Hi,
I would like to update the firmware in my Arduino WiFi shield, because it has some issues with the original firmware and updates for it are available at:
But I could not find any tutorial explaining on how to update the firmware on the device.
So far I have managed to install the drivers for the AT32UC3A chip which is on the shield and I have installed Flip 3.4.7., but now I am stuck.
Thanks For your help.
Spent most of this eve at Bitraf trying to make the official Arduino Wifi Shield to behave properly. One of the Bitraf members has a cool project that involves remote control of servos. He planned to use the Wifi Shield, but it keeps loosing it's connection at random intervals - no pattern to it. I have the same shield that I want to use, so I tried to figure out how to download and install the new firmware from GitHub. I couldn't find any goo description on hwo to do it, so here's how we did it on OSX. It'll be quite similar on Windows and Linux.
1st Download the files from GitHub
Go to GitHub - arduino/wifishield: Arduino Wifi Shield and either download the ZIP, or use GIT if you're familiar with that
Open terminal and navigate to the folder you want the repository in. Here's how I did it:
mkdir wifishield
cd wifishield/
git init
git remote add wifishield GitHub - arduino/wifishield: Arduino Wifi Shield
git pull wifishield
git checkout master
The installer expects the files to be inside the Arduino-app folder. Copy wifiHD.hex, wifiHD.elf and the other files from the wifishield/firmware/binary folder into /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/arduino/firmwares/wifi-shield/ (or where you have your Arduino app).
2nd Grab the Device Firmware Updater
Next is getting the software we'll be using since AVRDUDE does not work with the 32UC3-chip in the wifi-shield. Check out this page http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/DFUProgramming8U2 for details on installing this on your specific platform. For OSX, it should have been easy like this:
sudo port install dfu-programmer
However, instead we got this:
Error: The installed version of Xcode (2.0orlower) is too old to use on the installed OS version. Version 4.1 or later is recommended on Mac OS X 10.8.
Apparently Apple menat that minutes after releasing XCode 4.6 was a great time for maintenance. https://twitter.com/jenschr/status/264107391434502145 Yay... Some hours later the download commenced and we got it installed. Next we had to install the XCode command line tools http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html#installing.xcode.lion.43 we were finally ready to go:
sudo port install dfu-programmer
3rd Set the jumper
To program the shield, you'll need to enable the J3 jumper. This isn't marked at all on the shield, but it's also the only jumper there is. (It should have been disabled by the factory.) Just place it across the two pins and you're ready to update the firmware.
4th Upload!
Note that the shield should not be connected to an Arduino. Just plug the correct USB-cable into the Wifi Shield itself without anything else.
You'll use a script from the GitHub download to do the actual uploading: wifishield/ArduinoWifiShield_upgrade_mac.sh at master · arduino/wifishield · GitHub
cd /Fra PC/arduino/wifishield/firmware/scripts/ArduinoWifiShield_upgrade.sh
sudo sh ArduinoWifiShield_upgrade_mac.sh -a /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/ -f shield
5th Remove the jumper
Once the upgrade when through, remove the jumper and set it on just a single pin.
Useful links found while researching this:
http://mitchtech.net/arduino-usb-hid-keyboard/ (good info on the DFU programmer)
http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/DFUProgramming8U2 (Official page on installing DFU for other platforms)
Got it cleaned up here:
J
Hi,
I am trying to do this on Windows. And all it says on all the guides
Windows: use flip to upload the hex file to your board
But the problem I have is that I can't find the chip on the list of devices to be able to do that.
Here is the list I get on FLIP:
AT89C5115 AT89C51AC2 AT89C51ED2 AT89C51RD2 AT89S58 AT90USB1286 AT90USB82
AT89C5130 AT89C51AC3 AT89C51IC2 AT89C51RE2 AT89S64 AT90USB1287 ATmega16M1
AT89C5131 AT89C51CC01 AT89C51ID2 AT89C51SND1 AT90CAN128 AT90USB162 ATmega16U2
AT89C5132 AT89C51CC02 AT89C51RB2 AT89C51SND2 AT90CAN32 AT90USB646 ATmega16U4
AT89C51CC02 AT89C51RC2 AT89D54 AT60CAN64 AT90USB647 ATmega32C1
ATmega32M1 ATmega64M1 ATxmega128B3 ATxmega256A3BU ATxmega384C3 ATxmega64B3
ATmega32U2 ATxmega128A1U ATxmega128C3 ATxmega256A3U ATxmega64A1U ATxmega64C3
ATmega32U4 ATxmega128A3U ATxmega16A4U ATxmega256C3 ATxmega64A3U
ATmega32U6 ATxmega128A4U ATxmega16C4 ATxmega32A4U ATxmega64A4U
ATmega64C1 ATxmega128B1 ATxmega192A3U ATxmega32C4 ATxmega64B1
Which one should I choose I tried most of them and when I try to connect it says : "Could not open USB device".
marka65171:
Hi,
I am trying to do this on Windows. And all it says on all the guidesWindows: use flip to upload the hex file to your board
But the problem I have is that I can't find the chip on the list of devices to be able to do that.
Here is the list I get on FLIP:AT89C5115 AT89C51AC2 AT89C51ED2 AT89C51RD2 AT89S58 AT90USB1286 AT90USB82
AT89C5130 AT89C51AC3 AT89C51IC2 AT89C51RE2 AT89S64 AT90USB1287 ATmega16M1
AT89C5131 AT89C51CC01 AT89C51ID2 AT89C51SND1 AT90CAN128 AT90USB162 ATmega16U2
AT89C5132 AT89C51CC02 AT89C51RB2 AT89C51SND2 AT90CAN32 AT90USB646 ATmega16U4
AT89C51CC02 AT89C51RC2 AT89D54 AT60CAN64 AT90USB647 ATmega32C1ATmega32M1 ATmega64M1 ATxmega128B3 ATxmega256A3BU ATxmega384C3 ATxmega64B3
ATmega32U2 ATxmega128A1U ATxmega128C3 ATxmega256A3U ATxmega64A1U ATxmega64C3
ATmega32U4 ATxmega128A3U ATxmega16A4U ATxmega256C3 ATxmega64A3U
ATmega32U6 ATxmega128A4U ATxmega16C4 ATxmega32A4U ATxmega64A4U
ATmega64C1 ATxmega128B1 ATxmega192A3U ATxmega32C4 ATxmega64B1Which one should I choose I tried most of them and when I try to connect it says : "Could not open USB device".
I just wrote a simple step by step tutorial for how to upgrade Arduino WIFI shield on windows by using AVR32 studio. Here's the link.
http://www.dfrobot.com/community/2012/11/how-to-upgrade-arduino-wifi-shield-firmware-on-windows/
Hope it's helpful!
I followed the steps but I am getting this error, any ideas?
Disclaimer: to access to the USB devices correctly, the dfu-programmer needs to be used as root. Run this script as root.
./avr-objcopy: '/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java//hardware/arduino/firmwares/wifi-shield/wifi_dnld.elf': No such file
./avr-objcopy: '/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java//hardware/arduino/firmwares/wifi-shield/wifiHD.elf': No such file
Upgrade WiFi Shield firmware
Error opening the file.
Something went wrong with creating the memory image.
Done. Remove the J3 jumper and press the RESET button on the shield.
Thank you!
Sorry, I actually manage to do the update by modifying the location of the files not found previously, shield is working as expected now.