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Introduction to the Development Environment at Avionics Team, STL

Software Development Toolchain and IDEs

Required Tools

Hardware Development Tools

Optional Tools

Environment Setup

Preliminary Check:

  1. Open the command prompt in Windows or terminal in Linux and Mac OS
  2. Check if the version information is identical with the information below
Version Check:
GCC
gcc --version
Corrected Version Information: GCC
gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Git
git --version
Corrected Version Information: Git
git version 2.34.1
Open OCD
openocd --version
Corrected Version Information: OpenOCD
xPack OpenOCD x86_64 Open On-Chip Debugger 0.11.0+dev (2021-12-07-17:33)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
        http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html

The you can have a clear and correct version information by typing the commands above. Your environment set-up should be compatible with our development setting.

IDE Installation and Configuration

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a powerful IDE which is used to develop software. It is a free software which is open source and can be used by anyone. It is recommended to use Visual Studio Code to develop software. The software development in the lab massively invovlves the use of both Visual Studo Code and PlatformIO. Therefore, please ensure that you have installed the software before you start the development by the end of Novmeber 2021.

Arduino IDE Installation

Please use the link above to download and install the latest version of the Arduino IDE which will be the foundation of our software development process.

STM32CubeIDE

The main purpose of installing STM32CubeIDE is to include the ST Link driver which is essential to the development process with ARM Cortex development board.

Fusion 360 Installation

Please use the link above to download and install the latest version of the Fusion 360 which will be the foundation of our software development process. Also, you will be required to login into the Fusion 360 with the Autodesk account you have created.