Re: Parallel Port - Wiggler - Debugger

"nossnahojleinad" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.motorola.microcontrollers
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I wonder if you could describe more exactly which pin numbers should
be shifted up o 5v? Perhaps a cirquit diagram? I would really much
like to try your solution!

//Daniel

--- In [email protected], "Hirschpek Ralf" <HirschpekRalf@J...>
wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I kept reading about the problems people are experiencing with
> debugging/flashing via the parallel port using a Wiggler.
> I'm not sure if it's the same problem I had but the errors look just the
> same, I saw most of the errors myself and kept looking for software
> settings concerning the parallel port on and off to no avail.
> 
> I finally found the reason, at least it's what caused the troubles here.
> Newer computers use only a 3.3V output on the parallel port pins which
> seems to be just at the border of what our ICs (using a custom board
> emulating the Wiggler with a CPLD) need as input. This led to a
> situation where sometimes the debugger would work but more often just
> wouldn't.
> We solved our problem by using a logic level shifter (47HC4050) to latch
> the signals from Parallel port to the Wiggler up to 5 V, specifically
> the signals DSDI, DSCK and HRESET on pins 2,3 and 5 of the parallel
> port.
> Using this we have no troubles at all debugging and programming the
> MPC565.
> 
> As I said, I'm not sure if the problems you have are caused by this, but
> it sure helped for us.
> 
> --Ralf
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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