SAM-BA v2.18 Problem

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Posted by AfdhalAtiffTan: Wed. Nov 24, 2021 - 02:40 PM
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Hi all,

 

I used to be able to program a large batch of SAME70 boards via SAM-BA v2.18 before.

Now I get "Error h_handle returned zero" problem.

I tried v2.17 and it is the same.

 

I am on Windows 10 21H2.

 

 

Any ideas?

 

TIA

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Tools, In-System Debuggers and Programmers (ARM-related), Windows 10 21H2, AskWoody, Tcl, Windows 10, SAM-BA, BOSSA
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Posted by gchapman: Wed. Nov 24, 2021 - 03:45 PM
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AfdhalAtiffTan wrote:
I am on Windows 10 21H2.
21H2 isn't yet recommended.

AfdhalAtiffTan wrote:
Any ideas?
One has ten days to reverse a Windows 10 feature update; otherwise, the RTM builds are available and can be brought forward (Windows Update)

 

edit :

21H2 is finally out @ AskWoody

 

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Posted by AfdhalAtiffTan: Thu. Nov 25, 2021 - 10:24 AM
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Thank you for your reply @gchapman.

 

Are there other workarounds for it to work on 21H2?

 

I can use the GUI, but not the CLI tool.

 

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Posted by gchapman: Thu. Nov 25, 2021 - 10:05 PM (Reply to #3)
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Tcl has somewhat recent issues on Windows 10; try a more recent Tcl.

Tcl Developer Site

 

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Posted by gchapman: Fri. Nov 26, 2021 - 02:18 PM
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AfdhalAtiffTan wrote:
Now I get "Error h_handle returned zero" problem.
BOSSA may be an alternative.

AfdhalAtiffTan wrote:
Any ideas?
SAM-BA v3

 

BOSSA | shumatech.com

[fourth paragraph]

The third reason is reliability.  SAM-BA is a complex application built on top of a TCL/TK scripting engine.  It works fairly well under Windows XP but there are a lot of reports of crashing or locking up on Windows Vista and Windows 7.  It also doesn't run well with 64-bit versions of Windows.  BOSSA by contrast is a native application and runs reliably in all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 on up for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

GitHub - arduino/BOSSA: BOSSA is a flash programming utility for Atmel's SAM family of flash-based ARM microcontrollers.

 

SAM-BA IN-SYSTEM PROGRAMMER | Microchip Technology

 

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Posted by AfdhalAtiffTan: Fri. Nov 26, 2021 - 08:53 PM
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gchapman wrote:
Tcl has somewhat recent issues on Windows 10; try a more recent Tcl.

 

Thank you for the link.

Unless I misunderstand you, I don't think it is possible to change the TCL version as it is in the .exe binary.

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Posted by AfdhalAtiffTan: Fri. Nov 26, 2021 - 08:54 PM
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gchapman wrote:

BOSSA may be an alternative.

 

Any link with examples for Atmel specific applications?

 

gchapman wrote:

SAM-BA v3

 

V3 has limited device support.

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Posted by AfdhalAtiffTan: Fri. Nov 26, 2021 - 09:00 PM
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I can't get it to work with UART and now it is working with USB.

 

My script now uses:

sam-ba \USBserial\COM3 at91same70-xplained flash.tcl

 

instead of:

sam-ba COM3 at91same70-xplained flash.tcl

 

My flash.tcl:

FLASH::Init
FLASH::EraseAll
send_file {Flash} "app.bin" 0x00400000 0
compare_file  {Flash} "app.bin" 0x00400000 0
FLASH::ScriptGPNMV 2

 

I think this is a good workaround for me for the time being. I hope this will help others.

 

Thank you all.

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