Difference between revisions of "VM Development Package"

Latest revision as of 04:28, 30 August 2018

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

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

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

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

Figure out how to use Minicom on your own
- This will let you open up the serial port and interact with your board and see the Board's output data from printf()

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 === Download ===
 *  [https://sourceforge.net/projects/armdevpkg/files/virtualbox_experimental Download this virtual hard disk] file from Sourceforge
-*  Unzip the virtual hard disk to somewhere safe and permanent, such as '''C:/Documents/sjsu_vm/```
+*  Unzip the virtual hard disk to somewhere safe and permanent, such as '''C:/Documents/sjsu_vm/'''
 === Setup VM on VirtualBox ===
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 *  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
+*  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 ===
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 **  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
+=== Be an Engineer ===
+* Figure out how to use '''Minicom''' on your own
+** This will let you open up the serial port and interact with your board and see the Board's output data from printf()