flash_program.c

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2020 Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "pico/stdlib.h"
#include "hardware/flash.h"

// We're going to erase and reprogram a region 256k from the start of flash.
// Once done, we can access this at XIP_BASE + 256k.
#define FLASH_TARGET_OFFSET (256 * 1024)

const uint8_t *flash_target_contents = (const uint8_t *) (XIP_BASE + FLASH_TARGET_OFFSET);

void print_buf(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
        printf("%02x", buf[i]);
        if (i % 16 == 15)
            printf("\n");
        else
            printf(" ");
    }
}

int main() {
    stdio_init_all();
    uint8_t random_data[FLASH_PAGE_SIZE];
    for (int i = 0; i < FLASH_PAGE_SIZE; ++i)
        random_data[i] = rand() >> 16;

    printf("Generated random data:\n");
    print_buf(random_data, FLASH_PAGE_SIZE);

    // Note that a whole number of sectors must be erased at a time.
    printf("\nErasing target region...\n");
    flash_range_erase(FLASH_TARGET_OFFSET, FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE);
    printf("Done. Read back target region:\n");
    print_buf(flash_target_contents, FLASH_PAGE_SIZE);

    printf("\nProgramming target region...\n");
    flash_range_program(FLASH_TARGET_OFFSET, random_data, FLASH_PAGE_SIZE);
    printf("Done. Read back target region:\n");
    print_buf(flash_target_contents, FLASH_PAGE_SIZE);

    bool mismatch = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < FLASH_PAGE_SIZE; ++i) {
        if (random_data[i] != flash_target_contents[i])
            mismatch = true;
    }
    if (mismatch)
        printf("Programming failed!\n");
    else
        printf("Programming successful!\n");
}