[coreboot] brainstorm: new LPC dongle from Artec Group

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Mon Aug 11 17:47:28 CEST 2008


On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 08:20:57AM -0700, Ed Swierk wrote:
> The current LPC dongle is great--I've been using it for a couple of
> weeks and it speeds up firmware debugging enormously.
> 
> Here's my wish list for a new version of the dongle (some of which
> overlap previous responses). I'd like to be able to:
> 
> 1. Reset the dongle by issuing a command from the host, instead of
> pushing a button on the dongle.
> 
> 2. Reset the target by issuing a command from the host that toggles a
> GPIO connected to a reset pin on the target.
> 
> 3. Enable 4MB addressing by setting a jumper on the dongle or by
> issuing a command from the host.
> 
> 4. Purchase a prewired PLCC32 LPC/FWH plug adapter instead of hunting
> for parts and assembling them myself.

I second all those points!

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator




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