Hi, I bought tiny6410 and now im waiting until Fedex delievers it. I hope to install Android OS into the board. Just before getting it, I have some questions about it. 1.Basically, a debugger is for debugging software/hardware. So, how can we use the debugger with the board? can u guys give an examples?(Or link?) Basically, I want to know about how the whole board system working ( What happen when I turn on the board(nand booting->system initialization, etc..) , when it is in idle process, what happen when I use eternet/camera/or any other board accericeries, etc..., when I turn the board off, etc) I believe I need a debugger to achieve my goal. is it correct? Do u know anyone who already achieve this? 2.Tiny6410 uses Arm11 chip. I searched some Jtag debuggers and IDEs(software, E-link, J-link, H-jtag, openocd, eclipse,.. etc) And im confused that which support tiny6410. Have you guys have any suggestion for debugging? (Not expensive one.. I only have about 150$ in my pocket) I serached internet but most of them talk about porting.. not what I want to know.. 3. I heard there are only NAND flash is in tiny6410 and NOR flash is not available. Is it right? Thanks
Tiny6410 Debugging/system research
> 1) [...] I believe I need a debugger to achieve my goal. No. You need information about the software parts that run at what stage of the boot process and then: read its source to understand them. If you have bricked your system while you are playing with it, then you might need JTAG to revitalize the system (if you killed the content of the NAND and NOR memory on the Mini2440 for example). But the S3C6410 CPU only needs an external SD card to get it up and running again in such case. So, for this CPU there is *never* a need for JTAG to revitalize it. 3) yes, on-board is only NAND memory. A second boot source can be an SD card
Thnak you. Is the software part source code avaliable when I get the board?(so I can play with the board and see what is happening in my board?) Or do I have to google somewhere to find it out? thanks again,