PSOC 4: Primary and Secondary Bootloaders

[meron]

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to define two Bootloaders, a PRIMARY bootloader that loads/upgrades the APPLICATION and a SECONDARY bootloader that loads/upgrades the PRIMARY bootloader?

In different words, I'm looking for a way to be able to upgrade a Bootloader project in the field.
Currently, once a Bootloader project is out there, it is possible to upgrade the APPLICATION only in case the Bootloader project was not changed, which is a major problem in case the Bootloader contains bugs or more features are needed.

Thanks a lot for your help,
Meron

[Alakananda_BG]

Hi @meron ,

Please refer to the below document under the section 'Use Cases' where you can find bootloaders and their use cases.

https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-Component_Bootloadable_Bootloader_V1.50-Software%20Module%20D...

Regards,

[meron]

Thank you, but I don't understand how it solves the problem. I'm not looking for a single bootloader to load two different applications, but two bootloaders and a single application. One bootloader, the primary will load the application. Another bootloader, the secondary will be responsible of upgrading the primary bootloader.

Thanks,
Meron

[Alakananda_BG]

Hi @meron ,

We do not have an example for a single bootloader to load two different applications.

Regards,

[meron]

Hi,

I'm not looking for a SINGLE bootloader to load TWO DIFFERENT applications.
I'm looking for TWO DIFFERENT bootloaders and a SINGLE application.
First bootloader is very thin - not to be changed ever - is to reprogram the second bootloader.
Second bootloader is to load the application.

Regards,
Meron

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[BiBi_1928986]

Hello.

You might want to investigate Launcher + 2xCombination.

Combination = Bootloader+App

It's the only readily available option to have 2 bootloaders.
For example:
App1 could be the real project.  App2 could be next to nothing.
Bootloader1 can update Bootloader2+App2.
Bootloader2 can update Bootloader1+App1.

The down side is, FLASH memory space is split in 2.

It's pretty confusing reading the Bootloader component datasheet.  And I couldn't find any example projects using Launcher.  You'd need to experiment.

Hope this helps.