Creating a New Target - GaryA/antweight-esc GitHub Wiki

Creating a build for a new target (ESC) is designed to be very simple.

The most complicated part is figuring out the connections between the microcontroller and the rest of the circuit, and the polarity of the FET drive signals. This needs to be done very carefully in order to avoid potentially destroying a board. Once the circuit has been discovered a new target can be created.

• In uVision, go to Project -> Manage -> Components, Environment, Books...
• In the Project Targets column, add a new target named as the board that it supports, capitalised with no spaces. For example, HobbyWing FlyFun 6A becomes HobbyWingFlyFun6A.
• Click Set as Current Target then OK.
• Create a new folder in the Targets folder with the same name as the target <TargetName>
• Copy the file board.h from the Targets\Generic folder and place it in the new folder.
• In uVision, go to Project -> Options for Target... and select the C51 tab.
• Set Include Paths to .\Targets\<TargetName>
• Select the Output tab and click on Select Folder for Objects.... Select the Targets\<TargetName> folder and click OK.
• In Name of Executable enter the target name and click OK.
• Ensure that the correct board.h file is open in the editor, the safest method is to close board.h if it is open then re-open it from the project browser.
• Edit the definitions in the board.h file to match the pin mappings of the board, taking account of any inversions in the polarity of the FET drive outputs. If dMOTOR_x_xx_POL is set to 1 a logic 1 will turn the corresponding FET on.
• Building the code will result in a .hex file stored as Targets\<TargetName>\<TargetNem>.hex