[sdiy] ARM Dev Boards Possibly Lunatic Idea

[MTG]

How did the developer do it?  There must be some kind of ISP connection 
on the board.

On 5/12/2017 12:29 PM, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>
> Here's a possibly lunatic idea I've been mulling for awhile.
>
> I was thinking that the Tsunami Super WAV Trigger Board has essentially everything I'd
> want on a dev board, including the Microchip (Atmel) ATSAMS70N20 ARM (and again, the
> only reason I'm interested in that particular chip is that the speed is almost 40%
> higher than the STmicro ones).
>
> What I first wondered is whether it would be possible to completely replace the program
> in it.  There is a firmware update function, but I doubt if that _completely_ erases and
> replaces the code.  If I'm not mistaken (from looking at the schemo and reading the
> datasheet) I might be able to program the board through the FTDI port on the board.
> However, I'm not sure, so maybe someone here has advice.  Anyway, my whole idea was to
> buy a second WAV trigger and blow out the WAV trigger program and replace it with my own
> designs - and use it as a dev board.  It's a bit more expensive than the other
> selections we've discussed, but failing finding a dev board for ATSAMS70N20, if that
> could actually work, I wouldn't mind spending the money.  The development platform for
> the Microchip/Atmel parts is Atmel Studio, which itself is free, but I don't know if as
> you use it you find that it needs bits and pieces that cost money - can anyone say if
> that is true or not?
>
> So is this total lunacy?
>
> -- ScottG
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