How can I use the Burner for the Kinetis derivatives?

In the CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers v10.x, the Burner Utility integrated with RS08, S08 and ColdFire projects, but not for e200 yet. But you can use it, using a post-build step. Post-build is something similar as the post-linker in the classic CodeWarrior. It allows you to do something (whatever you want) at the end of the build process.

We are using it here for Kinetis to create an S19 file with the Burner utility after the file has been linked. To use the Burner for Kinetis derivatives:

• First, make sure that the Kinetis linker does not produce the S-Record, as we are going to generate it with the burner.
• Next, create or add your burner file to the project. The location or name does not matter, you just need to reference it properly in the next steps.

You might go with the default burner.bbl content as listed below:

  OPENFILE "%ABS_FILE%.s19"

  

  format=motorola

  

  busWidth=1

  

  origin=0

  

  len=0x1000000

  

  destination=0

  

  SRECORD=Sx

  

  SENDBYTE 1 "%ABS_FILE%"

  

  CLOSE

  

Notice the " %ABS_FILE%" which is a variable to tell the burner, what file ( .elf/.afx/.abs) is to use. You need to pass this to the burner.

In the Build Steps, define the Post-build steps, with something like this:

  "${MCU_TOOLS_HOME}\prog\Burner.exe" 

  

  -F="${PROJECT_LOC}\Sources\burner.bbl" 

  

  -env"ABS_FILE=${BuildArtifactFileName}"

  

The first item specifies the executable, the -F option tells the burner which command file it has to use, and the -env option passes the environment variable used in the .bbl.

Now if you run a make/build, you can see the result in the Console view (and of course having the S19).