Re: XC5000C 0x14b4 status

Unembossed Name
2015-06-26T11:51:57Z

>> It's not "new" IC. It's XC5000C. Maybe i was interpreted wrong.
>> As I have understood, such behaviour can depends from FW version.
>> HW vendor says, that with his latest FW he always gets response 0x14b4.
>
> Ah, so you're running a completely different firmware image? Well in
> that case that would explain the different response for the firmware
> loaded indication.

No no no. I used a FW image, which was taken from KernelLabs site, and it
was intended for use with XC5000C. And partnumber of IC was XC5000C
( I have opened RF shild to check it)

>> Not a 0x1388. And I think, that these ICs still come without pre-loaded FW.
>> HW vendor also didn't says anything about FW pre-load possibility.
>
> Correct. These are not parts that have any form of default firmware
> in their ROM mask (i.e. not like the silabs or micronas parts which
> have a default firmware and the ability to patch the ROM via a
> software loaded code update). The firmware must be loaded every time
> the chip is brought out of reset or it won't work at all.