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Tillitis TKey Quickstart
This document describes how to build the FPGA bitstream, including the firmware, and get this programmed onto the flash memory of the Tillitis TKey USB device.
Note well: If you have a TKey which already has been flashed, then you don't need to do anything unless you want to set your own Unique Device Secret (UDS). You can start running apps on it immediately. See tillitis-key1-apps for a few examples.
The Tillitis TKey kit includes:
- Tillitis TKey USB stick with USB-C plug, marked MTA1-USB V1
- Programmer board based on Raspberry Pi Pico, with a white holder/jig
- USB cable with micro-B plug, for connecting the programmer to computer
- USB-C extension cable
- USB-C to USB-A adapter
Programming FPGA bitstream and firmware onto TKey
Connect the programmer to the computer using the USB cable with micro-B plug.
Place the TKey USB stick correctly in the programming jig and close the hatch.
The USB stick can remain in the jig during repeated development,
programming and testing cycles. The USB stick should then be connected
to the computer using the provided USB-C cable (use the USB-C-to-A
adapter if needed). The jig also has a cutout to allow touching where
the touch sensor is located (next to the LED on the outer edge). Note
that connecting the USB stick to the computer is not required for
programming it. Note also that with this setup, to reset the USB stick
back to firmware mode after loading an app, you need to unplug both
the USB cable to the stick and the one to the programmer.
Alternatively, you can try the script in
../hw/application_fpga/tools/reset-tk1 which pokes at the TKey
that's sitting in the jig, leaving it in firmware mode so that a new
app can be loaded.
On Linux, lsusb should list the connected programmer as cafe:4004 Blinkinlabs ICE40 programmer. If the USB stick is also connected it
shows up as 1207:8887 Tillitis MTA1-USB-V1.
To install the software needed for building and programming, please refer to toolchain_setup.md.
You are now ready to generate the FPGA bitstream (including building the standard firmware) and program it onto the flash memory of the USB stick. Note that this will give a default Unique Device Secret. If you want to personalize your TKey, see under Device personalization below first.
The following should be run as your regular non-root user, but
the programming is currently done using sudo (so sudo is expected to
be set up for your user; the Makefile runs sudo tillitis-iceprog …).
$ git clone https://github.com/tillitis/tillitis-key1
$ cd tillitis-key1/hw/application_fpga
$ make prog_flash
After programming, the TKey can be connected to your computer (use the USB-C-to-A adapter if needed) and will boot the firmware. When boot has completed the LED will be steady white. This indicates that it is ready to receive and measure an app.
To try out an app, continue to the README.md the apps repo: https://github.com/tillitis/tillitis-key1-apps#readme
To learn more about the concepts and workings of the firmware, see: system_description/system_description.md and system_description/software.md.
Device personalization - setting Unique Device Secret (UDS)
To personalize your TKey you need to modify the Unique Device Secret (UDS) and, maybe, the Unique Device Identity (UDI).
The simplest way to generate a new UDS is to:
$ cd tillitis-key1/hw/application_fpga
$ make secret
Then proceed with the make prog_flash as discussed above.
In detail: You need to modify the hex file that contains the Unique
Device Secret (UDS). You might also want to update the Unique Device
Identity (UDI). These hex files are located in
hw/application_fpga/data/. Note that after modify the files in this
directory, you need to rebuild and program the device again (as
above).
To make this easier there is a tool that can generate these files. The
tool can be found in hw/application_fpga/tools/tpt. The tool by
default allow you to supply a secret used as part of the UDS
generation and only generates a new uds.hex. See --help for more
flags.