lab11/buckler

Development board for teaching embedded systems

Berkeley Buckler

A development board for teaching embedded systems.

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository and update the submodule

  $ git clone https://github.com/lab11/buckler.git --recursive
  $ git subomdule update --init --recursive

2. Build an example application

  $ cd software/apps/blink/
  $ make

You should see results similar to

BUILD OPTIONS:
  Chip        nrf52832
  RAM         64 kB
  FLASH       512 kB
  SDK         15
  SoftDevice  s132 6.0.0
  Board       Buckler_revB

 DIR        _build
 CC main.c ...
 ... (many more CCs) ...
 LD _build/blink_sdk15_s132.elf
 HEX _build/blink_sdk15_s132.hex
 BIN _build/blink_sdk15_s132.hex
 SIZE _build/blink_sdk15_s132.elf
 text    data    bss     dec    hex   filename
 37672   2548   2624   42844   a75c   _build/blink_sdk15_s132.elf

3. Load the example application (be sure to connect your Buckler board)

  $ make flash

The three LEDS (red, yellow, and blue) on Buckler should begin a blinking sequence.

Build Options

Several make directives exist for convenience of performing common operations.

• flash - Upload code to the attached board over JTAG. Also builds code if necessary.
• rtt - Open two additional terminals, one starting a JTAG connection and the other with an RTT terminal.
• gdb - Open two additional terminals, one starting a GDB server and the the other with a GDB session.
• debug - Build application in unoptimized debug mode (with -g and -O0).
• flash_debug - Upload debug version of code to the attached board over JTAG. Also builds the debug version of code if necessary.
• erase - Erase all code from the attached board over JTAG.
• flash_softdevice - Upload the appropriate softdevice to the board over JTAG. make flash automatically runs this command.
• clean - Remove all built output.
• size - Print size of built application text and data segments.
• lst - Generate an assembly listing of the built code.

Directory Structure

├── hardware
│   └── <Various hardware revisions>
│       ├── <PDF version of schematic and layout>
│       ├── <Eagle schematic and layout files>
│       └── <Zipped assembly files>
├── media
│   └── <Images used in repo>
└── software
    ├── apps
    │   └── <Various applications>
    │       ├── <Code for application>
    │       └── <Makefile for application>
    ├── boards
    │   └── <Board-specific headers and Makefiles>
    ├── libraries
    │   └── <Various libraries>
    ├── nrf5x-base
    │   └── <Submodule: build tools and files for nRF projects>
    └── tools
        └── <Tools for Travis-CI use>

Project Repositories

If you are using Buckler for a project, we recommend you include it as a submodule in your own repository. An example of how to do so can be found in: buckler-external-repo

Software Requirements

In order to get code compiling and loading over JTAG, you'll need at least two tools.

JLinkExe should be installed from here. You want to the "J-Link Software and Documentation Pack". There are various packages available depending on operating system.

arm-none-eabi-gcc is the cross-compiler version of GCC for building embedded ARM code.

MacOS:

$ brew tap ARMmbed/homebrew-formulae && brew update && brew install arm-none-eabi-gcc

Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded/ppa && sudo apt update && sudo apt install gcc-arm-embedded

buckler's Issues

Rev A Issues

• Add accelerometer axes (X, Y, Z) to silkscreen
• Add female header for LCD
• Do something about LCD header nearly intersecting with dev board header (possibly rotate the LCD 180 degrees)
  • Moved it 25 mil to the right to avoid collision
• Check the footprint for the MPU-9250
• Add probe points for P6

The `nrf52x` submodule is severely outdated

Why?

Rev B Issues

• Add silkscreen label for switch position high/low
• Put IC part numbers on the silkscreen