Revision as of 22:14, 30 September 2014

Install a click-and-run IDE for stm32f4 based boards. This HOWTO has been tested on OS X 10.9.

Toolchain

The toolchain we use comes from https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded. This is a toolchain maintained by ARM employees and is available for Linux, Windows and OS X.

• download gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_8-2014q2-20140609-mac.tar.bz2, extract it and copy it to /opt

Alternatively you can just type in a terminal:

sudo bash -c 'curl -L https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/4.8/4.8-2014-q2-update/+download/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_8-2014q2-20140609-mac.tar.bz2 | bunzip2 | tar -zxf -'

openocd

The simplest way to install Open-OCD is to install it via Homebrew:

brew update
brew install open-ocd

Eclipse

Stay away from trouble and use Eclipse Kepler (4.3)...

• Download Eclipse Kepler (4.3) from here and launch it. Choose the 64 bit version.
• Help -> Install new software ... -> add site: http://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updates and http://embsysregview.sourceforge.net/update
• Help -> Install new software ... -> work with -- All available sites -- and add:
  • Collaboration : Subversive SVN Team provider
  • GNU ARM C/C++ Cross Development Tools: GNU ARM OpenOCD Debugging Support and GNU ARM C/C++ STM32Fx Project Template
  • embsysregview: Embedded Systems Register View (SFR) and EmbSysRegView Data
• After setup and restart, subversive should ask to choose a connector, choose:
  • SVNkit 1.8.x

Configure the path to the ARM-Cortex-M compiler in eclipse:

• open Eclipse->Preferences...
• Go to C/C++ -> Build -> Environment
• Add the following environment variables:
  • PATH : ${PATH}:/opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_8-2014q2/bin
  • OPENOCD_PATH : /usr/local