Pinguino MX440 USB fails to enumerate

[elliot]

I have just purchased a Pinguino with a PIC32MX440 which fails to enumerate as a USB device, I have tried it on both windows and linux.

Is this a firmware issue, if so what is the correct USB bootloader for this board?

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance, elliot.

[JohnS]

Are you putting it in bootloader mode?  (Sounds like no.)

If no, it won't be a USB device unless the user code makes it such.  Did you program something appropriate into it?  (Again sounds like no.)

John

[elliot]

Thanks for the rapid response, I foolishly thought it would come pre-programmed with a bootloader
and would enumerate after a hard reset.

How do you put in bootloader mode?

cheers, elliot

[JohnS]

If you told us the board make people would have a chance!

It probably has a bootloader.  See the wiki/user manual about USER button.  (When all else fails, RTFM lol)

John

[elliot]

sorry i assumed incorrectly that olimex only made 2 almost functionally identical (PIC32-PINGUINO and PIC32-PINGUINO-OTG) boards with the MX440 but on closer inspection i see the pinguino micro also has an MX440, i have a PIC32-PINGUINO.

i now realise my mistake, i had read the manual but as i was installing under linux i did not read the
"PINGUINO IDE INSTALLATION on Windows" as far as i can tell this has the only reference to entering bootloader mode in any of the documents.

cheers, elliot.

[JohnS]

No worries.

John