I admit: my work laptop machine is running a Windows 10 OS by default. But this does not prevent me running Linux in a Virtual Machine (VM). Each host platform has its benefits, and I don’t feel biased to one or the other, but I have started using Ubuntu more and more, simply because I have worked more on Embedded Linux projects. While I have used mostly Windows with Eclipse for NXP LPC, Kinetis and i.MX platforms in the past, I started using Ubuntu too from last year with the NXP MCUXpresso SDK. I did not find much documentation about this on the web, so I thought it might be a good idea to write a tutorial about it. So here we go…
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DIY Free Toolchain for Kinetis: Part 6 – Linux Host with OpenOCD and CMSIS-DAP
For everyone who wants to build a Do-It-Yourself toolchain for Kinetis on Linux, I recommend to read the following excellent post by Karibe:
Setting up Linux opensource build and debug tools for freescale freedom board FRDM-KL25Z
He describes how to get OpenOCD with CMSIS-DAP working with Eclipse on Ubuntu to debug the FRDM-KL25Z board.
List of Tutorials
- Part 1: Setting up ARM GNU tool chain
- Part 2: Setting up Eclipse IDE
- Part 3: Setting up the debugger (P&E and Segger)
- Part 4: Setting up Processor Expert
- Part 5: Setting up FreeRTOS Kernel Awareness
- Part 6: Linux Host Support with OpenOCD and CMSIS-DAP
- Part 7: GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins
- Part 8: Processor Expert with GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins
- Part 9: DIY Free Toolchain for Kinetis: Part 9 – Express Setup in 8 Steps
- Part 10 – Project Creation with GNU ARM Eclipse 2.1.1
Happy Linuxing 🙂
DIY Free Toolchain for Kinetis: Part 1 – GNU ARM Build Tools
This is the first part of a multi-part tutorial on setting up a free and functional GNU gcc + Eclipse + debugger environment for use with the Freescale FRDM-KL25Z board.
List of Tutorials
- Part 1: Setting up ARM GNU tool chain
- Part 2: Setting up Eclipse IDE
- Part 3: Setting up the debugger (P&E and Segger)
- Part 4: Setting up Processor Expert
- Part 5: Setting up FreeRTOS Kernel Awareness
- Part 6: Linux Host Support with OpenOCD and CMSIS-DAP
- Part 7: GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins
- Part 8: Processor Expert with GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins
- Part 9: DIY Free Toolchain for Kinetis: Part 9 – Express Setup in 8 Steps
- Part 10 – Project Creation with GNU ARM Eclipse 2.1.1
In this first part, I’m showing how to install the GNU ARM tool chain to build a ‘blinking LED’ application for the FRDM-KL25Z. With 100% free tools 😉
MCU10.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
In my class a student wanted to run CodeWarrior MCU10.2 with Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) on a 64bit notebook. According to the Freescale Website, that version of Ubuntu is not supported. And indeed, if you install CodeWarrior and launch it, it does not work. The splash screen comes up, but then it aborts. Claiming in the workspace/.metadata/.log file that it cannot find the libswt-gtk-java and libxtst6 packages. Continue reading