in the Arduino IDE, append to the Additional Board Manager URLs the URL http://www.hamnavoe.com/package_millerresearch_mystorm_index.json
Open the Boards Manager from the Tools>Board: menu and type "mystorm" into the search box to find and select "MyStorm by Richard Miller". Select the most recent version and Install.
Under Tools>Board: you should now be able to select "myStorm BlackIce" from the list of boards.
Once the board is selected, BlackIce-specific options will appear on the Tools menu to configure serial port, USB and SD card.
Example programs mentioned above can be found under File>Examples>MyStorm.

If you had already installed an earlier release of the arduino-mystorm package, you can select the package in the Boards Manager and you should be offered an Update button.

Folknology 2017-10-02 19:13:53 UTC #2

This is brilliant work Richard, great integration on the Arduino front for BlackIce..

ken.boak 2017-10-03 08:32:39 UTC #3

Richard,

Excellent work - I'm looking forward to trying this out later.

pete 2017-11-13 18:00:31 UTC #4

Huge thanks to Mr. Miller for providing this feature. Just what I was looking for.
I tested 3 of the 4 provided examples, and they work.
Setup was straightforward, just followed the instructions.
I initially got error messages when trying to upload the first sketch to the board, before I remembered the blue jumper on the raspi header needs to be removed to program the STM32 chip.

djsb 2017-11-25 11:24:48 UTC #5

I've followed all the above steps and I only get the following message in the Arduino IDE

Arduino: 1.8.4 (Windows 10), Board: "myStorm BlackIce, Serial, None, Smallest Code"

dfu-util 0.9

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2016 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to http://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/tickets/

Invalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Cannot open DFU device 0483:df11
No DFU capable USB device available
An error occurred while uploading the sketch

And when running the dfu utility from the command line (with the blue jumper removed) I get.

Cannot open DFU device 0483:df11

What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

r.miller 2017-11-25 12:10:30 UTC #6

Is your usb cable connected to the socket nearest the ARM chip?

If you're using Windows you may have a driver incompatibility problem - see the advice on using the "zadig" utility in this thread.

djsb 2017-11-26 15:32:58 UTC #7

Ok I've installed the driver and the sketch downloads to the board most of the time. I occasionally get this error

dfu-util 0.9

Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 0483:df11
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #0 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuERROR, status = 10
dfuERROR, clearing status
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash "
Downloading to address = 0x08000000, size = 161408

Download [ ] 0% 0 bytes
Download [= ] 4% 7168 bytesInvalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Error during special command "ERASE_PAGE" get_status
Error during special command "ERASE_PAGE" get_status

The download percentage can sometimes go as high as 64% and fails with the erase page error.
If I remove the USB lead then plug it back in (LED pattern clears and a random LED lights on the board) and then hold the lead steady in the plug then the download completes and the 4 LED's do their walking pattern.
Maybe the USB socket on my board has a poor connection. I'll check it.

djsb 2017-11-26 15:37:41 UTC #8

These are the messages on a succesfull download

dfu-util 0.9

Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 0483:df11
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #0 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuDNLOAD-IDLE, status = 0
aborting previous incomplete transfer
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash "
Downloading to address = 0x08000000, size = 161408

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Download done.
File downloaded successfully
Transitioning to dfuMANIFEST state
Invalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!

djsb 2017-12-03 18:25:00 UTC #9

I'm getting the same driver problem when using the Arduino IDE in Ubuntu. How do I get the dfu-util to work using Linux? Is it something to do with UDEV rules? I don't know what these are and how I use them.

r.miller 2017-12-04 10:38:42 UTC #10

It works for me without a udev rule, but with my account id added to the "plugdev" group instead:

$ grep plugdev /etc/group
plugdev:x:46:miller

(You need to log out and in again after editing /etc/group.)

If this doesn't help, the advice on udev rules from the original arduino-STM32L4 package is here.

lawrie 2018-02-27 09:36:35 UTC #11

Does this work with Blackice II? Is it affected by the need for the patch to dfu_util?

Folknology 2018-02-27 14:51:01 UTC #12

You will need to use the patched dfu_util for BlackIce-II, but I am not sure how the dfu-util gets installed for the Arduino stuff @r.miller may have an answer?

Folknology 2018-02-27 15:05:22 UTC #13

Actually I would like to merge the Arduino stuff into the BlackIce-II repo dev branch, so maybe we can fix both at the same time @r.miller

r.miller 2018-02-27 17:11:44 UTC #14

The Arduino board manager puts the tools in different places depending on the OS, so you might have to search to find it. On my linux system it appears under $HOME/.arduino15/packages and there are separate 32-bit and 64-bit ELF files which may need to be replaced by the newer patched version.

I'll see if I can build an updated board package with the patched files.

lawrie 2018-03-16 18:54:52 UTC #15

I have the Arduino package working on my Blackice II from a Raspberry Pi.

I replaced dfu-util in ~/.arduino15/packages/grumpyoldpizza/hardware/stm32l4/0.0.26/tools/linux

I also had to add a udev rule to make dfu-util work without sudo, even though my user is in plugdev - https://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/dfu-util/ci/master/tree/doc/40-dfuse.rules