Flashing G2 with Windows

This page is for uploading an already compiled G2 binary to a target board without a debugger from Windows. Please see Getting Started with G2 for information about other options.

###Step 1 - Get the TinyG2.bin file

Option 1 - Compile your own using the instruction in Compiling G2 on Windows (Atmel Studio 6.2)

Option 2 - Get the tinyg2.bin binary firmware files from http://synthetos.github.io/g2/

###Step 2 - Install the Arduino Due environment

If you already have the Arduino Due environment installed you can skip this step

Download the Arduino 1.5 BETA (not the 1.0.5 release at the top of the page) from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software for Windows.

Get the "installer" and run installer executable.

###Step 3a - Program TinyG2 onto the Due Using Arduino Tools

Hold down the Windows Key and press r then type cmd.exe and hit enter:

If you are on Windows x64 then run this command.

• cd %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools

If you are on Windows x32 then run this command.

• cd %ProgramFiles%\Arduino\hardware\tools
  After that go ahead and run these commands. You should be good to go.
• mode COM6 BAUD=2400
• bossac.exe --port=COM6 -e -w -v -b %HOMEPATH%\Downloads\TinyG2_Due_rob_usbtest.bin -R

Note that COM4 is the port that my ArduinoDUE showed up as. You can run the mode command by itself and it should return a COMx. Just use your port number.

###Step 3b - Program TinyG2 onto the Due Using Atmel-ICE This requires Atmel Studio6.2 (or later) and an Atmel-ICE programmer. I've omitted a lot of steps, but there are some things to watch for

• Make sure the ribbon cable is plugged into the SAM port, not the AVR port
• Select SWD, not JTAG
• Program the fuses to boot from FLASH, not ROM