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2.8 KiB
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# microbit-dal
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## Building a project for the micro:bit using Yotta
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Instead of using the online IDE, Yotta can be used to provide an equivalent offline experience. The current compilers that are available are:
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* GCC
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* ARMCC
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## Getting Started
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### 1. Install Yotta
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The first step is to get Yotta onto your machine, to do this follow the install guide [here](http://docs.yottabuild.org/#installing)
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**Note: if you are on windows, dependencies will be missed as of 8/8/15, please use the helper script located [here](https://github.com/ARMmbed/yotta/blob/master/get_yotta.py).**
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### 2. Fetch the example project
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If your install has gone correctly, and you have all dependencies installed, the next step is to fetch the example project using the runtime from GitHub.
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```
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git clone https://github.com/lancaster-university/microbit
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```
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**Note: To successfully build this project you will need access to the microbit-dal private repository, if you need access please email me at j.devine@lancaster.ac.uk.**
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### 3. Try to build
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Building rarely works first time due to dependencies currently not being installed by Yotta, so the next step is to **try** to build.
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The default yotta target you will receive when you pull the aforementioned repo is bbc-microbit-classic-armcc, you can use the following command to print your current target in Yotta:
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```
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yt target
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bbc-microbit-classic-armcc 0.0.5
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mbed-armcc 0.0.8
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```
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If you do not have armcc installed (or don't have a license for Keil), then you will need to use GCC. To swap to the GCC target run:
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yt target bbc-microbit-classic-gcc
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```
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Then you should **try** to build using the following command:
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```
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yt build
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```
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For GCC, you will have to swap the CortexContextSwitch.s file with the file CortexContextSwitch.s.gcc which will be located in `/yotta_modules/microbit-dal/source`. For an example of how to do this, look below:
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```
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#first rename the existing one
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mv yotta_modules/microbit-dal/source/CortexContextSwitch.s yotta_modules/microbit-dal/source/CortexContextSwitch.s.armcc
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#then rename gcc version so that it is included by cmake
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mv yotta_modules/microbit-dal/source/CortexContextSwitch.s.gcc yotta_modules/microbit-dal/source/CortexContextSwitch.s
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```
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This is a temporary measure until Yotta supports assembly preprocessing for armcc.
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**NOTE:
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To build the final hex files for the micro:bit, you will need to install the srec which can be installed via brew (`brew install srecord`), or you can install it manually from [here](http://srecord.sourceforge.net/).**
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### 4. Flash your micro:bit
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The final step is to check your hex works.
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The yotta build command will place files in `/build/<TARGET_NAME>/source`. The file you will need to flash will be microbit-combined.hex. Simply drag and drop the hex.
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The expected result will be that the micro:bit will scroll `BELLO! :)` on its display.
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