topic kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling in Kinetis Microcontrollers

kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

michele_novalia — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:18:37 GMT

Dear all,

I'm just starting with KwikStik K40x256, hosted in Windows 7.

I wanted to recompile the demo lab code (v 1.4) as explained in the supplied guide, but I could not succeed.

I've tried with both:

* IAR: I get 58 errors, starting with 'cannot open source file Mk40x256vmd100.h
But having 58 errors I think is easier to try CW

* CW 10.1: compilation starts but then I get a
>preprocessor #error directive
#error You need to install Code Warrior V10.1 latest compiler patch. The code is unstable if patch is not used.

Funny thing is that I am sure I installed the compiler patch and also I did that before installing MQX 3.7

Now, I am a beginner on this so it is quite possible I am doing something silly.

I also read other posts about people having problems with this demo, but I didn't find a suitable solution for my case.

Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks for your help.

Re: kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

michele_novalia — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:34:52 GMT

Update:
a complete clean installation of everything did the trick.

Now sample code compiles and seems to run, although I don't see _anything_ on the LCD...
how annoying!

Re: kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

gustavod — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:52:04 GMT

Hi,

Have you ever tried our USB CDC working demo for KwikStik kit? (CW 10.1)

The link to download is:

http://brtos.googlecode.com/files/BRTOS%201.6x%20K40%20-%20SD%20%2B%20Wave.rar

This demo has SD card access with FAT16/32 file system and a terminal trough USB CDC class.

Best regards,

Gustavo

Re: kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

michele_novalia — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:54:59 GMT

Hi Gustavo,

I just gave it a go, but I get the same error I get when compiling the standard demo, which suggest me I have some wrong settings... (I am a beginner)

"The provider for target task "Kwikstik_Demo_k40x256_Int_Flash" is "Flash programmer for kinetis".
The expected provider is "Flash Programmer for ARM".

Do you want to skip this task and continue launching?"

I bet I have to solve this first...

Re: kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

michele_novalia — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:20 GMT

Hi Gustavo,

just tried your BRTOS and it seems to be cool.

Can you please point me to a place where to get more infor about it?

Like purpose of the project, target, maintenance etc?

Thanks,

Mik

Re: kwikstik demo 1.4 not compiling

gustavod — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:36:13 GMT

Hi Mik,

We are glad you enjoyed our project.

There are two places where you can find more info about the project:

The google code site:

http://code.google.com/p/brtos/

and the blog, that for now it is just in portuguese (we have only google translate option):

https://brtosblog.wordpress.com/

In the google code site we have a manual, but also for now just in portuguese. Due to a lot of requests we intend to make available an english manual.

We start the BRTOS development in order to understand how a RTOS works and finally to use in our projects. We note that BRTOS presented good performance and we decided to make it available through a very permissive license. The more people use BRTOS better.

Fell free to ask if any doubt came up.

Best regards,

Gustavo