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10.7.1 HPSDRBootloaderv2.0
Theboo tloa derisabletooperateevenincircumstanceswheretheFLASHhaslostthe“boo tloader”
FPGAcode.
1. Do wnloadandinstallWinPCAP(Bootloaderrequiresit,youwillhavetorestartafterinstall.
DoNOTuse"Win10PCAP",Bootloaderwillnotworkproperlywithit).
2. DownloadtheHPSDRBootloaderinstallerforWindows:
https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR‐Protocol1‐Programmers/releases.
3. InstalltheHPSDRBootloadersoftware.
4. Shutdownwindowsandpowerofftheradio.Placetheradiointobootloadermodeusing
theslideswitchonthebackpanel.PowertheradioON.
5. RuntheHPSDRBootloadersoftware.
1. ChoosetheComputerInterfacethattheradioisconnectedtousingthepull‐downmenu.
2. ClickonTestforBootloader.WaituntiltheinformationisupdatedintheBoardBootloader
field.
3. Browsetothelocationofthefirmwarefileyouwillbeusingtoupdatetheradio .
4. ClickonProgramtoflashthefirmware.
Firmwarefilesareavailablefordownloadfromhttps://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR‐Firmware.
FirmwareUpdatefileswillhavethe“.rbf”suffix.