WEC7 SD Flashing for ICM-Series

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[Equipment]

  1. Laptop/PC with Windows OS (Windows 7 and Windows 10)
  2. EMBUX ICM board series
  3. Power adapter for ICM series
  4. SD card

[Environment]

  1. Windows Command Prompt
  2. Three major files released by EMBUX

[Procedure]

  1. Create a new folder in laptop/PC. ( e.g., new folder “embux-wec7” under D:\EMBUX )
  2. To flash bootloader and CE image into SD card, please copy the following 3 files to the new folder:
    ● cfimager.exe : The flash tool .exe file.
    ● EBOOT.nb0: The bootloader file
    ● NK.nb0: CE image file
  3. Plug SD card to laptop/PC with USB card reader.
  4. Make sure which drive that SD card has been mounted in Windows OS. (e.g., H:)
  5. Open command prompt in Windows OS.
  6. Navigate to the path of cfimager. (e.g., D:\EMBUX\embux-wec7)
  7. Execute the flash command which can update bootloader image “EBOOT.nb0” to SD card:

● If this is the first time to flash a new SD card, the file system of SD card should be established. Please follow the steps as below:

1) Please enter the following command
cfimager -a -f EBOOT.nb0 -d SD card drive letter without colon -imx53

2) The flash tool, cfimager will start to execute:

3) After flashing bootloader, please enter the following command to flash CE image

cfimager -a -f NK.nb0 -d <SD card drive letter without colon> -imx53

4) The flash tool, cfimager will start to execute:

5) Done

● If the SD card comes with existing EBOOT.nb0/NK.nb0 which need to be updated, please follow the steps as below:

1) Please enter the following command to update bootloader
cfimager -f EBOOT.nb0 -d <SD card drive letter without colon> -imx53

2) The flash tool, cfimager will start to execute

3) After flashing bootloader, please enter the following command to update CE image
cfimager -f NK.nb0 -d <SD card drive letter without colon> -imx53

4) The flash tool, cfimager will start to execute

5) Done

  1. Unplug the SD card and put it in EMBUX ICM board. Power on to start ICM series with WEC7.