qboticslabs/gcc4mbed

Project to allow GCC compilation of code using mbed SDK libraries.

Current Version

GCC Version: GCC ARM Embedded 5-2015-q4-major
mbed SDK Version: Revision 119

Previous Versions

GCC ARM Embedded 5.0-2015-q4-update with mbed SDK revision 113
GCC ARM Embedded 4.9-2015-q3-update with mbed SDK revision 108
GCC ARM Embedded 4.9-2015-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 100
GCC ARM Embedded 4.9-2014-q4-major with mbed SDK revision 94
GCC ARM Embedded 4.8-2014-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 92
GCC ARM Embedded 4.8-2014-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 91
GCC ARM Embedded 4.8-2014-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 88
GCC ARM Embedded 4.8-2014-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 85
GCC ARM Embedded 4.8-2014-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 84
GCC ARM Embedded 4.7-2012-q4-major with mbed SDK revision 54
GCC ARM Embedded 4.6-2012-q1-update with mbed SDK revision 43

Quick Start

These are the quick steps to get gcc4mbed installed on your computer:

• Download the gcc4mbed compressed archive from https://github.com/adamgreen/gcc4mbed/zipball/master
• Decompress and extract the contents of this archive to the location where you want gcc4mbed and the GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors to be installed.
• Run the install script appropriate for your platform:
  • Windows: win_install.cmd
  • OS X: mac_install
  • Linux: linux_install
• You can then run the BuildShell script which will be created during the install to properly configure the PATH environment variable to run the GNU tools just installed within the gcc4mbed directory. You may want to edit this script to further customize your development environment.

Important Notes:

• Builds can fail on Windows with weird errors when using a version of make other than the version of GNU make found in external/win32. You may need to make sure that Cygwin/MingW versions of the shell or make don't interfere as the gcc4mbed scripts/makefiles are built to work on stock Windows and not require such Posix compatibility environments.
• The Linux install only installs 32-bit Intel binaries. If you are running a 64-bit version of Intel Linux then you will need to install the 32-bit support libraries. This problem typically shows up as a file not found error when you attempt to run tools such as arm-none-eabi-g++. On Ubuntu 12.04, the necessary libraries can be installed by running sudo apt-get install ia32-libs. Ubuntu >=13.10 should use sudo apt-get install -y lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 instead.
• The OS X install only supports 64-bit Intel machines. The installers for the other platforms only install 32-bit Intel binaries.
• OS X Mountain Lion and newer will fail to execute mac_install by simply clicking on it. Instead right click on mac_install in the Finder, select the Open option, and then click the Open button in the resulting security warning dialog.
• Files will fail to install to a FAT based file system. Extract to a more appropriate file system (ie. NTFS on Windows) first and then copy to a FAT drive after installation.
• If the installation should fail, please refer to win_install.log, linux_install.log, or mac_install.log. It will contain the details of the installation process and any errors that were encountered.
• If you don't need floating point support from scanf() and printf() routines in your program then you can reduce your binary size by setting NO_FLOAT_SCANF and NO_FLOAT_PRINTF make variables to 1. See samples/HelloWorld/makefile for an example.

More Information

Eclipse: Learn how to use the Eclipse IDE to build and debug GCC4MBED programs.

Debugging: Learn how to use the GNU Debugger, GDB, with the new MRI debug monitor in GCC4MBED.

Overview: Overview and a bit of history related to this GCC4MBED project.

Installation: For more information about how to install, uninstall, and use the GCC4MBED project.

Makefile Configuration: Information about makefile options to customize your project's binary.

Porting: Notes on porting applications from mbed cloud compiler to offline GCC4MBED project.

Adding Devices: Notes on how to add new device support to GCC4MBED.

Thanks

The author wants to thank Arthur Wolf for the posting he made back in May on 2011 which kicked off this whole gcc4mbed project and for all of the testing and feedback he has given since.

Thanks to Felyza Wishbringer for writing the first Windows install script which provided the inspiration for the Windows, Mac, and Linux scripts that are now included in the gcc4mbed project.

Thanks for all of the others who have provided valuable feedback since this project was first released. Much of that feedback can be found in this mbed forum thread

Have fun!!