JTAGulator: Update firmware

Summary

Description on how to update the firmware of the JTAGualtor

Requirements

• Operating system: Windows

(use a virtual machine, if you don't have windows
if doing so, make sure you add a serial interface to your VM [1])

Updating

Get current version

• Open a serial connection to the JTAGulator (you can use Putty)

115200 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit

• type j or i depending on the firmware version

:j
JTAGulator FW 1.2.2
Designed by Joe Grand, Grand Idea Studio, Inc.
Main: jtagulator.com
Source: github.com/grandideastudio/jtagulator
Support: http://www.parallax.com/support

Download software

• Download & Install the update tool for windows: Parallax propeller-tool
• Download latest version of the JTAGulator firmware from Github: [2]

Update the firmware

• Open the propeller-tool
• Make sure the tool can communicate with the JTAGulator

Go to Run -> Identify Hardware

• Go to Open and select the .eeprom file from the Github repository.

• Click on Load EEPROM

Make sure the update was successful

type i via the serial connection

> i
JTAGulator FW 1.6
Designed by Joe Grand, Grand Idea Studio, Inc.
Main: jtagulator.com
Source: github.com/grandideastudio/jtagulator
Support: www.parallax.com/support  

If you have any troubles, watch this video: JTAGulator: Updating Firmware

Used Hardware

JTAGulator

References

• JTAGulator: Updating Firmware