[mc1322x] New to the list and Freescale CPUs - firmware loading question

[Barry Michels]

After seeing the 2010 DefCon Ninja Badge, I started investigating the 
Freescale MC13224V.  I come from a Microchip PIC background, but don't 
really care for their ZigBee offerings.  The Freescale CPU with 
everything on-board is very attractive.

I just subscribed and looked through the archives of this mailing list, 
but haven't found an answer to my question: If I get a RedBee EconoTAG 
and develop something, what then?  What is required to program my 
firmware onto a blank chip?  I'm so used to the PIC 5-pin programming 
interface and needing a programmer (Warp-13, PicKit3) to load firmware.  
The Freescale website and datasheets aren't that clear on what is 
required to download firmware.  The EconoTAG description says: "On board 
ROM bootloader for flashing --- no other programming hardware is 
necessary."  Sounds to me like the CPU populated on that board has a 
bootloader, but chips from the factory won't.  Is that correct?


Thanks for your time,
Barry
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