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progendef(1)

extract MCU definitions for use with progen

NAME

progendef - extract MCU definitions for use with progen

SYNOPSIS

progendef create -m MCU -t TOOL -f PROJECT_FILE

DESCRIPTION

progendef is used to extract progen-compatible MCU definitions from project files generated by supported tools (e.g. IAR, CoIDE). Once generated, new MCU definitions can be used by progen to generate project files for other supported tools.

OPTIONS

-m MCU

target MCU name (generated file will be called MCU.yaml)

-t TOOL

tool that generated project file (uVision, IAR, CoIDE)

-f PROJECT_FILE

embedded project file to extract MCU data from (generated by specified tool)

YAML

progendef (and progen) uses YAML syntax for TARGETS, MCU and TOOL definitions.

ADDING A NEW TARGET

progendef extracts the information needed to create a new YAML MCU definition file.

A progen target consists of:

•

a target YAML file (see TARGETS section)

•

an MCU YAML file (see MCU section)

Target files can be defined and should be placed inside project_generator_definitions/target. MCU files are created by progendef.

TARGETS

To generalize MCUs, there are target definitions available. The target name does not change based on the tool used. We provide a dictionary where we can define a target with mcu, for instance:

PROGENDEF_TARGETS = {
    'arch-ble': 'mcu/nordic/nrf51',
}

Such a project can then use either arch-ble as a target, or nrf51 (mcu).

MCU

An MCU record defines the basic information about the mcu and specific settings for each tool. The example below shows the uvision settings for the lpc1768 mcu. These specific data can either be manually extracted from a project file, or you can use the progendef command to create the YAML file for you.

If you are adding a new mcu, please follow the uvision naming policy for MCUs for consistency.

mcu:
    vendor:
        - nxp
    name:
        - lpc1768
    core:
        - cortex-m3
tool_specific:
    uvision:
        TargetOption:
            Device:
                - LPC1768
            Vendor:
                - NXP
            Cpu:
                - IRAM(0x10000000-0x10007FFF) IRAM2(0x2007C000-0x20083FFF) IROM(0-0x7FFFF) CLOCK(12000000) CPUTYPE("Cortex-M3")
            FlashDriverDll:
                - UL2CM3(-O463 -S0 -C0 -FO7 -FD10000000 -FC800 -FN1 -FF0LPC_IAP_512 -FS00 -FL080000)
            DeviceId:
                - 4868
            SFDFile:
                - SFD\NXP\LPC176x5x\LPC176x5x.SFR

The data given in the mcu and target definitions use lowercase. The files are stored within this directory for consistency. Tool-specific data follows the tools definitions.

TOOLS

uVision

There are two supported version of uVision. uvision (defaults: uvision4) and uvision5. uVision 5 uses software packs, and it is compatible with the older version via legacy devices. Define legacy device as uvision/uvision4.

tool_specific:
    uvision:
        TargetOption:
            Device:
                - LPC1768
            Vendor:
                - NXP
            Cpu:
                - IRAM(0x10000000-0x10007FFF) IRAM2(0x2007C000-0x20083FFF) IROM(0-0x7FFFF) CLOCK(12000000) CPUTYPE("Cortex-M3")
            FlashDriverDll:
                - UL2CM3(-O463 -S0 -C0 -FO7 -FD10000000 -FC800 -FN1 -FF0LPC_IAP_512 -FS00 -FL080000)
            DeviceId:
                - 4868
            SFDFile:
                - SFD\NXP\LPC176x5x\LPC176x5x.SFR

All information in the code above are from a uVision project. All attributes need to be filled in, in order to get a proper working target in the project file and the correct flash algorithms for the target.

So, how do we get all this information for a new mcu? We create a new project in uVision, select your target, and save the project. Then open the project in a text editor, and look for attributes inside TargetOption, as `Device', `Vendor', etc.

Once you have specified all required information, test to build your project and check if the correct target is set in the uVision project.

IAR

    iar:
        OGChipSelectEditMenu:
            state:
                - LPC1768 NXP LPC1768
        OGCoreOrChip:
            state:
                - 1

In the code above, LPC1768 is defined. To add a new target, create a new project in IAR, select your desired target, save the project. Then either use progendef to extract information or manually open the project in a text editor, and find the attribute OGChipSelectEditMenu. OGCoreOrChip should be set to 1, as Chip will be used. Be careful with OGChipSelectEditMenu, as it should be exact as in origin project.

Once you specified all needed information, test to build your project and check if the correct target is set in the IAR project.

CoIDE

    coide:
    coide:
        Device:
            manufacturerId:
                - 7
            manufacturerName:
                - NXP
            chipId:
                - 165
            chipName:
                - LPC1768
        DebugOption:
            defaultAlgorithm:
                - lpc17xx_512.elf
        MemoryAreas:
            IROM1:
                name:
                    - IROM1
                size:
                    - 0x00080000
                startValue:
                    - 0x00000000
                type:
                    - ReadOnly
            IRAM1:
                name:
                    - IRAM1
                size:
                    - 0x00008000
                startValue:
                    - 0x10000000
                type:
                    - ReadWrite
            IROM2:
                name:
                    - IROM2
                size:
                    - 0x0
                startValue:
                    - 0x0
                type:
                    - ReadOnly
            IRAM2:
                name:
                    - IROM2
                size:
                    - 0x00008000
                startValue:
                    - 0x2007C000
                type:
                    - ReadWrite

LPC1768 MCU is defined above for CoIDE. To add a new target, create a new project in CoIDE, select your target, save the project. Then either use progendef to extract information or manually open the project file (.coproj) in a text editor, and search for all the information which is above. It’s required to set the target properly. There is information about ROM/RAM sizes, Flash algorithm used and Id numbers for the target.

EXAMPLES

An example for creating mcu.yaml for lpc1768, from a project file lpc1768_blinky.ewp (IAR)

progendef create -m lpc1768 -t iar -f lpc1768_blinky.ewp

This creates lpc1768.yaml file in the current directory. This file should be placed in project_generator_definitions/mcu. There should be a vendor folder, and MCU file inside.

REPORTING BUGS

Upstream bug tracker: https://github.com/project-generator/project_generator_definitions/issues

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2015 Martin Kojtal

AUTHOR

This manual page is based on the progendef documentation. It was created by Nick Morrott <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others

SEE ALSO

valinor(1), progen(1)

Project Generator examples: https://github.com/project-generator/project_generator_mbed_examples

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