flash_component_octal_flexspi#
Overview#
octal flash demo shows the use of nor flash component to erase, program, and read an external serial nor flash device.
Supported Boards#
MIMXRT1180-EVK
Hardware requirements
Micro USB cable
MIMXRT1180-EVK board
Personal Computer
Board settings
In order to interface the on-board octal FLASH it is necessary to populate with 0R or short circuit following positions: R293, R296, R297, R298 and set jumper J75 to position 1-2. Jumper J59 should remain in the default 2-3 position.
Prepare the Demo
Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-LINK USB port on the target board.
Open a serial terminal with the following settings:
115200 baud rate
8 data bits
No parity
One stop bit
No flow control
Download the program to the target board.
Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.
Running the demo
The log below shows the output of the demo in the terminal window:
***NOR Flash Component Demo Start!***
***NOR Flash Initialization Start!***
***NOR Flash Initialization Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 0 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 1 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 2 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 3 Read/Write Success!***
......
***NOR Flash Page 13 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 14 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 15 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash All Pages Read/Write Success!***
EVK-MIMXRT595
Hardware requirements
Micro USB cable
EVK-MIMXRT595 board
Personal Computer
Board settings
Prepare the Demo
Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the OpenSDA USB port on the target board.
Open a serial terminal with the following settings:
115200 baud rate
8 data bits
No parity
One stop bit
No flow control
Download the program to the target board.
Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.
Running the demo
The log below shows the output of the demo in the terminal window:
***NOR Flash Component Demo Start!***
***NOR Flash Initialization Start!***
***NOR Flash Initialization Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 0 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 1 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 2 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 3 Read/Write Success!***
......
***NOR Flash Page 13 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 14 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash Page 15 Read/Write Success!***
***NOR Flash All Pages Read/Write Success!***
Note 1: If you use adesto octal flash, it will spend much more time to chip erase(about 10 minutes for 128MB), and block erase(5 seconds) also much longer than others from different vendors.