[ANSWERED / SOLVED] SAM-ICE Firmware Update

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  • [ANSWERED / SOLVED] SAM-ICE Firmware Update

    Hello All,

    I have a SAM-ICE (Atmel branding of J-Link) with HW-Version 5.2. Firmware is 2008/July.

    1) I cannot update the firmware. The J-Link Configurator says the debugger contains already the newest firmware. Is this right?

    2) I cannot start SWD programming/debugging with this tool. It is listed in the features of the debugging software, but once selected and started, I get an error message, that SWD is not supported by the tool.

    So is it not possible to update the tool and get SWD working? Any suggestions?

    Thanks and regards.
    Alex

  • Hi,

    1) I cannot update the firmware. The J-Link Configurator says the debugger contains already the newest firmware. Is this right?

    Yes.
    Do you think the Configurator is lying? :)
    Please do not confuse firmware version with hardware version. These are two different things.
    A hardware version cannot be updated to a later one via a firmware update

    2) I cannot start SWD programming/debugging with this tool. It is listed in the features of the debugging software, but once selected and started, I get an error message, that SWD is not supported by the tool.


    The software you are using supports SWD, but the hardware (J-Link version) you are using, does not.
    The HW V5 series simply does not support SWD from a hardware perspective.
    So you need a current HW version.

    Any suggestions?

    Get yourself a current J-Link via the trade-in program:
    segger.com/trade-in-program.html


    - Alex
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