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Suggestion/request: ability to reset mbed over USB

Topic last updated 27 Mar 2011, by Wim van der Vegt. 2 replies
Hugo Vincent
27 Mar 2011

I have a small request: the ability to reset the mbed target processor over USB. One way this could be done is by creating a special file, called ".reset" or something on the mbed USB filesystem, that when created, would immediately reset the target processor then erase the ".reset" file.

This would be useful both for scripting, and especially for firmware updates when the mbed is in an enclosure and you don't want to open the enclosure just to press the reset button.

cheers, Hugo

Igor Skochinsky
27 Mar 2011

You can send a break character over the USB serial to reset mbed. And you can implement file check and reset in your program.

http://mbed.org/forum/mbed/post/4327/

Wim van der Vegt
27 Mar 2011

Hi

My command interpreter lib has a BOOT command that soft resets the mbed (so restarts but without wiping the flash memory).

See http://mbed.org/users/wvd_vegt/libraries/CMDB/lnw2u7