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Okay so if I download the mfgtool "AS IS" and i do not configure anything such as the CFG.INI etc..
If i connect through USB serial downloader (this works) and I press start the uart port should send characters?
Now It Hangs at Loading uboot stage, the uart sends nothing
- When you use MFG TOOL, you do not need to configure anything and you still should be able to boot up into uBoot. You don't even need SD cards, you do not have to setup Fuses, uBoot will be loaded through USB and started automatically
What I would recommend, before you start with MFG TOOL, try to run calibration (I am not sure if there is calibration tool for your CPU, is there?). If you can pass memory test, that could give you some confidence that your board should boot up when a proper software is loaded. For this calibration utility you should not need even the console.
I placed a usb to uart bridge as you see on the attached image but there is no output
Note that there is no SD card placed on the board and the emmc is empty so i think its normal...
I think MFG TOOL is unconfigured...
The wifi Module its placed over the sd card bus so i will remove the wii module and i will insert the EVK micro SD, but the evk uses SD2 and i have the SD/Wifi SDIO bus on SD1 bus ...
Fuses are also unconfigured
What steps should i take to bring the board to life ?
1) Watch the current activities. If your board does something, current will be jumping up and down
2) Watch activity on the UART pins (connect the scope and see if something is happening)
If you can see activity on the UART pins, you definitely need to connect console there, so you can communicate with your board.
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