[Hackrf-dev] hackrf firmware update does not work

Bernard colombier at bernard.li
Sun May 31 06:55:59 EDT 2015



Le dim. 31 mai 2015 à 10:50, Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com> a 
écrit :
> On 31 May 2015 at 09:01, Bernard <colombier at bernard.li> wrote:
>> 
>>  Le dim. 31 mai 2015 à 1:38, Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com> a 
>> écrit :
>> 
>>  So I use dfu-util (from package dfu-util v 0.7 r 4.fc21) to load the
>>  firmware image to RAM as you instructed:
> 
>>  [bernard at juglans-nigra HACKRF]$ hackrf_info
>>  Found HackRF board.
>>  Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One)
>>  Firmware Version: 2014.08.1
> 
>>  But when I reset the board, I'm back to the old firmware, even if I 
>> try to
>>  write the firmware image to SPI flash with the hackrf_spiflash 
>> utility
>>  before the reset as instructed in the wiki.
> 
> It sounds like your board is working but the write to the SPI flash 
> is failing.
> 
> When you used DFU mode to load the 2014.08.1 firmware in to RAM, did
> you try to use the board with GNU Radio or any other software?  i.e.
> can you confirm that the board is working as expected?
> 
> Thanks,
>   Dominic

I can confirm that in DFU mode with the 2014.08.1 firmware loaded and 
without a reset, I'm able to use the board (tested with GQRX & 
hackrf_transfer) and the new firmware works as expected, ie the IF 
spectrum is not inverted (tested in FM band).

Thanks,
Bernard
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