FRDM-KL03Z...Problem setting up ARM GCC toolchain

[denbigh1974]

Hi. I have purchased a FRDM-KL03Z development board and wish to learn how to build and debug the Hello World example application using the ARM GCC toolchain. I have accessed a set of software installation instructions for this by clicking on the "Use ARM GCC" button at
https://www.nxp.com/document/guide/get-started-with-the-frdm-kl03z:NGS-FRDM-KL03Z#title3.2

My operating system is Windows 7 (32-bit)

I've downloaded and installed the following programs:

• Kinetis SDK 1.3.0 Mainline - Windows.exe [Source:1]
• gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2019-q3-update-win32-sha2.exe [2]
• mingw-get-setup.exe [3] (Selected "mingw32-base" and "msys-base" for installation. Appended C:\MinGW\bin to Path)
• cmake-3.15.2-win32-x86.msi [4]

I added new system variable using Windows 7 Control Panel
   Variable name: ARMGCC_DIR
   Variable value: C:\Program Files\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\8 2019-q3-update

I then rebooted and tried to run the following from the Windows command line
C:\Freescale\KSDK_1.3.0\examples\frdmkl03z\demo_apps\hello_world\armgcc\build_debug.bat

I received a number of errors and the build failed. I have attached the system output as a text file.

Please can someone assist?

[kerryzhou · Accepted solution]

Hi Den Bigh ,

  The example code you are referring is really very old, please go to this link download the newest SDK2.x for your FRDM-KL03 board:

   Welcome | MCUXpresso SDK Builder 

After you download the SDK code, you can find some document will tell you how to run the code in GCC, please check this SDK folder:

  SDK_2.3.1_FRDM-KL03Z\docs

If you still have questions about it, please kinldy let me know.

Wish it helps you!

Have a great day,
Kerry

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[denbigh1974]

Thank you Kerry! I have managed to build the file now.

For anyone else with the same problem, I downloaded the software from https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com/en/builder and chose the GCC ARM option (screenshot below)

[kerryzhou]

You are right! Toolchain/IDE used to select the specific IDE project.

On my side, I normally select all the toolchain.

If you still have questions about it, please kinldy let me know.

Wish it helps you!

Have a great day,
Kerry

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[denbigh1974]

By the way, the content of your build_debug.bat file is:

cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="../../../../../tools/cmake_toolchain_files/armgcc.cmake" -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .
mingw32-make -j4
pause