1.5.9 Building and Running on SAM9X75 Evaluation Board

Description

This demonstration creates a task which toggle an LED for every 500ms.

Downloading and Building the Application

To clone or download these applications from Github, go to the main page of this repository and then click Clone button to clone this repository or download as zip file. This content can also be downloaded using content manager by following these instructions.

Path of the application within the repository is apps/threadx/basic_threadx/firmware/.

To build the application, refer to the following table and open the project using its IDE.

Project NameDescription
sam_9x75_eb.XMPLABX Project for SAM9X75-EB Evaluation Board

Setting Up AT91Bootstrap Loader

To load the application binary onto the target device, we need to use at91bootstrap loader. Refer to the at91bootstrap loader documentation for details on how to configure, build and run bootstrap loader project and use it to bootstrap the application binaries.

Setting Up the Hardware

The following table shows the target hardware for the application projects.

Project NameBoard
sam_9x75_eb.XSAM9X75-EB Evaluation Board

Setting Up SAM9X75-EB Evaluation Board

  • Connect the USB port J28 on board to the computer using a micro USB cable (to power the board).
  • Connect a programming cable from JTAG connector J12 on board to programmer(J-32 Debugger).
  • Connect programmer(J-32 Debugger) to computer using a micro USB cable.

Running the Application

  1. Build and program the application using MPLABX IDE
  2. The LED indicates the success or failure.
    • The LED toggles on success i.e. for every 500 ms.

Refer to the following table for LED name:

BoardLED Name
SAM9X75-EB Evaluation BoardRGB_LED(Green)