1.1.4.4 Configuring an application to be bootloaded for MPUs

Application settings in MCC system configuration

  1. Launch MCC for the application project to be configured

  2. Select system component from the project graph and configure the below highlighted settings

mpu_uart_btl_application_config_mcc_setting

  1. Specify the Application Start Address:

    • Specify the Start address from where the application will run under the Application Start Address (Hex) option in System block in MCC.

    • As this value will be used by harmony bootloader to Jump to application at device reset it should match the value provided to bootloader code. It should be start address of the cacheable DDR memory.

    • The Application Start Address (Hex) will be used in the linker script to place the code at intended address

MPLAB X Settings

  • Specifying post build option to automatically generate the binary file from ELF file once the build is complete

${MP_CC_DIR}/xc32-objcopy -Obinary ${ImageDir}/${ConfName}.X.${IMAGE_TYPE}.elf ${ImageDir}/harmony.bin
mpu_application_config_post_build_script