Use the following steps to flash the OA7000 with the latest firmware or stream video over
USB:
- Plug in the wireless camera module to PC
via USB.
- Set the boot mode to USB by toggling the
selection 1 of the switch towards ON, that is, 100 (Default Boot will be (000) as shown in
Figure 3-10, that is, SPI NOR FLASH).
- Download the OV7000 firmware package from
OmniVision customer support (contact http://www.ovt.com/).
- Load the MFT application from:
OV7000 Package\OV7000 Firmware\Latest\release\mftfw_tools
. This step will load two windows: GUI and
console
Provide the file
‘mftfw.bin’ present at OV7000 Package\OV7000
Firmware\Latest\release\mftfw_tools\mftfw\oa7000s
when prompted to select the
mft*.bin
file as shown in Figure 3-11.
- Select the file ‘prj_cfg.rd7000s.txt’
from
OV7000 Package\OV7000 Firmware\Latest\release\mftfw_tools
when
prompted for prj_cfg.txt
as shown in Figure 3-12.
- The window should show the status as
Connected on the bottom left corner of the GUI as shown in Figure 3-13.
- Click on the BURN SINGBIN button
and load the SINGLE.bin file located at
OV7000 Package\OV7000
Firmware\Latest
. The GUI will prompt when the process is finished. This
completes flashing and programming of the OA7000.
- For video over USB: Go to the IQ
Calibration page of the MFT GUI and click on Display as shown in Figure 3-14. This should pop up a window with video as shown in Figure 3-15.
If the previous step is not
successful, unplug the USB → detach the sensor board → re-attach the sensor board →
re-plug the USB → repeat all the previous steps in this section.
- Place the boot selection in (000) mode.
This should be the default functional mode.
- Optional: To log data or debug, use the
OmniVision debug port UART1, available on CN9 (R80, R82 installed; R81, R83 uninstalled).
Use the following UART port settings:
- Bits per second: 115200
- Data bits: 8
- Parity: None
- Stop bits: 1
- Flow control: None