[Hackrf-dev] SPI flash write fails trying to update firmware

[Anders Hammarquist]

In a message of Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:48:26 +0100, Dominic Spill writes:
>> Any hints? Bad flash chip? (Accidentally write protected? Is the
>> write protect feature of it used?)
>
>It's probably one of these two things.
>
>> Is is possible to hook up an external SPI programmer to read/write
>> the flash? If so, this is something I could do to check it.
>
>You can certainly try, if you have the tools to do so, but if the flash
>chip is bad it won't make much difference.

I do (a bus pirate, and probaly an ftdi cable that can do it also), just
wanted to make sure it's safe to hook up in parallell with the lpc. It
should verify if it's the flash chip that is bad rather than the lpc.

>Where did you get your HackRF from? Is it a HackRF One?

It's HackRF One. I got it from the Kickstarter.

/Anders