Re: Adding Kinetis boards

[Ilija Kocho <ilijak at siva dot com dot mk>]

Hi

Today I made brief comparison between TWR-K40 and Kwikstik schematics.
There are some differences such as different XTAL frequency and
different UART routed to TWR-SER. This would imply different CDL which
would require a separate directory tree for Kwikstik. I dislike copying
too, but I think that, from essential files, only twr_k40n512_misc.c
(kwikstik_misc.c) may stay a "verbatim", eventually. For instance,
another important file plf_io.h contains pin assignments (UART, etc)
that have to be updated.

Ilija


On 15.12.2011 20:55, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
> Hi Ilija,
>
> On 15/12/11 18:04, Ilija Kocho wrote:
>> It may be just enough to add a new target entry in ecos.db.
>> I am not familiar with Kwikstik I only know that it is based on same
>> chip as TWR-K40. Can you please point the differences between boards
>> with respect to: HAL, devices, etc.
> I think HAL-wise the Kwikstik board is the same as the twr-40x256, it
> just exposes different features of the MCU through the attached devices,
> which include a microphone, a buzzer, an audio output, rechargeable
> battery (with usb charging), a dot-matrix LCD.
>
> The Kwistik is attractive because of its low cost (~$30), and even comes
> with an on board Segger J-Link chip! Seems like an affordable base for
> all kinds of hobby projects.
>
> I think just having an additional target might work with all the
> differences handled in device implementation, and all the HAL
> functionality subsumed under the twr-k40x256, e.g., in the case of the LCD.
>
> Tomas
>
>
>> Ilija
>>
>> On 15.12.2011 17:57, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am looking at adding the Kwikstik to the current Kinetis boards, and I
>>> am wondering what would be the best way to approach this.
>>>
>>> Currently there are two Kinetis boards, the TWR-K40X256 and TWR-K60N512,
>>> with the directory structure something like this:
>>>
>>> kinetis/var/...     - Generic Kinetis code
>>> kinetis/twr_k40x256 - K40 and twr-k40 code
>>> kinetis/twr_k60x256 - K60 and twr-k60 code
>>>
>>> Kwikstik is based on the same MCU as the twr-k40x256, so it needs the
>>> same MCU-specific code as the twr-k40x256 board, which I think is all,
>>> or nearly all of the code currently under the twr_k40x256 directory.
>>>
>>> I initially thought I'd just clone twr_k40x256 into a new kwikstik
>>> directory, but that's probably not the best approach for
>>> maintainability. I am thinking it might be better to split out the
>>> generic K40 code so it can be shared between distinct boards, but I am
>>> not sure where to split this to: should there be a separate k40x256
>>> subdirectory and a corresponding package that the twr_k40x256 requires?
>>> Or is there a better way of approaching this altogether?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>>
>