This section describes the installation of :

• GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain
• Make for Windows
• OpenOCD for Windows

The instructions are a summary of the following youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQw5_7yI8Q&t=75s

1 GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads

download the latest zip package

create a directoy C:\STM32 and extract the zip there: C:\STM32\gcc-arm-none-eabi-10-2020-q4-major

2 Make for Windows

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm

download binaries and dependencies

create a directory C:\STM32\make-3.81 and extract both zip files in this directory (see https://youtu.be/PxQw5_7yI8Q?t=132)

3 OpenOCD for Windows

https://gnutoolchains.com/arm-eabi/openocd/

download the latest version and unpack in C:\STM32 -> C:\STM32\OpenOCD-20210519-0.11.0

4 git for Windows

https://git-scm.com/download/win

download the portable version

and extract in the C:\STM32 directory. Create the directory PortableGit first and then 'Extract Here..'

4 Edit Environment Variables

add the variable ARMGCC_DIR to the system variables (not the user variables, as in the video)

edit the Path variable

The above steps are explained in the video https://youtu.be/PxQw5_7yI8Q?t=302. Add the variables to the System variables not to the User variables as in the video.

5 Check Environment

Open a command prompt and check if the system can find the executables.

6 clone the repository

in the command prompt:

git clone https://github.com/benno90/EBiCS_Firmware.git

cd EBiCS_Firmware

git checkout benno_development

compile_windows.bat

flash_windows.bat

7 Visual Studio Code

Download the editor https://code.visualstudio.com/ and install the C/C++ extension as well as the Cortex-Debug extension.

6b Debug