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@@ -1,80 +1,127 @@ - _ _ _ _ - | (_) |__ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ | | ___ + _ _ _ _ + | (_) |__ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ | | ___ | | | '_ \| '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \| |/ _ \ | | | |_) | | | | | | (_| | |_) | | __/ |_|_|_.__/|_| |_| |_|\__,_| .__/|_|\___| - |_| by leaflabs! + |_| by LeafLabs! -The latest version of this repository can be found at: -http://github.com/leaflabs/libmaple +The latest version of this repository can be found here: -libmaple Repo Layout + http://github.com/leaflabs/libmaple + +Instructions to Compile for ARM Targets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -/LICENSE - Licensing and copyright information -/main.cpp.example - main.cpp is required for a successful build but is non-existant by default; - use this file as a template for building your program. By default just - blinks an LED. +A HOWTO is available in the "Unix Toolchain Quickstart" guide at: + + http://leaflabs.com/docs/unix-toolchain.html + +HTML documentation for this repository is automatically generated from +the source code and the files under the top-level /docs/ directory. +It is available online at: + + http://leaflabs.com/docs/ + +(For more information on how this documentation is generated, see +/docs/README). + +Instructions to Create a Library +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +TODO: fold this section into the Unix Toolchain Quickstart. + +If you have a complicated project with its own Makefile and multiple +source files, or you're using an IDE that creates its own Makefile, +you'll probably want to load libmaple from an archive (a build-time +library, not a DLL). + +To create an archive, use the "make library" target, and install +build/libmaple.a and the appropriate headers in your project's +directory. At a minimum, the header set will include libmaple.h, +util.h, and libmaple_types.h. + +Repository Layout +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /build/ - Binary output -/libmaple/ - Lowest level definitions, routines, macros, and functions. This is the meat - of the library. + Compiler output -/wirish/ - Extra wrappers and functionality around the lower level code which is - useful for programming in the IDE. Files in here implement the "Wirish" - language, an Arduino "Wiring"-like language. +/contrib/ + + Community-contributed resources. LeafLabs doesn't maintain the + contents of this directory, so it may get stale. + +/docs/ + + Source code and build scripts for Doxygen and Sphinx + documentation. The libmaple HTML documentation is generated from + these files. It is available under http://leaflabs.com/docs/. /examples/ - What it sounds like. Copy these to /main.cpp to compile them. - -/support/ld/ - Linker scripts -/support/notes/ - Unstructured text notes that may be useful. The 45-maple.rules udev file - can be placed in /etc/udev/rules.d/ on compatible linux machines to allow - non-root access to the Maple USB device for uploading. + Example code and test programs. Copy these to /main.cpp to compile them. -Instructions to Compile for ARM Targets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -The best HOWTO for developing with this code is the "libmaple Unix Toolchain -Quickstart" guide at http://leaflabs.com/docs/libmaple/unix-toolchain/. +/libmaple/ -The Codesourcery g++ compiler for arm platforms is required. It is based on gcc -(they push changes into gcc a couple times a year), get the latest EABI version -from: + Lowest level definitions, routines, macros, and functions. This is + the meat of the library. The Arduino-like compatibility layer is + in /wirish/. - http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm +/libraries/ -Note: grab the linux binaries for targeting the EABI platform (not to be -confused with the linux binaries /tageting/ the linux platform). + Special-purpose libraries that don't merit inclusion in the + /libmaple/ and /wirish/ directories, which are intended for + general use. Arduino-compatible libraries go here. -I unzip the archive ("TAR") version into a directory such as -~/bin/arm-gcc-codesourcery and then add the bin/ directory within that to my -$PATH in ~/.profile, resource that, then check that arm-none-eabi-gcc and -others are in my path. +/LICENSE -You will also need to have dfu-util installed and on your path (on Linux) or -compiled and placed in a folder "dfu-util/" at the same level as the -maple-library folder (macosx and windows). + Licensing and copyright information. -Write your program using /main.cpp as the entry point. Then just 'make help' -and follow the directions! +/main.cpp.example -Instructions to create a library ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -If you have a complicated project with its own Makefile and multiple .c files, -or you're using an IDE that creates its own Makefile, you'll probably want to -load libmaple from an archive (a build-time library, not a DLL). Use the -"make library" target, and install build/libmaple.a and the appropriate headers -in your project's directory. At a minimum, the header set will include -libmaple.h, util.h, and libmaple_types.h + main.cpp is required for a successful build but is non-existent by + default; use this file as a template for building your program. By + default, just blinks an LED. + +/Makefile + + libmaple build instructions for GNU Make. + +/notes/ + + Unstructured text notes that may be useful. The 45-maple.rules + udev file can be placed in /etc/udev/rules.d/ on compatible Linux + machines to allow non-root access to the Maple USB device for + uploading. + +/README/ + + This file. + +/support/ + + Support files and scripts for various purposes. + + codeblocks/ [OBSOLETE] Config files for the Code::Blocks IDE. + gdb/ GDB scripts. + ld/ Linker scripts. + make/ Additional scripts used by the top-level Makefile. + openocd/ OpenOCD scripts for JTAG debugging. + scripts/ Miscellany. + stm32loader.py Script for uploading via the built-in USART bootloader. + +TODO + + Various undone tasks. Also see our bugtracker at + + http://code.google.com/p/leaflabs/issues/list + +/wirish/ + + Extra wrappers and functionality around the lower level code in + /libmaple/. These files implement an Arduino "Wiring"-like + library. |