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Use Secure Provisiong Tool to erase flash

Use Secure Provisiong Tool to erase flash#

In worst cases a debugger cannot successfully connect to the board. A major reason for this is there are POR boot image inside the on board flash memory which causes the whole system in a trouble state. Secure Provisioning Tool provide a reliable way to erase the flash in this worst case. To achieve this

  1. Set J60[1..3] to 100.

  2. Connect the board to your PC from both J23 (Debugging) and J63 (USB OTG 1), then power up the board.

  3. Start Secure Provisioning Tool, select Tool > Flash Programmer or Ctrl + R.

  4. Click Yes to prompt up questions, wait memory initialization finish.

  5. Click Erase all button and wait a minute for the erase process to finish.

  6. After Success: Erase whole memory shows up, the board should have restored to a good state to work in various mode.

Parent topic:Bootable image generation