I want to download my application directly into a RAM target. How do I do it?

CAUTION:

This method is not applicable to the ColdFire V2-V4 targets.

Note: To download the application to RAM, you need to set up the linker configuration file.

You can let debugger program the flash as a part of the debug action. This method of flashing is especially useful for small size (less that 64 KB) applications.

All P&E connections (Multilink, Cyclone, OSJTAG, and OSBDM) in Microcontrollers can handle flash programming. For this, the P&E cable itself will perform the flash programming directly. The process followed is:

The debugger downloads the application to the P&E connection cable.
The P&E connection cable directly programs the target.

If you have your target in RAM, this feature of P&E connections lets debugger write the application bytes to the P&E connection, which are written directly to the target. This is because debugger can directly modify the RAM content.

To flash an application to the RAM target:

Select Run > Debug Configurations .
The Debug Configurations dialog box appears.
Select Debugger > Download .
The Download page appears in the Debug Configuration dialog box.
Check the Perform Standard Download checkbox.
As the P&E flash programming is performing the verify as well, you do not need to check the Verify checkboxes in the Perform Standard Download section.

Figure 1. Download Page Configurations
Click Debug .

So, just by debugging your project, you can flash your RAM targets.