The Cf Flasher Tool; Installing Cf Flasher - NXP Semiconductors MCF5253 Quick Start Manual

If your flash drive is formatted using a Windows-based file system (FAT or
NTFS), you may receive the message shown in
not affect the functionality of this demo.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda1.
5. Type the following commands, pressing Enter after each command, to view the contents of the
flash drive:
cd /tmp/mydisk/
ls
6. Type the following command to create a new, empty file called newfile.txt on your flash drive:
touch newfile.txt
Congratulations. You have successfully used the high speed USB OTG module of the MCF5253 in host
mode to communicate with a USB device.
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The CF Flasher Tool

CF Flasher is a Windows-based software tool that is used to program and erase the flash memory on the
EVB. The tool can be downloaded from the MCF5253 Product Summary Page on the Freescale ColdFire
Web site, http://www.freescale.com/coldfire. If you have trouble running the USB demonstration
application discussed in
flash memory and transfer the demonstration to it.
This section guides you through installing CF Flasher, connecting the required hardware to use it, and
using it to transfer the USB demonstration application to the EVB flash memory.
4.1

Installing CF Flasher

To install CF Flasher on your computer.
1. Start your computer and ensure that you are logged in with administrative privileges.
2. Create a folder called
3. Download CF Flasher from the MCF5253 Product Summary Page on the Freescale ColdFire Web
site, http://www.freescale.com/coldfire, and save the files to the
4. Open the
CFFLASHER
(two applications,
same folder.
5. Run the application
for the P&E USB BDM interface.
6. Accept all default options during the installation.
7. When prompted, restart your computer.
8. Run the application
Freescale Semiconductor
Figure 6. Warning Message During the Mount Process
Section 3, "Running the USB
on your desktop.
CFFLASHER
folder on your desktop, and extract the contents of the
CFFlasher 3.1 setup.exe
CFFlasher 3.1 setup.exe
CF Flasher 3.1 M5208EVB patch.exe
MCF5253 Evaluation Board Quick Start Guide, Rev. 0
NOTE
Figure 6. This message does
Demonstration", use CF Flasher to clear the EVB's
CFFLASHER
and
CF Flasher 3.1 M5208EVB patch.exe
to begin installing CF Flasher and required drivers
to apply a necessary patch to CF Flasher.
The CF Flasher Tool
folder on your desktop.
archive
CFFLASHER.zip
) to the
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