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| ===== Flashing firmware to lap timing device ===== | ===== Flashing firmware to lap timing device ===== | ||
| - | Below are two options you may use to flash the firmware HEX file to the Arduino nano board. | + | The following are two options you may use to flash the firmware HEX file to the Arduino nano board. |
| - | The **avrdude** option is packaged with the [[https://www.arduino.cc/|Arduino IDE]] and can be used on all platforms. | + | * The **Xloader** option is available only for Windows operating system, it may also be used within Windows virtual machines. |
| + | * The **avrdude** option is packaged with the [[https://www.arduino.cc/|Arduino IDE]] and can be used on all platforms. | ||
| - | The **Xloader** option is available only for Windows operating system, it may also be used within Windows virtual machines. | + | ==== Drivers ==== |
| + | The CH340 chip is used by a number of Arduino compatible boards to provide USB connectivity. You may need to install the following driver to connect and flash firmware to these boards. | ||
| + | * Windows: http://www.wch.cn/download/CH341SER_ZIP.html | ||
| + | * Mac OS X: http://www.wch.cn/download/CH341SER_MAC_ZIP.html | ||
| + | * Linux: http://www.wch.cn/download/CH341SER_LINUX_ZIP.html | ||
| - | ==== avrdude ==== | + | ---- |
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| + | ===== Xloader ===== | ||
| + | - Download and open {{:pidflight:xloader.zip|Xloader}}. | ||
| + | - Select the PIDflight Lap HEX file. | ||
| + | - Select "Device" as "Duemilanove/Nano (ATmega328)" | ||
| + | - Specify "COM port" as the COM port of the Arduino. | ||
| + | - Ensure "Baud rate" is set to 57600. | ||
| + | - Select "Upload" to flash the firmware HEX to the Arduino board. | ||
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| + | {{ :pidflight:xloader_laprssi.png?nolink&200 |}} | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ===== avrdude ===== | ||
| Using avrdude to flash the HEX file to the Arduino Nano board. | Using avrdude to flash the HEX file to the Arduino Nano board. | ||
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| - | ==== Xloader ==== | + | ---- |
| - | - Download and open Xloader (from http://russemotto.com/xloader/). | + | |
| - | - Select the PIDflight Lap HEX file. | + | |
| - | - Select "Device" as "Duemilanove/Nano (ATmega328)" | + | |
| - | - Specify "COM port" as the COM port of the Arduino. | + | |
| - | - Ensure "Baud rate" is set to 57600. | + | |
| - | - Select "Upload" to flash the firmware HEX to the Arduino board. | + | |
| - | {{ :pidflight:xloader_laprssi.png?nolink&200 |}} | + | ===== Troubleshooting ===== |
| + | * **No COM port showing when Arduino is plugged in Xloader or Device Manager** -- try installing the CH340 driver from the [[#drivers|drivers]] section. | ||
| + | * **Failing to flash the HEX file to the Arduino** -- try another USB cable and/or USB port. | ||
