CC3200 Launchpad Ubuntu Install

cc3200-ubuntu.txt

#Install instructions to work with the CC3200 uC under Ubuntu 14.10.

## Adding the drivers to enable debug and the serial port:

1- Install OpenOCD: "sudo apt-get install openocd".

2- Create a UDEV rule to be able to debug.
  a- Create a new file in /opt/udev/rules.d named 99-ticc3200.rules.
  b- Open the file with a editor.
  c- Add the following text: 
  
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0451", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c32a", MODE="0770", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe ftdi-sio", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '/bin/echo 0451 c32a > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/ftdi_sio/new_id'"

3- Add your user to dialout group: "sudo usermod -a -G dialout YOURUSERNAME"

4- Restart your session (do a logout).

5- Connect the board to your machine.

6- Check dmesg for the board "dmesg | grep ttyUSB"

7- Usually, the board will be on ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1, being ttyUSB1 the virtual com port.

## Installing the toolchain

1- Intall the GCC ARM compiler.
  a- Add the ppa: "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded"
  b- Update: "sudo apt-get update".
  c- Install gcc for arm: "sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi"

2- Download Eclipse CDT from https://eclipse.org/cdt/.

3- Extract eclipse to somewhere (I use /opt/cc3200/eclipse).

4- If you don`t have Java, install it.

5- Open eclipse (with write privilege to the install folder).

6- Add the GNU ARM Eclipse Plugin by following the instructions at http://gnuarmeclipse.livius.net/blog/plugins-install/.

8- Download the CC3200 SKD (you can download the one provided by texas instruments or the one in my CC3200-Linux-SDK repository).

9- Compile an example.
  a- If you got my version of the sdk, try to import an example into eclipse and compile/debug it. For more info read the docs at the sdk folder.
  b- For the TI sdk, you have to port the projects to work with eclipse and the ARM pluggin.
  
## Additional tools

1- Install minicom to work with the serial port: "sudo apt-get install minicom".

2- Create a simbolic link to eclipse: "sudo ln -s ECLIPSE_INSTALL_DIR/eclipse /usr/bin/cc3200".