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Flash and use hydrausb3_fw example on windows

Benjamin Vernoux edited this page Nov 1, 2023 · 4 revisions

Flash and use hydrausb3_fw example on windows

Latest Pre-built binaries archive for wch-ch56x-isp is available on https://github.com/hydrausb3/wch-ch56x-isp/releases

Prerequisites

  • Start mingw64
  • Install pkg-config and libusb-1.0-0-dev
    • pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb

Clone & build wch-ch56x-isp

  • Start mingw64
cd ~
git clone --recursive https://github.com/hydrausb3/wch-ch56x-isp.git
cd wch-ch56x-isp
make clean all

Flash and use hydrausb3_fw example

  1. On HydraUSB3 (disconnect any cable/power supply) and add a Jumper on Flash Mode P3
  2. Connect “USB A Male to USB A male cable” to HydraUSB3 then the other side to PC(USB2 or USB3 port)
  3. The PC shall detect the WCH CH569W Bootloader (enumeration as USB2 Full-Speed)
    • Download & Execute Zadig 2.7
      • Install driver "WinUSB" with Zadig for the USB ID 4348 55E0
        • Note after 10s of inactivity the bootloader exit and run the program
          • You can just reset the board to re-enter in bootloader by pressing(1s) & releasing 3V3 DISABLE button(at left of USB3 connector)
          • During Install with Zadig it is advised to reboot the bootloader (by pressing(1s) & releasing 3V3 DISABLE button at left of USB3 connector) each 10s until the Zadig driver install is done else it will fail if it does not detect the board in bootloader mode
    • You can check it is well recognized with windows PowerShell with command:
      • Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly | Where-Object { $_.InstanceId -match '^USB\\VID_4348' } | Format-List
      • Which shall find :
      • ...
      • HardwareID : {USB\VID_4348&PID_55E0&REV_2700, USB\VID_4348&PID_55E0}
      • Manufacturer : WinChipHead
      • PNPClass : USBDevice
      • Present : True
      • Service : WinUSB
      • ...
    • Note after 10s of inactivity the bootloader exit and run the program
      • You can just reset the board to re-enter in bootloader by pressing(1s) & releasing 3V3 DISABLE button(at left of USB3 connector)
  4. Launch(quickly to avoid 10s timeout) wch-ch56x-isp to flash(and verify) the hydrausb3_fw example (here HydraUSB3_Blink_ULED)
    • ./wch-ch56x-isp -v -f=~/hydrausb3_fw/HydraUSB3_Blink_ULED/obj/HydraUSB3_Blink_ULED.bin
  5. On HydraUSB3 Remove the Jumper on Flash Mode P3
  6. On HydraUSB3 Press(1s) & Release the 3V3 DISABLE button(at left of USB3 connector) to reset the board
  • The HydraUSB3 board shall execute the HydraUSB3_Blink_ULED firmware example by blinking the ULED
    • Note: If you press UBTN the ULED blink very fast