Hi Steveo, Rocko
For those with bricked PCMs...

Before you remove the flash from the board, I think that there is a better way to refresh the module IF you are willing to wait a bit. Here is why:

-Removing the FLASH chip opens the conformal coating of the board. Without this waterproof layer, condensation will result in intermittent problems/crashes.
-Sockets (if used) are often not reliable in vibration

Should you agree with that, All the signals needed to program the flash are available at the tester connector. This connector is unpopulated on my board and I have already used it to force my code into ram & run test routines. I believe the same thing can be done with a programming routine. I can not promise to work on this straight away, but it is something I plan to work through. The routine for the internal boot loader is published in the ref manual and works well for me. Although the later boards communicate with the outside world using class II, the regular serial NRZ can still be used with the boot loader to solve any loss of flash code that has happened.

just an idea...

-Tom

-Tom