Arm® Mbed DAPLink is open-source software that provides alternative platform-independent programming/debugging interfaces between the target application and host PC. KitProg3 includes DAPLink.

DAPLink is supported by:

  • ModusToolbox™ software

  • Any IDE that supports CMSIS-DAP Bulk protocol

Supported Kits​

The following table shows KitProg3-based kits that have DAPLink mode available.

Table 1.

Kits with DAPLink Support

Development Kits

CY8CKIT-062-BLE PSOC™ 6 Bluetooth® LE Pioneer Kit

CY8CKIT-062-WiFi-BT PSOC™ 6 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Pioneer Kit

CY8CPROTO-062S2-4343W PSOC™ 6 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Prototyping Kit

CY8CPROTO-064S1-SB PSOC™ 64 "Secure Boot" Prototyping Kit

CY8CKIT-062S2-43012 PSOC™ 62S2 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Pioneer Kit

CY8CPROTO-062S3-4343W PSOC™ 62S3 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Prototyping Kit

CYW9P62S1-43438EVB-01 PSOC™ 62S1 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Pioneer Kit

CYW9P62S1-43012EVB-01 PSOC™ 62S1 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Pioneer Kit

CY8CKIT-005 MiniProg4 Program and Debug Kit

CY8CPROTO-064B0S3 PSOC™ 64 "Secure Boot" Prototyping Kit

CY8CPROTO-064B0S1-BLE PSOC™ 64 Bluetooth® LE "Secure Boot" Prototyping Kit

CY8CKIT-064B0S2-4343W PSOC™ 64 Wi-Fi Bluetooth® "Secure Boot" Pioneer Kit

CY8CKIT-064S0S2-4343W PSOC™ 64 "Standard Secure" – AWS Wi-Fi Bluetooth® Pioneer Kit

CYSBSYSKIT-DEV-01 Rapid IoT Connect Developer Kit

CY8CKIT-062S2-AI PSOC™ 6 AI Evaluation Kit

PSOC™ 4100T Plus CAPSENSE™ Prototyping Kit CY8CPROTO-041TP

CY8CPROTO-040T-MS PSOC™ 4000T Multi-Sense Prototyping Kit


Note:

MiniProg4 in DAPLink mode supports only SWD Programming and Serial Communication. Drag-and-Drop Programming is not available via the CY8CKIT-005 MiniProg4.


To use DAPLink, you need to upgrade kit firmware to KitProg3 v1.10 or later. See

Update DAPLink Firmware

section for details.

Features​

DAPLink provides three interfaces: drag-and-drop programming, a serial port, and debugging support.

Drag-and-Drop Programming​

Program the target PSOC™ 6 MCU device by copying or saving a file in one of the supported formats to the DAPLink drive. Upon completion, the drive remounts. If a failure occurs, the file FAIL.TXT appears on the drive containing information about the failure. Drag-and-Drop Programming is not supported for MiniProg4 in DAPLink mode. Attempting to use MSD device programming with MiniProg4 will result in failure.

Supported file formats:

  • Raw binary file

  • Intel Hex

You can control DAPLink with

MSD Commands.


Note:

DAPLink provided with KitProg3 does not implement the

start_bl.act

MSD command because it uses the KitProg3's own Bootloader.


Serial Port​

The serial port is connected directly to the target PSOC™ 4 / PSOC™ 6 MCU device allowing for bidirectional communication. It also allows the target to be reset by sending a break command over the serial port.

Table 2.

UART Parameters and Speed

Functionality

Supported Speed

Units

Comments

USB-UART Bridge 1 )

1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 250000, 500000, 1000000, 2000000, 3000000, 4000000

Baud

Data bits – 8, Parity – None, Stop bits – 1

User Interface​

See

KitProg3 LEDs

to learn how they are used to let you know what's going on with DAPLink.

How To​

See

Mode Switching.


DAPLink is part of the latest KitProg3 package when you update KitProg to a version that includes DAPLink. See

Installing KitProg3

for information on where to get KitProg3.


If you wish to upgrade KitProg to a version that includes DAPLink, you need a tool called Firmware Loader. See

fw-loader tool documentation

for information how to use the Firmware Loader tool.


1 The following baud rates are not supported on macOS: 250000, 500000, 1000000, 2000000, 3000000, 4000000.