RTA-FOUSB-MON Renesas Electronics America, RTA-FOUSB-MON Datasheet - Page 25

• Manufacturer Part Number: RTA-FOUSB-MON
• Description: ON CHIP DEBUG EMULATOR
• Manufacturer: Renesas Electronics America
• Type: FLASHr

Specifications of RTA-FOUSB-MON

• Contents: USB Compact Flash Programmer, USB Cable, CD-ROM and User Manual
• For Use With/related Products: M16C Family and 740 Family
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant

RTA-FOUSB-MON User’s Manual Rev 2.2
C.4 FoUSB Programmer Problems
This section describes common problems, causes, and countermeasures when working with
the FoUSB Programmer. The common problems with FoUSB Programmer are:
Programmer does not come up, device is not detected, or target is not connected.
When FoUSB Programmer does not come up properly, the main reason is that the MCU text
file list folder does not exist on the folder where the FoUSB Programmer executable is. The
MCU text file is a list of all MCU’s that the FoUSB Programmer supports. Please read
‘Installing Required Files Manually’ on running fousb.exe to fix the problem.
If you encounter a ‘device is not detected’, the possible causes and countermeasures are
listed below.
If you encounter a ‘target is not connected’, the possible causes and countermeasures are
listed below.
(1) The ICD and target board is not connected to the PC. Please plug one end of the
(2) The FoUSB Programmer driver (fousb.inf and fousb.sys) was not installed properly.
(3) The ICD has no user ROM firmware. Please refer to section C.5, ‘Using the ICD’s
(1) The target board is not connected to the ICD. Please unplug the USB cable first and
(2) The target MCU is not a flash version. The ICD can only communicate with M16C
(3) The hardware connection on the target board does not follow the specification for
(4) The target MCU maybe damaged. Try a different target board and MCU.
USB cable to the ICD and the other end to the PC. Make sure you connect the ICD to
the target board first before plugging the USB cable to the PC.
Please refer to section C.1, ‘Installing Required Files Manually’.
Boot Mode’ to program the user ROM firmware.
then connect the target board to the ICD with the 10-pin flat ribbon cable before
plugging back the USB cable to your PC.
flash MCU’s through it’s boot program. Please verify if the target MCU is a flash part.
connection between the ICD and target board. Please review the connection and
check your circuit. Refer to section 6 in this manual, ‘Target Hardware Connectivity
for In-System Programming’.
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Applications Engineering
Jan 2005
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