RoboVero
RoboVero is a robotics expansion board for the Overo COM series.
Contents
Hardware
HubCommander
Software
Prerequisites
You'll need to install git to retrieve some of the software for the toolchain.
$ sudo apt-get install gawk bison flex automake libtool libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev libusb-dev eclipse eclipse-cdt unzip
Create a new folder in your home directory.
$ mkdir ${HOME}/cortex-m3
Toolchain
crosstool-NG
A cross compiler builds executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler runs. In our case, the toolchain (compiler, linker, debugger, etc.) will typically run on i386 or i686 and generate binaries for ARMv7-M. crosstool-NG is an application for building cross toolchains.
ARM Angstrom
Building the RoboVero toolchain for Overo takes hours and requires installing a number of non-standard packages. The easiest way to get started is to download the archive containing a pre-built toolchain and extract it to your home folder.
NOTE: This hasn't been tested with a clean build and may require additional packages.
# cd # wget http://cumulus.gumstix.org/sources/robovero/x-tools.tar.gz # tar -xzf x-tools.tar.gz
Your toolchain should appear in ${HOME}/x-tools. Process the the Exporting PATH section.
Other
Go to http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool to determine the current version of crosstool-NG
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3
$ wget http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/download/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng-X.X.X.tar.bz2
Extract the archive
$ tar xjf crosstool-ng-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3/crosstool-ng-X.X.X
Install crosstool-ng
$ ./configure $ make $ make install
Make a new directory for the baremetal configuration file.
$ mkdir ${HOME}/cortex-m3/arm-eabi
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3/arm-eabi
$ cp ${HOME}/cortex-m3/crosstool-ng-1.9.1/samples/arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi/crosstool.config .config
Add gdb to the configuration and build the toolchain. The build will take around 30 minutes depending on your machine.
$ ct-ng menuconfig Debug facilities --- [*] gdb --- [*] Cross-gdb
$ ct-ng build
Exporting PATH
If the build succeeds your new toolchain will appear in ~/x-tools. Add to the PATH environment variable (where the system looks for binaries) by appending an export command to .bashrc. Open a new terminal and echo path to verify that the change has taken effect.
$ nano ${HOME}/.bashrc
export PATH="${HOME}/x-tools/arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi/bin:$PATH"
[new terminal] $ echo $PATH
LPC1700CMSIS
LPC1700CMSIS is a collection of source code and libraries to simplify writing firmware for the M3.
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3
$ mkdir LPC1700CMSIS
$ cd LPC1700CMSIS
$ wget
http://ics.nxp.com/support/documents/microcontrollers/zip/lpc17xx.cmsis.driver.library.zip
$ unzip lpc17xx.cmsis.driver.library.zip
Test
Time to find out whether we can compile a project. Let's try to build the LPC1700CMSIS Driver Library.
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3/LPC1700CMSIS/makesection
$ nano makeconfig
PROJ_ROOT =${HOME}/cortex-m3/LPC1700CMSIS
CMCORE_TYPE =CM3
DEVICE =LPC17xx
MANUFACTURE =NXP
TOOL =gnu
DEBUG_MODE =1
GNU_INSTALL_ROOT =${HOME}/x-tools/arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi
GNU_VERSION =4.4.1
$ cd makerule/common $ nano make.rules.environment
[remove path and .exe extension from tools - you might also need to change some backslashes]
$ cd ../LPC17xx $ nano makefile.LPC17xx.gnu
TOOLCHAIN =arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi
$ ${HOME}/cortex-m3/LPC1700CMSIS
$ make VERBOSE=yes
Take a look at the compiler messages to verify that arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi-gcc and arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi-ld are being invoked. If so, and you get no build errors, the toolchain is working. You can also try building one of the images in the Examples folder.
Debug Tools
FT2232
FT2232 is a serial protocol converter that provides JTAG connectivity to the Robovero and console port access to the Overo COM. We need to install the driver for JTAG to work.
Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install libftdi-dev
ARM Angstrom
# opkg install libftdi
Other
Go to http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download.php to find the current libftdi release
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3
$ wget http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/libftdi-X.X.tar.gz
$ tar xf libftdi-X.X.tar.gz
$ cd libftdi-X.XX/
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig
OpenOCD
Open On-Circuit Debugger (OpenOCD) provides debugging, in-system programming and boundary-scan testing for the Robovero. It connects the debug host (your development machine) to the target (cortex) through an adapter (FT2232). OpenOCD allows you to debug code running on the target with GDB.
ARM Angstrom
# wget http://cumulus.gumstix.org/sources/robovero/openocd_0.4-r0.6_armv7a.ipk # opkg install openocd_0.4-r0.6_armv7a.ipk # wget http://cumulus.gumstix.org/sources/lpc1769.cfg # cp lpc1769.cfg /usr/share/openocd/scripts/target
Other
$ cd ${HOME}/cortex-m3
$ wget http://download.berlios.de/openocd/openocd-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ tar xjf openocd-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ cd openocd-X.X.X/
$ ./configure --enable-ft2232_libftdi
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ wget http://cumulus.gumstix.org/sources/lpc1769.cfg
$ sudo cp lpc1769.cfg /usr/local/share/openocd/scripts/target
Test
Plug in your device. And run OpenOCD to connect.
$ sudo openocd -f interface/openocd-usb.cfg -f target/lpc1769.cfg
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.4.0 (2011-01-06-19:17)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
500 kHz
Info : clock speed 500 kHz
Info : JTAG tap: lpc1768.cpu tap/device found: 0x4ba00477 (mfg: 0x23b, part: 0xba00, ver: 0x4)
Info : lpc1768.cpu: hardware has 6 breakpoints, 4 watchpoints
Firmware
The source for the firmware that ships with RoboVero is available via github. Follow these steps if you would like to contribute to the project or just use it as a reference.
$ cd $ mkdir robovero $ cd robovero $ git clone git://github.com/robovero/firmware.git
The source will now appear in ${HOME}/robovero/firmware. Next, build and flash the firmware to your device. If your toolchain isn't at ${HOME}/x-tools you will have to modify the Makefile and PATH environment variable.
$ cd firmware $ make
Start OpenOCD according to the above instructions if you haven't already. Open another terminal. We will flash using GDB.
$ wget http://cumulus.gumstix.org/sources/robovero/gdbconfig $ x-tools/arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi/bin/arm-bare_newlib_cortex_m3_nommu-eabi-gdb -x gdbconfig robovero/firmware/firmware
(gdb) load (gdb) continue
If your LED starts to flash then your debug tools are working. You can press the RoboVero reset and the firmware will run without GDB. Establish a connection to RoboVero using Kermit.
$ ls /dev | grep ttyACM ttyACM0 $ kermit -l /dev/ttyACM0 C-Kermit 8.0.211, 10 Apr 2004, for Linux Copyright (C) 1985, 2004, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. Type ? or HELP for help. C-Kermit> set carrier-watch off C-Kermit> connect
<snip welcome message> press enter to begin...
This gives you a simple command line interface to most of the NXP driver functions. You can find documentation for the functions included in ${HOME}/cortex-m3/LPC1700CMSIS.
You can list all of the available functions with list.
[:)] list <snip all functions>
