RTL8710 easy programming by Arduino IDE

Here I quickly made a pinout diagram of Ameba Writer and connection to RTL8710 WiFi module for programming.

For operation check, one LED is connected between GA4 (D4) and ground. Selecting RTL00 in the board selection is all what we need to set up. (after finishing the setup of my previous log).

So now Let's make it blink!

Now LED is at D4, and really the same thing as general Arduino. Just pushing upload button will upload blink program...

This information below is obsolete, due to official support of RTL8710 by Realtek is done. Please see my update (it gets quite easy!!)

Here I would like to introduce how to arrange programming environment. Indeed most part is contributed by lvvx, RtlDuino project and I just change the way from JTAG to SWD.

Step 1 : Add Ameba (Realtek) support in your Arduino IDE by board manager.

Putting

https://github.com/Ameba8195/Arduino/raw/master/release/package_realtek.com_ameba_index.json

Additional board manager is enough to see

Detailed procedure is explained in Realtek's homepage.

Step 2: Add RTL8710 support in your Arduino IDE by copying required items.

This process is not automatic, firstly we need to download files from lvvx, RtlDuino project.

menu.device_variant=Variant
menu.upload_method=Upload method


rtlmodule_rtl8710.name=RTL00 (RTL8710)
rtlmodule_rtl8710.vid.0=0x2341
rtlmodule_rtl8710.pid.0=0x003d
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.tool=ameba_tools
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.protocol=mbed_dap
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.protocol=jlink
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.maximum_size=372736
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.use_1200bps_touch=false
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.wait_for_upload_port=false
rtlmodule_rtl8710.upload.native_usb=false
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.mcu=cortex-m3
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.f_cpu=166666666L
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.usb_product="Module RTL8710"
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.board=rtlmodule
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.core=arduino
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.extra_flags=-mthumb -DBOARD_RTL8710
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.ldscript=linker_scripts/gcc/rtl8710-symbol-v03-img2_arduino_arduino.ld
rtlmodule_rtl8710.build.variant=rtl8710

#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlinkram=JLink RAM
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlinkram.upload.protocol=jlink
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlinkram.upload.tool=jlink

#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbimg=JLink IMG
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbimg.upload.protocol=jlgdbimg
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbimg.upload.tool=jlgdbimg


#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbota=JLink OTA
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbota.upload.protocol=jlgdbota
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.jlgdbota.upload.tool=jlgdbota

#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.networkota=Network OTA
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.networkota.upload.protocol=network
#rtlmodule_rtl8710.menu.upload_method.networkota.upload.tool=network

In the "platform.txt", I added several lines for DAP support

# rtlmodule Uploader tools
# -------------------
tools.ameba_tools.upload.params.verbose=
tools.ameba_tools.upload.params.quiet=
tools.ameba_tools.upload.pattern="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_dap.sh" {upload.verbose}
tools.ameba_tools.upload.pattern.windows="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_dap.exe" "{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}\ram_all.bin" {upload.verbose}
tools.ameba_tools.upload.pattern.macosx="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_dap_mac" "{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/ram_all.bin" {upload.verbose}
tools.ameba_tools.upload.network_pattern="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_ota.exe" -i "{serial.port}" -p "{network.port}" -f "{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}\ota.bin"
tools.ameba_tools.upload.network_pattern.windows="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_ota.exe" -i "{serial.port}" -p "{network.port}" -f "{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}\ota.bin"
tools.ameba_tools.upload.network_pattern.macosx="{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/upload_ota_mac" -i "{serial.port}" -p "{network.port}" -f "{runtime.tools.ameba_tools.path}/ota.bin"