Hello,

I am a little bit confused with programming a SPI Flash.
With the Flasher ARM and using JFlash, I am able to flash the complete binary file which resides both in internal flash of the Renesas MCU and in the external QSPI flash.

Now, I would like to make the Flasher ARM a standalone programmer for the production facility.
I save the Flasher Config file and the Flasher Data file, and then I put them both in the Flasher ARM internal memory.
When I attempt to program the device, the RED led lights up indicating an error. Reading the programmer log, I have got the following error:
"ERROR: Unknown flash algo type. Algorithm ignored."
I suspect this to have relation with the external SPI Flash, but I do not really understand where the problem comes from.

Why does this work with JFlash and why this does not work in Standalone mode?
What have I missed?

Your help will be appreciated.
Alex

Hello Arne,

The MCU is the Renesas R7FS7G27H.
The Flasher ARM version is 4.2A

Thank you,
Alex

Hello Arne,

I checked the firmware, and I was running a version from May 13 2020 07:12:21.
I have updated my JLink Software to the latest available and also updated the Flasher ARM firmware to Sep 11 2020 10:05:34.

The Algo error has disappeared and now, I have a new error u_u
The Flasher starts flashing and ends in error: "ERROR: Invalid checksum of data block in target"
This also bricks my device as I am unable to enter the ID Code, nor reset it (for the moment).

Regards,
Alex

Hello Arne,

Thank you for your feedback. I do not work anymore on this project for now, it has been paused.
But when it will be resumed, I'll try that.

Regards,
Alex