The Maxim Microcontrollers SDK (MSDK), now a part of Analog Devices, contains the necessary software and tools to develop firmware for the MAX32xxx and MAX78xxx Microcontrollers. This includes register files, peripheral drivers, system startup files, documentation, various utilities, third-party libraries, IDE support files, and a toolchain. Full documentation can be found in the User Guide:
This repository contains the latest source code of the MSDK and is being used for development. It does not contain the MSDK toolchain, which is a separate collection of programs used for building, programming, and debugging.
The MSDK source code is bundled alongside its toolchain into releases that are available via an Automatic Installer. See the "Installation" section in the MSDK User Guide for instructions.
Users who would like to use the latest bleeding-edge development resources can follow Developing from the Repo below, but this should only be done after installing the release MSDK above.
Contributions to the MSDK are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This section assumes some familiarity with the MSDK and the standard setup procedure for its supported development environments. First-time users should work from a standard MSDK installation instead.
This repo can be cloned using Git to obtain the latest development copies of the MSDK source code.
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Download and install Git.
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Add an SSH key to your Github account. See the Github Docs on SSH for instructions.
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Open a terminal.
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cd
into a directory without any spaces in its filepath. -
Clone the repository using the
git clone
command.-
SSH clone (recommended)
git clone git@github.com:analogdevicesinc/msdk.git
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HTTPS Clone
git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/msdk.git
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This repository contains the MSDK's source code only. In order to develop on it directly the toolchain must be made available at the same file-paths as the full MSDK installation. The easiest way to do this is to retrieve the toolchain with the automatic installer and then create symbolic links. This section walks through the process.
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Install the MSDK via the Automatic Installer.
At minimum, install the following components:
- GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC
- GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors
- Open On-Chip Debugger
- MSYS2 (if you're on Windows 10)
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Clone the Github repository to an accessible location without any spaces in its filepath.
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Create symbolic directory links to link the toolchain at the expected locations.
On Windows:
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Open a command prompt as administrator.
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cd
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Run the following commands. If you installed the MSDK to a non-default location in step 1, change
C:\MaximSDK
to point to the location you chose.mklink /D Tools\GNUTools C:\MaximSDK\Tools\GNUTools
mklink /D Tools\OpenOCD C:\MaximSDK\Tools\OpenOCD
mklink /D Tools\MSYS2 C:\MaximSDK\Tools\MSYS2
mklink /D Tools\xPack C:\MaximSDK\Tools\xPack
Example output:
C:\Users\Username\repos\msdk>mklink /D Tools\GNUTools C:\MaximSDK\Tools\GNUTools symbolic link created for Tools\GNUTools <<===>> C:\MaximSDK\Tools\GNUTools C:\Users\Username\repos\msdk>mklink /D Tools\OpenOCD C:\MaximSDK\Tools\OpenOCD symbolic link created for Tools\OpenOCD <<===>> C:\MaximSDK\Tools\OpenOCD C:\Users\Username\repos\msdk>mklink /D Tools\MSYS2 C:\MaximSDK\Tools\MSYS2 symbolic link created for Tools\MSYS2 <<===>> C:\MaximSDK\Tools\MSYS2 C:\Users\Username\repos\msdk>mklink /D Tools\xPack C:\MaximSDK\Tools\xPack symbolic link created for Tools\xPack <<===>> C:\MaximSDK\Tools\xPack
The Tools directory of the MSDK repo should now contain valid symbolic links to the full installation's toolchain.
On Linux/MacOS:
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Open a terminal
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cd
into the cloned location of the Github repo from step 2. -
Run the following commands. If you installed the MSDK to a non-default location in step 1, change
~\MaximSDK
to point to the location you chose.ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/GNUTools Tools/GNUTools
ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/OpenOCD Tools/OpenOCD
ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/xPack Tools/xPack
You can use
ls -la Tools
to verify the links have been created successfully.Example output:
username@machine:~/repos/msdk$ ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/GNUTools Tools/GNUTools username@machine:~/repos/msdk$ ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/OpenOCD Tools/OpenOCD username@machine:~/repos/msdk$ ln -s ~/MaximSDK/Tools/xPack Tools/xPack username@machine:~/repos/msdk$ ls -la Tools total 20 drwxr-xr-x 5 username username 4096 Oct 4 16:32 . drwxr-xr-x 9 username username 4096 Oct 4 16:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 username username 4096 Oct 4 16:29 BitmapConverter drwxr-xr-x 2 username username 4096 Oct 4 16:29 Bluetooth lrwxrwxrwx 1 username username 40 Oct 4 16:32 GNUTools -> /home/username/MaximSDK/Tools/GNUTools lrwxrwxrwx 1 username username 39 Oct 4 16:32 OpenOCD -> /home/username/MaximSDK/Tools/OpenOCD drwxr-xr-x 6 username username 4096 Oct 4 16:29 SBT lrwxrwxrwx 1 username username 37 Oct 4 16:32 xPack -> /home/username/MaximSDK/Tools/xPack
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The MSDK now contains a virtual copy of the toolchain at the correct locations. Some additional setup may be required to use it depending on your chosen development environment. See Setup below.
If you have not previously configured VS Code, see Setup (VS Code) in the User Guide.
To configure Visual Studio Code for the development repository simply set MAXIM_PATH
to the cloned location of the development repo instead of the release MSDK in your user settings.json file. After making the change, reload VS Code.
The MAXIM_PATH
pointing to the release MSDK can be commented out to easily switch back to it if needed. For example:
{
// There may be other settings up here...
// "MAXIM_PATH":"C:/MaximSDK", // Work from the release MSDK
"MAXIM_PATH":"C:/Users/Username/repos/msdk", // Work from the development MSDK
"update.mode": "manual",
"extensions.autoUpdate": false,
// There may be other settings down here...
}
There are two options for using Eclipse with the MSDK development repository.
This option can configure an individual Eclipse project to use the development repo.
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Import or open a project in your Eclipse workspace.
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Right click on the project and select
Properties
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Navigate to
C/C++ Build -> Environment
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Add a new environment variable. Set:
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Name:
MAXIM_PATH
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Value: Installed location of this repository. Ex:
C:\Users\JCarter3\repos\msdk
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Select "Add to all configurations"
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Ensure the "Replace native environment with the specified one" option is selected.
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Hit "Apply" -> "Apply and Close".
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Clean the project.
The project is now configured for use with the MSDK development repo, and subsequent builds will load the latest development resources.
This option can be used to configure all Eclipse projects to use the development repo by default.
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Locate the
setenv.bat
script that can be found in the root directory of the release MSDK installation. -
(Optional, recommended) Copy the
setenv.bat
file to a backup calledsetenv-release.bat
. This backup file can be used to revert back to the original if needed. -
Open the
setenv.bat
script in a text editor. -
Change the line
set MAXIM_PATH=%CD%
to set
MAXIM_PATH
to the installed location of this repository. For example:set MAXIM_PATH=C:\Users\Username\repos\msdk
Note: This will configure all Eclipse sessions to load resources from the development repo.
If you have not previously configured the command-line, see Setup (Command-Line) in the User Guide.
To configure the command-line for use with the development repo:
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Set the
MAXIM_PATH
environment variable to the cloned location of the development repo instead of the release MSDK.- Windows: Edit
setenv.bat
in the root directory of the MSDK. - Linux/MacOS: Edit your shell's profile/startup script. Alternatively, edit
setenv.sh
in the root directory of the MSDK andsource
it from the shell's profile/startup script (see here)
- Windows: Edit
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Restart your shell