Slotcar Installation Instructions
First install all necessary software. For Windows 8.1, please follow installation described below for Eclipse.
1) YAGARTO - a compiler suitable for Windows 7 and 8, not Windows 8.1.
2) WinAVR
3) Libusb - driver package for Nordic receiver to PC.
- Download the zip with libusb-win32-bin folder
- Unzip
- Plug Nordic in USB
- Start inf-wizard.exe in folder bin
- Install according to instructions for nRF24LU1
- In Windows 8, you might need to allow unsubscrubed drivers. To do that, press WinKey+I, then Change setting of the PC (Zmenit nastaveni pocitace) in the bottom. Select Update and Restore (Aktualizace a obnoveni), then Restore (Obnoveni) and Startup with extended setting (Spusteni s rozsirenym nastavenim). Click Restart. After restart, find something like "Use unsubsribed drivers".
4) MinGW - includes program make for use with makefile.
- http://www.mingw.org/ - download and install it
- browse to the installanion folder, find the folder with "make.exe" and put the path to the folder to the system path. to do this, go to Control Panels, System, Advanced System Settings (Upresnit nastaveni systemu). On the Advanced card (Upresnit), click in the bottom Environment variables (Promenne prostredi). Add the path to the line with variable Path.
5) Matlab c compilator
- First install SDK kit before installing Matlab.
- Install the Windows SDK package, mainly the Visual C++ Compilers
- For Windows 8 and 8.1 - SDK doesn't work! You need to install another distribution like Visual Studio
- Use the mex -setup command in Matlab enviroment and select appropriate compiler.
Eclipse installation
1) Download Eclipse of version at least Kepler from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Recommended pakcege is that for C/C++ developers.
2) In Eclipse, install new plugin. Go to Help -> Install new software. In the field Work with, type http://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updates and press Enter. After a while, list of possible plugins appears. Check all of them and click Next and finish the import. Restart Eclipse. Troubleshoot: if the import reports an error that it needs additional package, it is usually CDT. Then you must install CDT package from Kepler - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler and check Programming Languages -> C/C++ Development Tools and SDK.
3) Install GCC and make version 4.7-2013-q3 from https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded.
4) Import project from GIT into Eclipse. Copy the folder from GIT Platoon_implementation/onboard/fw into your working directory. Then in Eclipse click File -> Import -> General -> Existing project into workspace. Browse to your working directory and select the project Slot_car in folder ending with Eclipse. Finish the import.
5)Right click the project name, select Properties and select C/C++ Build. Expand and select Environment. Edit Path and add the path to the binary folder from the installation of GCC in step 3)
- Somethink like: "C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\4.7 2013q3\bin"
6) Build the project by clicking the hammer in the upper left.
7) Problems on Windows 8.1. Cannot build project: In the project, create folder .dep and in the Makefile, comment the line close to the end in the section clean:. the line containd -rm -fR .dep. Must be commented. On Windows 8.1 the system cannot create folders for some reason. Also create in the folder of main file a folder with the name .dep.
If the project obtained from GIT does not build with error Not found program make, use this procedure. Delete the project in Eclipse, but keep files. Create a new Empty C project in the same location with the same project name. Cick Ok to override the project settings. It should include all files linked in the previous project. Then right click the project name, select Properties and in the C/C++ build menu, unlick Generate Makefile automatically. In the Build location part, delete Debug and keep only "${workspace_loc:/Slot_cars_project}". Then click the Hammer and it should build using the given Makefile.
Working with Discovery Kit and Keil
- Install Keil Microvision - https://www.keil.com/download/ - this is not necessary, but it allows debugging in the discovery kit
- After installation, in Plugins select Keil:STM32F4
- Install the driver in <Installation folder>/ARM/STlink/USBDriver with the name STLink_winusb_install.exe.
- You can test the connection, after plugging the USB Mini cable to the board STM32 Discovery Kit (it also powers it),by running the file <Installation folder>/ARM/STlink/ST-LInkUpgrade. If the device connects, everything is OK. If not, you need update the driver. The driver can be found here: http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/FM146/CL1984/SC724/SS1677/PF251168 (usually for Win 8.0 and 8.1).