XMEGA A1U Xplained Pro problem

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Posted by Howard_Smith: Wed. Nov 16, 2016 - 08:37 PM
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I haven't touched my XMEGA A1U Xplained Pro for around 6 months, but I know for a fact that it was working the last time I used it, however when I tried to run some tests on it today it wouldn't let me run any code on it. The first time I tried to run a debug session it it updated the firmware of the on-board EDBG, however I'm afraid I didn't take note of the versions, but I'm 75% sure it from from version 2. something to version 3.something (whether that's of any importance?) and now whenever I try to run a debug session it fails, giving me the following error message...

 

 

The orange status LED is light up at this time also if that's of any significance. Any ideas anyone?

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Last Edited: Thu. Nov 17, 2016 - 06:53 PM
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Posted by Howard_Smith: Thu. Nov 17, 2016 - 01:44 PM
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The firmware version the EDBG was updated to is 3.1f, if that's of any significance...

 

Here is the tool information if that's of any significance...

 

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Posted by alohre: Thu. Nov 17, 2016 - 02:00 PM
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Might have been a bad firmware upgrade. Try to upgrade the firmware manually:

1. Open Atmel Studio 7 Command prompt

2. Run atfw from the EDBG tool folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Studio\7.0\tools\EDBG

atfw -a edbg_fw.zip -t edbg

 

 

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Posted by meolsen: Thu. Nov 17, 2016 - 02:30 PM
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I... there is a bug in the EDBG firmware for this kit.

 

Use this firmware (support kb was written today). Same steps as above (i.e Atmel Studio Command prompt), but instead of -a edbg_fw.zip, point it to -a <path to downloaded zip>. 

 

The bug surfaces on the XMEGA A1U Xpro and the SAM E70 Xplained kits.

:: Morten

 

(yes, I work for Microchip, yes, I do this in my spare time, now stop sending PMs)

 

The postings on this site are my own and do not represent Microchip’s positions, strategies, or opinions.

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Posted by Howard_Smith: Thu. Nov 17, 2016 - 06:54 PM
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Thanks a lot guys, that's fixed it!

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Posted by Jandcan: Sun. Dec 18, 2016 - 06:40 PM (Reply to #4)
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Thanks a lot , my xplained pro xmega128A1U is alive again :)

While (Jandcan->_status == ALIVE){

           figth(&Jandcan);

};

 

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Posted by juanesLP: Fri. Feb 10, 2017 - 05:42 AM
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Thanks a lot, I had just unpacked my XMEGA A1U Xplained Pro kit when I ran into this error and now it's working! :)

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