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authorDean Camera <dean@fourwalledcubicle.com>2013-03-03 14:34:07 +0000
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Add documentation to the Printer class bootloader, add LED flash when the bootloader is active.
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+/** \file
+ *
+ * This file contains special DoxyGen information for the generation of the main page and other special
+ * documentation pages. It is not a project source file.
+ */
+
+/** \mainpage Printer Class USB AVR Bootloader
+ *
+ * \section Sec_Compat Demo Compatibility:
+ *
+ * The following list indicates what microcontrollers are compatible with this demo.
+ *
+ * \li Series 7 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx7)
+ * \li Series 6 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx6)
+ * \li Series 4 USB AVRs (ATMEGAxxU4)
+ * \li Series 2 USB AVRs (AT90USBxx2, ATMEGAxxU2)
+ *
+ * \section Sec_Info USB Information:
+ *
+ * The following table gives a rundown of the USB utilization of this demo.
+ *
+ * <table>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td><b>USB Mode:</b></td>
+ * <td>Device</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td><b>USB Class:</b></td>
+ * <td>Printer Class</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td><b>USB Subclass:</b></td>
+ * <td>Printer Subclass</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td><b>Relevant Standards:</b></td>
+ * <td>USBIF Printer Class Standard</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td><b>Supported USB Speeds:</b></td>
+ * <td>Full Speed Mode</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ * \section Sec_Description Project Description:
+ *
+ * This bootloader enumerates to the host as a Generic Text Only Printer device, capable of reading and parsing
+ * "printed" plain-text Intel HEX files to load firmware onto the AVR.
+ *
+ * Out of the box this bootloader builds for the AT90USB1287 with an 8KB bootloader section size, and will fit
+ * into 4KB of bootloader space. If you wish to alter this size and/or change the AVR model, you will need to
+ * edit the MCU, FLASH_SIZE_KB and BOOT_SECTION_SIZE_KB values in the accompanying makefile.
+ *
+ * When the bootloader is running, the board's LED(s) will flash at regular intervals to distinguish the
+ * bootloader from the normal user application.
+ *
+ * \section Sec_Installation Driver Installation
+ *
+ * This bootloader uses the Generic Text-Only printer drivers inbuilt into all modern operating systems, thus no
+ * additional drivers need to be supplied for correct operation.
+ *
+ * \section Sec_HostApp Host Controller Application
+ *
+ * This bootloader is compatible with Notepad under Windows, and the command line \c lpr utility under Linux.
+ *
+ * \subsection SSec_Notepad Notepad (Windows)
+ *
+ * While most text applications under Windows will be compatible with the bootloader, the inbuilt Notepad utility
+ * is recommended as it will introduce minimal formatting changes to the output stream. To program with Notepad,
+ * open the target HEX file and print it to the Generic Text Only printer device the bootloader creates.
+ *
+ * \subsection SSec_LPR LPR (Linux)
+ *
+ * While the CUPS framework under Linux will enumerate the bootloader as a Generic Text-Only printer, many
+ * applications will refuse to print to the device due to the lack of rich formatting options available. As a result,
+ * under Linux HEX files must be printed via the low level \c lpr utility instead.
+ *
+ * \code
+ * cat Mouse.hex | lpr
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \section Sec_API User Application API
+ *
+ * Several user application functions for FLASH and other special memory area manipulations are exposed by the bootloader,
+ * allowing the user application to call into the bootloader at runtime to read and write FLASH data.
+ *
+ * By default, the bootloader API jump table is located 32 bytes from the end of the device's FLASH memory, and follows the
+ * following layout:
+ *
+ * \code
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_SIZE 32
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_START ((FLASHEND + 1UL) - BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_SIZE)
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(Index) (void*)((BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_START + (Index * 2)) / 2)
+ *
+ * void (*BootloaderAPI_ErasePage)(uint32_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(0);
+ * void (*BootloaderAPI_WritePage)(uint32_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(1);
+ * void (*BootloaderAPI_FillWord)(uint32_t Address, uint16_t Word) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(2);
+ * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadSignature)(uint16_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(3);
+ * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadFuse)(uint16_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(4);
+ * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadLock)(void) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(5);
+ * void (*BootloaderAPI_WriteLock)(uint8_t LockBits) = BOOTLOADER_API_CALL(6);
+ *
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_MAGIC_SIGNATURE_START (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_START + (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_SIZE - 2))
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_MAGIC_SIGNATURE 0xDCFB
+ *
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_CLASS_SIGNATURE_START (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_START + (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_SIZE - 4))
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_CDC_SIGNATURE 0xCDC1
+ *
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_ADDRESS_START (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_START + (BOOTLOADER_API_TABLE_SIZE - 8))
+ * #define BOOTLOADER_ADDRESS_LENGTH 4
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \subsection SSec_API_MemLayout Device Memory Map
+ * The following illustration indicates the final memory map of the device when loaded with the bootloader.
+ *
+ * \verbatim
+ * +----------------------------+ 0x0000
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | User Application |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * | |
+ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND - BOOT_SECTION_SIZE
+ * | |
+ * | Bootloader Application |
+ * | (Not User App. Accessible) |
+ * | |
+ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND - 96
+ * | API Table Trampolines |
+ * | (Not User App. Accessible) |
+ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND - 32
+ * | Bootloader API Table |
+ * | (User App. Accessible) |
+ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND - 8
+ * | Bootloader ID Constants |
+ * | (User App. Accessible) |
+ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND
+ * \endverbatim
+ *
+ * Bootloaders reporting a device release revision number of 1.00 or greater are bootloader API enabled. From the application
+ * the API support of the bootloader can be detected by reading the FLASH memory bytes located at address \c BOOTLOADER_MAGIC_SIGNATURE_START
+ * and comparing them to the value \c BOOTLOADER_MAGIC_SIGNATURE. The class of bootloader can be determined by reading the
+ * FLASH memory bytes located at address \c BOOTLOADER_CLASS_SIGNATURE_START and comparing them to the value \c BOOTLOADER_CDC_SIGNATURE.
+ * The start address of the bootloader can be retrieved by reading the bytes of FLASH memory starting from address \c BOOTLOADER_ADDRESS_START.
+ *
+ * \section Sec_Options Project Options
+ *
+ * The following defines can be found in this demo, which can control the demo behaviour when defined, or changed in value.
+ *
+ * <table>
+ * <tr>
+ * <td>
+ * None
+ * </td>
+ * </tr>
+ * </table>
+ */
+