Mini2440 item # that works with WinCE

I am posting here because because the sales rep from watterott.com from
wanted to me to post my information request here.

Does anyone which mini2440 item number or URL has been tested as working
with Windows CE?

The last mini2440 I bought from a reseller, had BIOS 2.0 in the NOR flash
and had documentation that did not match the BIOS menu.  The j-tag
application that came with device didn't work by default.  

On the bright side, the features were promising, the price was great and I
am looking for the appropriate device such that the documentation works
with WinCE as described.  I liked the device a lot until I bricked it when
tweaking the settings using the application hj-tag.  I would like to buy
another one and try again.

I think watterott.com is the official vendor for this product, but I am not
sure.

Any URL or item number that has been verified as working according to the
documentation to incredibly helpful to know.

Best regards,

Steve Grahovac

Hi Steve,

It should be nearly impossible to brick your mini2440.  I have a number of
the two (the only two I think) versions of the board (64mb and 128mb) and
they all work well with CE.  You just need to make sure you have the latest
version of vivi in the NOR to be able to flash them with CE.  With jtag you
can flash a "bricked" board. Just follow the instructions here:
http://www.andahammer.com/assets/Uploads/All2440/Firmware/JTAGingTheNOR.pdf

Cheers

Thank you very much for this pdf link.  I will try this soon and post my
results.

I just tried it again with the pdf instructions.   The instructions were
very good. Unfortunately,  I got the same old "Error: Can't download driver
to specified address." following these instructions.

My system isn't bricked in that it doesn't do anything.  What I did was in
desperation to try to get something working in the NOR bios, I tried using
the "2440test_N35.bin" file (which tests the various components).  It
worked, but this test application also tests jtag, so I must have locked
the NOR bios from further flashing via jtag.  As a side note, in the pdf
documentation from flashing the NOR bios, there was a reference to
"supervivi-64M" or "supervivi-128".  I had neither file available, but
rather a "supervivi_mini2440" file that I think was supposed to be for the
NOR bios (this didn't work).

The latest version of vivi (I think it was I had which is version 2.0) is
something I am actually trying to avoid since no documentation is available
for it (BIOS menu doesn't correspond to documentation). 

I think I may have just stumbled upon a bad reseller who packaged the mini
incorrectly, but I did like the product I and I wan't to purchase another
one to try again.  I just want a mini2440 board that has documentation that
corresponds to product, but I am not who the right company is to buy this
from.

Do you have a board with 128MB or 64MB Flash?
The 128MB boards all have and must have the new Bios.

Does the Bios appear in DNW when you boot from NOR memory?
If yes try the lastest supervivi from the download section.

Regards,
Andreas

Hi Steve,
Check the address, if you copy-pasted is, it's wrong. Only 8 zeros instead
of 9 behind the number 3.

Do you have a board with 128MB or 64MB Flash?
The 128MB boards all have and must have the new Bios.

It has 64MB Flash.

>Does the Bios appear in DNW when you boot from NOR memory?

It works when I boot from NOR memory (I get a picture of a flower on the
display), but I tried putting a test image on
there instead of what I should have put (supervivi).  I think I might have
locked the RAM from being changed by the HJ-tag utility.  I don't fault the
mini for this, but rather myself for being careless as to the image I was
putting on the board using the HJtag utility.

>Check the address, if you copy-pasted is, it's wrong. Only 8 zeros instead
of 9 behind the number 3.

Thanks for the tip fie.  Unfortunately, I get the the same error message
with 8 zeros instead of 9.

Thank so much for the help by everyone.  I think I put an image on the NOR
that prevents further flashing.  I would be great to get my current
Mini2440 working, but I really don't mind purchasing another one if this is
the case.  I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for a vendor and
item model that has a documented procedure for a mini board to putting
WinCE on it.

I have a 128M.
Here in the download section there is a wince6-bsp_20091203.zip
And inside is a supervivi-64M. Try to flash that to NOR. (I flashed mine
with the 128M to the address 3 000 000 000  - yes, 9 zeros)

I am super excited!  That was the perfect image to use!  Now my bios menu
matches the documentation.  You guys are awesome!

The was one trick I had to use that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.
 Since I put an incorrect image (I used sbc2440 test image) into the NOR
flash,  I had to start the flash process almost immediately after turning
on the device so that the device doesn't get into an unflashable state (I
think the test image I used must have been opening the J-tag port, thus not
allowing access).  But if the flash process is started immediately after
turning on the device, I think the device's boot process is bypassed and
makes it possible to flash.  Under most circumstances, I'm sure this
workaround is unnecessary.  Hope this post helps someone else.

Thanks again for all the help!