board config

[Giovanni]

Hi,

Note that in the XML you can define the output directory, it is defaulted to overwrite the old files.

Giovanni

[DEHiCKA]

Hi Giovanni. Thanks for the great tool for pin config!
Subtype In my board.chcfg is set to STM32F40_41xxx, but it generates define STM32F4XX in board.h. I need to change it manually every time I generate new board files.
Do I need some extra config to make it work right?

Dennis.

[Giovanni]

Hi,

There is a new version of the tool that generates the new IDs, it is on the repository already and will be included in ChibiStudio 6.

http://sourceforge.net/p/chibios/svn/HE ... dio_trunk/

Giovanni

[Badger]

I've installed the chibios tools and the config generator runs. But when I open the .chcfg file it just opens in a text editor, displaying the raw XML. How do I make it open in the fancy screen?

[Giovanni]

Does it open in the XML editor? if so, there are two selectable views: text and graphic, there are two tabs on the lower border of the editor.

Giovanni

[Badger]

Does it open in the XML editor? if so, there are two selectable views: text and graphic, there are two tabs on the lower border of the editor.

I worked it out - I didn't have the XML editor plugin installed.

I've written a quick guide on installing the plugins and using the board config generator outside of ChibiStudio: http://cxkg.net/chibios-board-generator/

[podhrmic]

Hi all,

I followed the nice guide from Badger (http://cxkg.net/chibios-board-generator/), but the board generation doesn't work - when I hit "generate" I get following error:

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Starting session

> Processing board.mk.ftl
: Expression doc1.board.configuration_settings.hal_version[0] is undefined on line 24, column 6 in board.mk.ftl.
: FMPP processing session failed.

I am using Eclipse Luna
Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers

Version: Luna Service Release 1a (4.4.1)
Build id: 20150109-0600

and ChibiOS 2.6 (https://github.com/mabl/ChibiOS/tree/stable_2.6.x).

To reproduce the problem - open CFG file from any board file (for example ST_STM32F4_DISCOVERY), and just hit run. If you make changes in the file (i.e. rename pin) it makes no difference.

Is the plugin supposed to work with new Eclipse?

Thanks for help.

[Giovanni]

Hi,

The latest board generator has an updated schema for the XML, that "hal_version" is a new required element in the board.chcfg file. It selects the destination files format (2.6 or 3.0).

You need to add this to your .chcfg file:

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  <configuration_settings>
    <templates_path>resources/gencfg/processors/boards/stm32f0xx/templates</templates_path>
    <output_path>..</output_path>
    <hal_version>2.6.x</hal_version>
  </configuration_settings>

I need to update all the .chcfg files in 2.6...

Giovanni

[podhrmic]

Perfect, it works now!
Thanks.

[ljfischer]

Hmm - Ive been using STM32f4Disco for years now, and it works fine with every IO I have tried. I have a microe Mini-M4, and have done some basic things with it. I have the usart working (C10,C11), but was trying to get CAN going, and thus far, have failed. CAN loopback works fine, but things are not happy when I try to actually send/recv data to the world. The board's processors are from the same family, but not the same (STM32F415RG) vs (STM32F407). Both boards have B8/B9 as the CAN xface pins. I would have thought that I could leverage the B8,B9 pin defs from the disco board files, and use them for the Mini-m4. I probably need to better understand the concept behind the board files. Can you tell me where to go? (everyone else does...)

TIA - sorry if Im using the wrong post. It seemed relevant.

Larry