Visual code: boards.h not found

RE: Visual code: boards.h not found

JamesD — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:12:17 GMT

To extend this answer:

Install GNU Make from the reference above (http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/windows-build-tools/). Go to the path that you installed this in and copy this path (recommended to follow the instructions for installation on the site)
For me this was 'C:\Users\james\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse\xpack-windows-build-tools-2.12.2\bin'

ref. the docs:

The Windows versions of GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools are packed as ZIP files. Go to the GitHub Releases page and download the latest version named like:

gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win64.zip
gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win32.zip

Select the -win64 file for Windows x64 machines and the -win32 file for Windows x32 machines.

Unpack the archive and copy it into the %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse (for example C:\Users\ilg\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse) folder.

Then add the path variable to you enviroment variables. Ref. https://youtu.be/Ubfgi4NoTPk?t=407
In this video MinGW is also installed so if you can't compile C++ you can follow that same video to get a compiler for C++.

After doing this step restart visual code, you can check if it worked by typing
make -v

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In visual code, don't forget to update "/components/toolchain/gcc/Makefile.windows"
you need to reference your GNU folder, I had to update both path and version:

GNU_INSTALL_ROOT := C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain/9 2020-q2-update/bin/
GNU_VERSION := 9.3.1
GNU_PREFIX := arm-none-eabi

RE: Visual code: boards.h not found

Jared — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:16:32 GMT

Hi,

What example and what SDK are you using? How do you start the build from the terminal?

You should use GNU Make, you can download it from here. You can find a guide here which shows you how to setup the environment correct for developing with our SDK and GCC.

regards

Jared

RE: Visual code: boards.h not found

JamesD — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:06:47 GMT

additional info:

I've now done following additonal steps:

In VC I've added Cortex-Debug
I've installed GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain
- Add a system environment variable ARMGCC_DIR with the reference to the GNU Tools folder
I've installed the latest CMake (ref. https://cmake.org/download/ )
I've installed the lastest version of J-Link (ref. https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink#J-LinkSoftwareAndDocumentationPack )

This as per post in https://developer.toradex.com/software/freertos/developing-m4-applications-using-visual-studio-code#Installing_GNU_Arm_Embedded_Toolchain

It's still not working