rminnich/tock-teensy

An experimental port of the Tock OS to the Teensy 3.6

TockOS port for Teensy 3.6

This repository is an experimental port of the Tock embedded operating system to the Teensy 3.6.

Installation

This repository depends on the standard Tock distribution as a git submodule in the tock/ folder. To download this repo, use:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/shaneleonard/tock-teensy.git

(note the --recursive flag, which is needed to download the tock/ dependency).

Compiling

To compile the kernel, simply run make from the top-level directory. You must have the prerequiste build tools installed, as detailed in the Tock getting started guide.

Programming the Teensy

Connect the Teensy via USB to your computer, and run make program from the root directory. You should see a prompt telling you to press the reset button on your board. Once you press the button, teensy-loader-cli will flash the kernel onto the board using the Teensy's builtin HalfKay bootloader.

Blink

The boards/teensy/src/tests directory contains tests which can be run instead of running the normal kernel main loop. To run blink from the kernel, edit tests/mod.rs to the following:

// Set this function to run whatever test you desire. Test functions are named XXX_test by convention.
pub fn test() {
    blink::blink_test();
}

// Set this to true to make the kernel run the test instead of main.
pub const TEST: bool = true;

Then run make program and the kernel will be compiled and flashed to your Teensy. You should see the orange LED blinking!

To get a blink with UART console output on TX0, run print::print_test() instead.

Packages you need

You'll need the ARM cross compiler on many systems:

sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi