How is the firmware in the tinysa updated?

John

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 04:50 PM, John wrote:

How is the firmware in the tinysa updated?

? See the following Wiki topic???.? If you have TinySA-App installed then it has a tab with two triangles (upload) that allow you to update the firmware.? I use it all the time and have never had a problem.? If you've updated the firmware on a NanoVNA then the process is the same.

? The above applies to the Windows operating system.? The procedure for Linux and MACOS is different.

?- Herb

Y'all might want to add a comment in the 'Updating the Firmware' wiki about Windows: what to do when the USB driver install fails.

I tried it first on my main Win7 desktop, USB-3.0 port.? Splat in the Device Manager.? OK, try a USB-2.0 port instead.? Another splat. <expletive deleted>? Fine.

Spend 10 minutes in a <expletive deleted> merry-go-round at ST.com trying to get the DfuSe software, and having the most frustrating time with their website I've had in the last 10 years.? I was so annoyed by the time I finally got the file that I've sworn off EVER using an ST micro in one of my designs.? I've been on the 'net since the '80s; it's not my first rodeo.

DfuSe installs without any errors, still doesn't manage to load the frelling USB driver.? <several more expletives deleted>? DfuSe uninstalled, as what's the point?

Switch over to my Win8.1 laptop, and try again.? Another splat in the Device Manager.? Gee, this feels eerily familiar; wasn't I just here?? OK, Google, what do you have for me?? Oh. Youtube, first hit: fire up Zadig and install the WinUSB driver.? Okaaayyyy, haven't needed to do *that* for a while, I'm game.? Voila!? The driver is recognized, and the command prompt batch file worked, once I renamed the *.bin file <file not found...> Finally the current (new) release is installed.? That whole process was WAY more painful than it needed to be.

Off topic: an old works great with the touchscreen.

Next time try TinySA-App or NanoVNA-App for updating firmware. Easy-peasy.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:50:20 -0800
"Stan J via groups.io" <tied2texas@...> wrote:

Y'all might want to add a comment in the 'Updating the Firmware' wiki about *Windows: what to do when the USB driver install fails*.

I tried it first on my main Win7 desktop, USB-3.0 port.? Splat in the Device Manager.? OK, try a USB-2.0 port instead.? Another splat. <expletive deleted>? Fine.

Spend 10 minutes in a <expletive deleted> merry-go-round at ST.com trying to get the DfuSe software, and having the most frustrating time with their website I've had in the last 10 years.? I was so annoyed by the time I finally got the file that I've sworn off EVER using an ST micro in one of my designs.? I've been on the 'net since the '80s; it's not my first rodeo.

DfuSe installs without any errors, still doesn't manage to load the frelling USB driver.? <several more expletives deleted>? DfuSe uninstalled, as what's the point?

Switch over to my Win8.1 laptop, and try again.? Another splat in the Device Manager. Gee, this feels eerily familiar; wasn't I just here? OK, Google, what do you have for me?? Oh. Youtube, first hit: fire up *Zadig* and install the *WinUSB* driver.? Okaaayyyy, haven't needed to do *that* for a while, I'm game.? Voila!? The driver is recognized, and the command prompt batch file worked, once I renamed the *.bin file < file not found... > Finally the current (new) release is installed.? That whole process was WAY more painful than it needed to be.

Off topic: an old Sony Clie stylus ( ) works great with the touchscreen.

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I've used TinySA app to upload new firmware a couple of times and it worked first time every time.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 04:50 PM, John wrote:

How is the firmware in the tinysa updated?

I use dfu-util under Linux.? It is also available for MacOS and Windows.

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