During the Electronica 2018 Fair in Munich Infineon was very kind and provided me with a brand new XENSIV Sensors IOT Box. This box is not yet available on the market and will launch probably in Q1/2019.
The box features the XMC2GO and XMC1000 bootkit (an Arduino Uno sized ARM Cortex MCU board) as MCU modules and many sensor boards that I will cover in another article.
XENSIV Sensors – Getting Started Box IOT from Infineon
XENSIV Sensors Box – Content
XMC2GO Module
Today I wanted to get the XMC2GO module connected to my PC and to download a new demo program via the Arduino IDE to the module. This article describes the necessary steps to follow along.
Driver Installation
(I’ll assume you already have installed a >1.5 Arduino IDE on your PC/Mac.)
The integration of the XMC-platform into your Arduino IDE is quite straightforward:
To install the driver I followed the guideline here: https://github.com/Infineon/XMC-for-Arduino
Checking debug connection
When connecting the XMC module for the first time with the Arduino IDE I ran into connection problems. I had to start the Segger J-Link Commander Program to see if the XMC-Module was detected or not.
START -> Segger J-Link –> J-Link Commander
The J-Link Commander tool is nice and simple. Just press „?“ and hit Enter for help and see what kind of functions this tool offers.
Then enter „USB“ – it connects to the XMC module via the J-Link interface.
J-Link Commander Tool
During the first successful connection, the tool was asking for a firmware upgrade on the XMCs hardware debugger.
I agreed to upgrade the debugger.
After finishing the firmware upgrade I closed the J-Link Commander and return to the Arduino IDE.
Demo app
Then I tried the RTC-Sleepmode demo app.
XMC Arduino IDE_Demo program
The program upload was working fine. And here is the result in the UART-Window:
XMC Uart Output
Conclusion
The first steps with the XMC2GO are pretty simple and are no big issue even for beginners.
In the upcoming weeks, I will cover the sensor modules that are included in the XENSIV Sensors IOT Box. So stay tuned.
Update 24.11.18
There is a new Github page dealing with this IOT kit and help you to get started:
https://github.com/Infineon/Getting_Started_Box_IoT