1. Installing Debian Wheezy (snapshot) as of 20120828 to Kuro Sheeva

    Two machines of Kuro Sheeva got broken this summer (by power supply unit problem ).

    For new machine (which bought in 2010), I installed Debian Wheezy (snapshot).

    I use 32GB SD card for secondary storage and use USB memory for installer.

    Basically, it went well (except /etc/inittab entry).

    Update U-boot …

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  2. SWD connection to FST-01

    FST-01 has SWD port to write flash ROM of MCU.

    There had been no good SWD debugger (hardware and software) in the past. Now, ST-Link/V2 is available, and it is not expensive.

    While waiting new OpenOCD release which supports ST-Link/V2, I wrote tool/stlikv2.py to write Gnuk …

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  3. (Possible) firmware upgrade feature of Gnuk

    It would be good when Gnuk token supports some sort of "firmware upgrade" feature, which doesn't require any additional hardware such like JTAG/SWD debugger.

    Then, users will be able to upgrade the Gnuk firmware.

    To support firmware upgrade of Gnuk Token, I am considering adding the feature to Gnuk …

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  4. DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) consideration

    There is an opinion that a device like FST-01 should have DFU which allows users (developers) to update its firmware.

    Yes, some boards (STBee and STBee Mini, for example) have DfuSe (DFU with STmicroelectronics' extension) installed, which eases developments. Developers are not required to have JTAG/SWD debuggers but can …

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