Industrial Electronics

New Open Flashloader for direct programming of any RISC-V system

01 February 2021

A new Open Flashloader for RISC-V systems has been released by Segger with a template that can be adjusted to fit any RISC-V system, allowing engineers to write flash loaders that fit into just 2 kB of RAM.
This enables J-Link debug probes to download directly and easily into the flash memory of an RISC-V microcontroller or a system on a chip. At the same time it provides a solution for mass production programming using the Flasher series of flash programmers.

These flash loaders work with any software supporting J-Link, from simple command line programs such as J-Source: SeggerSource: SeggerLink Commander, to debuggers such as GDB or SEGGER's Ozone, or more production-oriented utilities such as J-Flash, and development tools such as Embedded Studio. The J-Link GDB Server enables the use of GDB, Eclipse and any debugger supporting the GDB protocol.

When debugging with the J-Link Plus, Ultra+ or PRO models, an unlimited number of breakpoints in flash memory are available.

Any qualified engineer can write a flash loader for J-Link and RISC-V, usually within a day or two. Segger also offers the service of writing flash loaders for particular devices where desired. Proven flash loaders can be added to the J-Link software, so that they will simply work out of the box.

To contact the author of this article, email GlobalSpecEditors@globalspec.com


Powered by CR4, the Engineering Community

Discussion – 0 comments

By posting a comment you confirm that you have read and accept our Posting Rules and Terms of Use.
Engineering Newsletter Signup
Get the GlobalSpec
Stay up to date on:
Features the top stories, latest news, charts, insights and more on the end-to-end electronics value chain.
Advertisement
Weekly Newsletter
Get news, research, and analysis
on the Electronics industry in your
inbox every week - for FREE
Sign up for our FREE eNewsletter
Advertisement