[Sticky] FIRMWARE Source Code Available - GUIDE

First of all we want to give special thanks to our collaborator Christian Buysschaert for this step by step guide.

What do you need in Hardware?

• Standard laptop or pc with at least one free USB port

• SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini - JTAG/SWD Debugger

You can easily buy this component online. Price is around 20-30 EURO. Simply google for ‘SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini – JTAG/SWD Debugger’.

What do you need in Software?

• Download Firmware from here

• Windows 10

• Microship Atmel Studio 7

  Free software
  https://www.microchip.com/mplab/avr-support/atmel-studio-7

Procedure

• Unplug power connector from Q.bo.
• Open plastic foot cover Q.bo by unscrewing two plastic screw at the bottom of the foot

• Gently push up and disconnect the Raspberry Pi board from the Q.Board

• Take the thinnest connector cable from the J-Link and connect it at one side to the Q.Board as shown below. Watch carefully how you connect the connector cable, in particular the direction.

• Take the other side of the connector cable and connect it to the J-Link as shown below. Watch carefully how you connect the connector cable, in particular the direction.

• Plug in the USB cable at the side of the micro USB connector in the J-Link.

• Plug in the other side of the USB cable in the free USB port of your laptop or pc. The laptop or pc can be powered on.

• Plug in again the powerconnector of Q.bo.
• Turn Q.bo on. Note that Q.bo will not do anything as you have disconnected the Raspberry Pi board.
• Unzip FirmWarePlacasQboOne.zip in your Documents folder (or any other folder you choose).
• Open Atmel Studio.
• Click ‘File’, ‘Open’ and ‘Project/Solution...’

• Browse to the unzipped folder ‘FirmWarePlacasQboOne’, select ‘20150708.001_H1_HeadCtrl.atsln’ (or a more recent version) and click ‘Open’.

• Build the firmware by clicking the “Build Solution” button or press F7. (Or rebuild completely by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7.)

• Open the ‘Device Programming’ window by clicking the ‘Device Programming’ button or press Ctrl + Shift + P.

• Select ‘J-Link’ as ‘Tool’, ‘ATSAMD21G18A’ as ‘Device’ and ‘SWD’ as ‘Interface’. Click ‘Apply’.

• Click ‘Read’ besides ‘Device signature’.

• Select ‘Memories’ in the left column.

• Click on the ‘...’ to select the firmware.

• Click ‘Program’ to upload the firmware to the Q.Board.