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Category Archives: OpenBLT
Introducing the CanFlasherBLT firmware
Do you run the OpenBLT bootloader on your microcontroller based system, configured for firmware updates via the CAN bus? Does it bother you that everyone performing the firmware update, needs a fairly expensive USB-CAN PC adapter to do so? If … Continue reading
Additional memory device in OpenBLT
All ports available in the OpenBLT bootloader support reprogramming the microcontroller’s internal flash memory. But what if your system features an additional memory device, such as an external flash memory or serial EEPROM? The OpenBLT bootloader can work with these … Continue reading
OpenBLT 1.17.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.17.0 release was made today, after another half year of development work. 15 tickets were processed, which resulted in 74 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. This … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.16.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.16.0 release was made today, after another half year of development work. 23 tickets were processed, which resulted in 68 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. This … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.15.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.15.0 release was made last Monday, after another half year of development work. 21 tickets were processed, which resulted in 52 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.14.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.14.0 release was made last Friday, after another half year of development work. 20 tickets were processed, which resulted in 23 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
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How to update the OpenBLT bootloader itself
The OpenBLT bootloader offers a versatile and flexible solution for in-field firmware updates on your embedded system. It’s a mature and stable bootloader solution. Pretty much Flash-and-forget. Over the last decade no one reported that firmware updates stopped working for … Continue reading
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Introducing the LibMicroBLT library
The OpenBLT bootloader just got even better. Last week saw the release of the OpenBLT embedded library, or LibMicroBLT in short. The LibMicroBLT library contains all the functionality for performing a firmware update on another connected microcontroller, running the OpenBLT … Continue reading
OpenBLT 1.13.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.13.0 release was made last Friday, after another half year of development work. 20 tickets were processed, which resulted in 38 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
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Reflecting on 10 years of the OpenBLT bootloader
The 12th of November 2021 marked a special day for the OpenBLT bootloader: Its 10-year anniversary. A great opportunity to take a moment and reflect on its history and ponder the question of how it became such a success. Version … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.12.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.12.0 release was made earlier today, after another half year of development work. 18 tickets were processed, which resulted in 45 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
Develop your own firmware update tool in C# with LibOpenBLT
Did you know that the OpenBLT bootloader includes a shared library, allowing you to quickly develop your own firmware update tool? This library is called LibOpenBLT. Recently, I developed LibOpenBLT bindings for the C# programming language. It’s basically a wrapper … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.11.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.11.0 release was made earlier today, after another half year of development work. 12 tickets were processed, which resulted in 39 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
Import TrueSTUDIO projects into STM32CubeIDE
A future release of the OpenBLT bootloader will feature full support of the relatively new STM32CubeIDE. For those that would like to use STM32CubeIDE sooner, there is the TrueSTUDIO project import feature. So you can take the already existing OpenBLT … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.10.0 release notes
The OpenBLT 1.10.0 release was made earlier today, after another half year of development work. 20 tickets were processed, which resulted in 57 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. … Continue reading
CANopen bootloader based on OpenBLT
CANopen is a popular higher-layer protocol for a CAN based embedded distributed network. It provides a ready-to-use and proven blueprint for application data exchange between multiple nodes on a CAN network. Furthermore, CANopen includes network management functionality and pretty much … Continue reading
NXP S32K support in the OpenBLT bootloader
Over the past year requests started to trickle in for being able to run the OpenBLT bootloader on S32K11 and S32K14 microcontrollers. As a reaction to these requests, support for the entire NXP S32K microcontroller range was developed in the … Continue reading
Adjusting OpenBLT for your microcontroller system
The OpenBLT bootloader ships with multiple demo programs for readily available and low cost microcontroller boards. These are great for familiarizing yourself with and evaluating the OpenBLT bootloader. But how do you get the OpenBLT bootloader running on your own … Continue reading
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Memory requirements of the OpenBLT add-on modules
When deciding on a bootloader solution, it is important to know how much of your microcontroller’s flash memory needs to be reserved for the bootloader. For the basic OpenBLT bootloader this is fairly easy to determine, as there are many … Continue reading
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OpenBLT 1.9.0 release notes
OpenBLT version 1.9.0 was officially released yesterday, after another half year of development work. 14 tickets were processed, which resulted in 24 commits. Feel free to download the new version of the OpenBLT bootloader and give it a try. This … Continue reading
