How to program the QBoard1, 2 and 3

How to program the QBoard1, 2 and 3

http://openqbo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=690&hilit=firmware+qboard

If you are making your own  Qboard  or you are using one from scratch, you will need to program the Arduino Bootloader on it. The easiest way to do it is using another board with the Arduino booltoader already installed. There is a tutorial in the Arduino project web page showing how can it be done:

http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP

As you can see, the Qboard1 doesn't have the shield connectors, so you will need to connect the cables from the board acting as a ISP programmer directly to the ISP pins.
Here you have a table describing the pins and their use:

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Arduino Pin Number        Arduino ISP Pin        Target ISP Pin
5V                            Vcc                   Vcc
Gnd                           Gnd                   Gnd
D11                           MOSI                  MOSI
D12                           MISO                  MISO
D13                           SCK                   SCK
D10                           D10                   Reset

There is another way to program the bootloader. This method needs a AVR Programmer. The Arduino web page also has a tutorial for this purpose:

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Standalone  (Look for the “Bootloading your chips OPTIONAL” topic)

For both options you will need to install the Arduino software in your PC.

Once you have the bootloader installed in your chip, you can download the  firmware  for each of the Qboards from the following GITHub link:

https://github.com/OpenQbo/qbo_arduino

You will find the instructions to program the Qboards in the readme file included in the project.

Programming the Qboard3

1. Download the FlashLoader software and the binary file binario from the following links:
FlashLoader:  https://github.com/OpenQbo/qboard3_firmware/raw/master/um0462.zip
Binary file:  https://github.com/OpenQbo/qboard3_firmware/raw/master/Project/FirmOK/EWARM/STM3210C-EVAL/Exe/Project.bin

2. Install the FlashLoader

3. Plug the Qboard3 with a USB to serial port cable (TTL levels) to the USART pins and a Jumper in the “Boot” terminals.
The Qboard2 can be used as this cable just unplugging the microprocessor.

Wire connections to the QBoard3

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Wire connections to the QBoard2

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To use the Qboard2 as the programmer, connect the following cables:

• From digital pin 0 of Qboard2 to Rx pin of Qboard3

• From digital pin 1 of Qboard2 to Tx pin of Qboard3

• From 3.3V output of Qboard2 to 3.3 input of Qboard3

• From GND of Qboard2 to GND of Qboard3

4. Load the binary file in the FlashLoader and program the Qboard3

• 1. Execute the FlashLoader

• 2. Select the serial port in which the Qboard3 is connected. If you are using the Qboard2, it should be the next to the last numbered port.

• 3. Click “Next”

• 4. Click “Next”

• 5. Select the “Download to Device” and select the downloaded binary file.

• 6. Click “Next”

• 7. Click “Close”

• 8. End