Difference between revisions of "VM Development Package"

Revision as of 04:26, 30 August 2018

Download

• Download this virtual hard disk file from Sourceforge
• Unzip the virtual hard disk to somewhere safe and permanent, such as C:/Documents/sjsu_vm/

Setup VM on VirtualBox

• Download and install VirtualBox for your operating system (Windows, MacOS etc.)
• Install and run VirtualBox
• Click on NEW
• Give your VM (virtual machine) a name
• Select the Type as Linux
• Select Version as Ubuntu (64-bit) and click Continue
• Choose 2560 or more MB of RAM and click Continue
• Choose Use an existing virtual hard disk file and browse to the VM disk you downloaded, and then click Create

Configure VM

• Click on the VM you created in VirtualBox, then click Settings
• Go to Advanced and under Shared Clipboard, select Bidirectional
• Click on System and ensure 2560 Mbytes (2.5 GBytes) or greater RAM (assuming your laptop has at least 8 Gbytes or so
• If your system allows, use 2 CPUs under Processor
• Under Display use 128Mbytes of RAM
• Under Audio, de-select to disable Audio

Setup COM port on VM

• Start your Ubuntu OS
• Plugin your USB cable to the board and ensure your board has power
• After the system boots, go to Devices on VirtualBox menu, then USB" and select the USB board to virtually plug into the VM

Use Development Environment

• Open the SJSU_dev folder when the Ubuntu VM boots
• Double click on run_eclipse to start Eclipse IDE
• Develop your code and hit Ctrl + B to compile in Eclipse
  • Ensure the program has compiled successfully
• Right click anywhere (but not on a file) in SJSU_dev folder and then click on Open terminal
• Type sudo ./run_flash to program the compiled HEX file to the board
  • Note that this assumes you have a file built at projects/lpc1758_freertos/_build/lpc1758_freertos.hex
  • Note that this assumes your serial port is at /dev/ttyUSB0
  • If the assumptions above are not true, you can edit the run_flash file