FastUPDI UPDI Programmer & interface

FastUPDI is an implementation of the UPDI protocol which supports speeds of up to 1Mb/s and mass complex operations.

FastUPDI consists of a custom Controller command line program for Windows and a programmer firmware designed to be used on Arduino mega2560 boards.

Supports only NVMv2 UPDI devices (such as AVR-Dx series)

MAKING A CUSTOM PROGRAMMER

1. Install the firmware into a supported host device of choice (such as Arduino MEGA) to make it into a programmer. This can be done using Atmel Studio or avrdude command avrdude -C avrdude.conf -p m2560 -P COM5 -c wiring -U flash:w:FastUPDI.hex:i -D
2. Connect a 4.7k resistor between the UART Tx and Rx pins (on Arduino MEGA - Tx/Rx 1)
3. Connect the Rx pin to the target's UPDI line
4. Make sure the target is powered with an appropriate voltage (such as 3.3v from Arduino) and connected to a common ground with the programmer

USING THE SOFTWARE

1. Edit the config file if needed to add support to your target device.
2. Use the included Controller program to interface with the programmer and device:

Use the controller in command line as:

fastupdi [global options] [operation1 [operands] [options]] ... [operation_n [operands] [options]]

• Use fastupdi -? to view all supported options and operations.
• Use fastupdi -? [-Operation] to view all supported options for a given operation.

NOTE: All arguments (except file names) are CASE SENSITIVE

Basic operations

• Use -R <source> [output] [options] to read from target and output to file or console
• Use -W <destination> <data> [options] to write to target
• Use -V <source> <template> [options] to verify the target's data against a template
• Use -E for chip erase

Operands:

• <source> and <destination> can be either memory names defined in config or direct hex addresses in format 0xHHHHHHHH
• <data> and <template> can be either filenames or direct hex data bytes in format 0xHH
• [output] can be an output filename or can be omitted in order to output directly to console

For a detailed list of all options, look here

Operation chaining

Up to 255 operations can be chained together and executed in first-to-last order as a single command. This can be used, for example, to quickly program several memories using a single command line command.

Multi-mode

Use the -m global option to enable Multi-mode. The specified operation chain will be repeated after each key press until ESC key is pressed. The UPDI link is closed between each run, which allows the target chip to be replaced. This allows fast programming of large batches of chips/devices