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Firmware Upload & Update guide

W55RP20-S2E Firmware Upload & Update Overview​

Memory Map​

  • Internal Flash
    • Main flash size: 2 Mbytes
 Top Flash Memory Address /-------------------------------------------\  0x10200000
                          |                                           |
                          ~                                           ~
                          |             Reserved (832KB)              |
                          |-------------------------------------------|  0x10130000
                          |                                           |
                          |             Parameters (64KB)             |
                          |                                           |
                          |-------------------------------------------|  0x10120000
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |        Firmware Binary Bank (512KB)       |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |-------------------------------------------|  0x100A0000
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |        Application Bank (512KB)           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          |-------------------------------------------|  0x10020000
                          |                                           |
      Page 1 (256KB)      |                                           |
                          |             Bootloader (128KB)            |
      Page 0 (256KB)      |                                           |
                          |                                           |
                          \-------------------------------------------/  0x10000000

How to upload or update the W55RP20-S2E firmware​

The W232N provides three ways to upload or update the firmware.

Using the Configuration Tool​

Update Sequence using Configuration Tool​

Figure: Application Bank Update Sequence

Firmware updates using the Configuration Tool can only update the Application area.

Required Hardware and Software​

Hardware​

  • W55RP20-S2E
  • Cables (Ethernet / Serial)

Software​

Step 1: Run Config-tool​

Run installed 'Config-tool'

Firmware updates using Config-tool require the device and PC to be on the same subnet.
(ex PC: 192.168.11.197, device: 192.168.11.2)

Step 2: Upload Firmware​

  1. Click the Firmware Upload button
Figure: Click Firmware Upload button
  1. Select the uploaded firmware

When selecting firmware, you must select .bin(*_linker.bin).
Config-tool can only update Application bank so do not upload Boot.bin

Figure: Select uploaded firmware
  1. Uploading the firmware
Figure: Uploading firmware

Step 3: Done​

Firmware upload or update completed!

W55RP20-S2E is searched after about 5 seconds in the Configuration Tool after firmware upload or update completed.

Figure: Firmware upload or update complete

Using Web config​

Update Sequence using Web config​

Figure: Application Bank Update Sequence

Firmware updates using the Web config can only update the Application area.

Required Hardware and Software​

Hardware​

  • W55RP20-S2E
  • Cables (Ethernet / Serial)

Software​

Step 1: Check IP address of W55RP20-S2E​

You can Check your Device IP address Config-tool or using AT command
Firmware updates using web config require the device and PC to be on the same subnet.
(ex PC: 192.168.11.197, device: 192.168.11.2)

Step 2: Access the web server​

Using a web browser (e.g., Chrome), connect to the web server at port 50003 of the S2E module address you have configured.
You can see your device infomation after click GET Settings

Figure: Web server config

Step 3: Upload Firmware​

W55RP20-S2E
Select bin file(App_linker.bin).
Web server can only update Application bank so do not upload Boot.bin

Figure: Select Bin file

After select .bin file, click the Module Update and select Confirm

Figure: Module Update

Step 4: Done​

when FW update success you can see 'F/W Update Complete. Device Reboot Please wait a few seconds.' message .
The web-config page does not refresh automatically, so reconnect to 'your IP address:50003'

Using USB​

Required Hardware and Software​

Hardware​

  • W55RP20-S2E
  • Cables (Ethernet / USB)

Software​

Step 1: Connect W55RP20-S2E and PC with USB cable​

Figure: USB connection

Step 2: Enter Boot mode​

Hold the BOOT pin(pin num 63) low and pull-low the RUN pin shortly.
You can see Mass Storage Device named RPI-RP2.

Figure: RPI-RP2

Step 3: Flash W55RP20-S2E Firmware​

W55RP20-S2E
Drag and drop App_linker.uf2 and Boot.uf2, one by one, from the Bin_Files_VXXX folder.

Step 4: Done​

Firmware upload or update completed!

W55RP20-S2E is searched after about 5 seconds in the Configuration Tool after firmware upload or update completed.

If the MAC address is not stored in the MAC address memory, an additional MAC address entry is required.
How to write MAC Address

Using SWD​

  • update soon