I'm not sure if I am posting this in the right spot, I don't have any question or anything specific to one board. I am *kinda* starting out with this kind of work. I have been IT in one role or another for my job the last 30 years, and I am familiar enough with basic board stuff generally speaking. So, I dunno for example if someone told me to find a uart header, or flash some generic tsop8 something, etc I understand that kind of stuff. Point being, I'm not 100% clueless. I just don't have the specific knowledge when it comes to some of these more advanced repairs. I actually have spent the last few years doing a lot of flashing and board work in the automotive world, so much is more or less the same.
As an example, I have been reading that in order to do the MEC16xx on a t14, the only tools that can do it are the SVOD or RT809H which are the only two that support this. I was somewhat curious what else is out there, and I found this USB Jtag u-Link NT. Which claims support for the MEC16xx. I was just wondering if something like this would work or not. To me it seems that if the chip is supported, then it should be just fine? Or am I missing a caveat of some type? for myself, if I was working on some chip that for whatever reason was hard to red/flash, first thing is just pull it off the board to flash and make life easy. So does this come down to just the software for the SVOD or RT908H that has some extra function needed? Which then I am sure only runs on each tool respectively.
Also the usb jtag u-link nt just looks like a st-link to me. Which is one thing I have been generally curious about as these little things seem to pop up a lot. I would assume when you see something that looks like a st-link, but is more application specific labeled, does the developer flash new software to the st-link when they are making their software to use with it? Or are all of these just identical with different stickers on them.
I understand many here do lots of work, so having one of those tools more or less meant for computers specifically, is nice to have a tool like that.
I hope this makes sense. I am trying to ask in a very general way. I still get confused about some things.
As an example, I have been reading that in order to do the MEC16xx on a t14, the only tools that can do it are the SVOD or RT809H which are the only two that support this. I was somewhat curious what else is out there, and I found this USB Jtag u-Link NT. Which claims support for the MEC16xx. I was just wondering if something like this would work or not. To me it seems that if the chip is supported, then it should be just fine? Or am I missing a caveat of some type? for myself, if I was working on some chip that for whatever reason was hard to red/flash, first thing is just pull it off the board to flash and make life easy. So does this come down to just the software for the SVOD or RT908H that has some extra function needed? Which then I am sure only runs on each tool respectively.
Also the usb jtag u-link nt just looks like a st-link to me. Which is one thing I have been generally curious about as these little things seem to pop up a lot. I would assume when you see something that looks like a st-link, but is more application specific labeled, does the developer flash new software to the st-link when they are making their software to use with it? Or are all of these just identical with different stickers on them.
I understand many here do lots of work, so having one of those tools more or less meant for computers specifically, is nice to have a tool like that.
I hope this makes sense. I am trying to ask in a very general way. I still get confused about some things.
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