SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

CheMax — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:36:47 GMT

I'm currently doing a test project using c. STL library is really not complete, but it works.

As I understand it, std and stl are different for the world of large PCs and for embedded systems. If only because in embedded systems there are much fewer resources. Therefore, porting is not possible directly, only with restrictions.

The external compiler connects normally and also works successfully. I connected this GNU ARM 9-2020-q2 according to the instructions from here

What I do wrong?

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:44:40 GMT

Looks like you don't the inner of it. SES It is a strip down version of CrossWorks. The compiler installed with it is GCC with most of the C++ header removed. GCC is a C++ compiler, but without the proper header files, you cannot compile C++ code. This is actually a CrossWorks issue not SES. However, CrossWorks allows you to setup external full GCC. Only this option allows you to compile C++.

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

CheMax — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:45:54 GMT

[quote userid="3482" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/58299/ses-compiling-blinky-with-gnu-11/236708"]SES does not support C++. It stripped out C++ support from GCC. [/quote]

Do not mislead people. C ++ support is and is working properly. Here is a brief excerpt from the site:

Embedded Studio is a powerful C/C++ IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
for embedded systems. It is specifically designed to provide users with everything 
needed for professional embedded C programming and development: 
An all-in-one solution providing stability and a continuous workflow for any
development environment.

* Professional IDE solution for embedded C/C++ programming
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* Clang/LLVM, and GCC C/C++ Compilers included

here is the link to the original.

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

bernerj — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:47:34 GMT

ah yes, thanks for clearing this up

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

Jørgen Holmefjord — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:22:03 GMT

This is from the softevice specifications:

"The SoftDevice Application Programming Interface (API) is available to applications as a C programming language interface based on Supervisor Call (SVC)s and defined in a set of header files."

You do not compile any part of the softdevice yourself, it comes as a precompiled binary. You just use the API to make calls inside the softdevice. The API may be compatible with some C++ compilers, but this is not something we guarantee. Most of the header files will wrap the defines in 'extern "C"', which should make it callable from C++ applications.

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:10:46 GMT

SES does not support C++. It stripped out C++ support from GCC. I recommend using Eclipse with GCC for full C++ supports with the SDK. See this blog embeddedsoftdev.blogspot.com/.../ehal-nrf51.html

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

bernerj — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:51:16 GMT

Okay that makes sense, but as I understand the softdevice itself does support C++ is this correct?

RE: SES Compiling Blinky with GNU++11

Jørgen Holmefjord — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:31:56 GMT

Hi,

Our SDK does not support C++ and has not been tested with C++ compilers. I think the simples solution would be to keep the main file as a C-file and create a C API for your C++ library to expose the functionality. Maybe this post will help you.

Best regards,
Jørgen