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# SH4/CQ7750 Hardware Setup

## Preparing the board

Make sure the DIP switches on the board are set as follows:

    SW1-1 ON
    SW1-2 OFF
    SW1-3 ON
    SW1-4 OFF

    SW2-1 ON
    SW2-2 ON
    SW2-3 OFF
    SW2-4 OFF

If you are using a straight through serial cable which has flow control lines, you will also need to cut JP12 (5-6) as the flow control lines can cause NMIs.

## eCos GDB Stubs

The eCos installation CD contains a copy of the eCos GDB stubs in binary format which must be programmed into an EPROM or FLASH and installed on the board.

### Preparing the GDB stubs

These stub preparation steps are not strictly necessary as the eCos distribution ships with pre-compiled stubs in the directory loaders/sh3-cq7708 relative to the installation root.

### Building the GDB stub image with the eCos Configuration Tool

1. Start with a new document - selecting the File->New menu item if necessary to do this.

2. Choose the Build->Templates menu item, and then select the SH3 cq7708 hardware.

3. While still displaying the Build->Templates dialog box, select the stubs package template to build a GDB stub. Click OK.

4. Build eCos stubs using Build->Library.

5. When the build completes, the image files can be found in the `bin/` subdirectory of the install tree. GDB stub images have the prefix `gdb_module`.

### Building the GDB stub image with ecosconfig

1. Make an empty directory to contain the build tree, and cd into it.

2. To build a GDB stub ROM image, enter the command:

       $ ecosconfig new cq7708 stubs

3. Enter the commands:

       $ ecosconfig tree
       $ make

4. When the build completes, the image files can be found in the `bin/` subdirectory of the install tree. GDB stub images have the prefix `gdb_module`.

## Programming the stubs in EPROM/FLASH

The board can use different sizes of ROMs. Use this table to adjust the board’s jumpers to the ROM sizes you are using.

    size(kbit)    JP7   JP9   JP10   JP11
    256           2-3   2-3   open   open
    512           1-2   2-3   open   open
    1000          1-2   open  open   2-3
    2000          1-2   1-2   open   2-3
    4000          1-2   1-2   short  2-3
    8000          1-2   1-2   short  1-2

There are two ways to program the stubs. We advise you to use method 1, since it is simpler. Method 2 is unsupported and requires a bit of fiddling.

Method 1:

Program the binary stub image into two EPROMs, E and O. EPROM E should contain the even bytes, and O the odd bytes (your EPROM programmer should have the ability to split the image).

EPROM E should be installed in socket IC8, and EPROM O should be installed in socket IC4.

Set JP6 to 16 bit mode (1-2 soldered, 2-3 cut) Set SW1-4 to ON and SW2-1 to OFF.

Method2:

Assuming that the stub binary is smaller than 32 KB, you can install it in a single EPROM.

Compile the `mkcqrom.c` program found in the `misc` directory.

Use it to convert the binary image to the required format. See the `mkcqrom.c` source for a description of what is done, and why it is necessary.

     % mkcqrom gdb_module.bin gdb_mangled.bin

Program the `gdb_mangled.bin` file into an EPROM and install it in socket IC4

Set JP6 to 8 bit mode (cut 1-2, solder 2-3)

The GDB stubs allow communication with GDB using the serial port at connector CN7. The communication parameters are fixed at 38400 baud, 8 data bits, no parity bit and 1 stop bit (8-N-1). No flow control is employed. Connection to the host computer should be made using a straight through serial cable.

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