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Documentation

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About QTools

QTools is a collection of various open source tools for working with the QP Real-Time Embedded Frameworks (RTEFs) on desktop platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The following open-source tools are currently provided (NOTE: tools starting with 'q' are contributed by Quantum Leaps)

1. qspy - host application for receiving and displaying the real-time data from embedded targets running the QS software tracing.

2. qutest - Python extension of the qspy host application for unit and integration testing specifically designed for embedded systems, but also supports unit testing of embedded code on host computers ("dual targeting").

3. qview - Python extension of the qspy host application for visualization and monitoring of the QS real-time tracing data from embedded targets at real-time. QView enables developers to quickly build both GUI-based and "headless" scripts for their specific applications.

4. qwin - QWIN GUI toolkit for prototyping embedded systems on Windows in the C programming language. QWIN enables developers to build realistic embedded front panels consisting of LCD displays (both graphical and segmented), buttons, and LEDs. QWIN is based on the Win32 API.

5. qcalc - programmer's calculator specifically designed for embedded systems programmers.

6. qclean - for fast cleanup of white space (tabs, trailing spaces, end-of-line) in source code files

7. qfsgen - for generating ROM-based file systems to be used in embedded web pages served by the HTTP server

8. Unity - traditional unit testing harness (framework) for embedded C (version 2.5.2)

Additionally, QTools for Windows contains the following open-source, 3rd-party tools:

9. make for Windows (GNU-make-32-bit version 4.2.1)

10. cmake for Windows (version 3.29.0-rc1)

11. ninja for Windows (version 1.11.1)

12. Termite serial terminal for Windows (version 3.4)

13. LMFlash for Windows (32-bit build 1613)

Additionally, the QTools directory in the QP-bundle contains the following 3rd-party tools:

14. GNU C/C++ toolset for Windows (MinGW 32-bit version 9.2.0)

15. GNU C/C++ toolset for ARM-EABI (GCC version 10.3-2021.10)

16. Python for Windows (version 3.10 32-bit)

Downloading and Installation

The most recommended way of obtaining QTools is by downloading the QP-bundle, which includes QTools and also all QP frameworks and the QM modeling tool. The main advantage of obtaining QTools bundled together like that is that you get all components, tools and examples ready to go.

NOTE: QP-bundle is the most recommended way of downloading and installing QTools. However, if you are allergic to installers and GUIs or don't have administrator privileges you can also download and install QM separately as described below.

Alternatively, you can download QTools separately as described below:

QTools on Windows

On Windows, installation of QTools consists of unzipping the qtools-windows_<ver>.zip archive into a directory of your choice, although the recommended default is C:\qp.

After unzipping the archive, you need to add the following directories to the PATH (<qp> stands for the directory, where you installed qp):

• <qp>\qtools\bin
• <qp>\qtools\mingw32\bin

NOTE: To use the QUTest unit testing you need to define the environment variable QTOOLS to point to the installation directory of QTools.

QTools on Linux/macOS

On Linux/MacOS, installation of QTools consists of unzipping the qtools-posix_<ver>.zip archive into a directory of your choice, although the recommended default is ~/qp.

After unzipping the archive, you need to add the following directories to the PATH (<qp> stands for the directory, where you installed qp):

• <qp>/qtools/bin

NOTE: To use the QUTest unit testing you need to define the environment variable QTOOLS to point to the installation directory of QTools.

Licensing

The various Licenses for distributed components are located in the LICENSES/ sub-directory of this QTools distribution.

• The qspy host utility is distributed under the terms of QSPY LICENSE AGREEMENT, included in the file LICENSE-qspy.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory.

• The Termite host utility for Windows is is distributed under the terms of the Termite license, included in the file LICENSE-Termite.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory.

• The LMFlash host utility for Windows is is distributed under the terms of the LMFlash license, included in the file LICENSE-LMFlash.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory. Specifically, the LMFlash utility is distributed according to Section 2a "Demonstration License".

• The Python package for Windows is distributed under the terms of the PYTHON LICENSE AGREEMENT, included in the file LICENSE-Python.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory.

Most other tools included in this collection are distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The text of GPL version 2 is included in the file GPL-2.0-or-later.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory.

Some other the tools are distributed under the terms of the MIT open source license. The complete text of the MIT license is included in the comments and also in the file LICENSE-MIT.txt in the LICENSES/ sub-directory.

Source Code

In compliance with GPL, this distribution contains the source code for the utilities contributed by Quantum Leaps in the <qtools>\source subdirectory, except for the QSPY source code, which is provided in the <qtools>\qspy\source directory. All tools with names starting with 'q' have been developed and are copyrighted by Quantum Leaps.

The GCC C and C++ compilers for Windows

Have been taken from the MSYS2 project at

• https://www.msys2.org/

The installer mingw-get-setup.exe has been used and after the installation, the files have been pruned to reduce the size of the distribution. Please refer to the MinGW project for the source code.

The GNU-ARM Embedded Toolchain for Windows

Have been taken from:

• https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads

The installer gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2018-q4-major-win32-sha1.exe has been used. (Version 8-2018-q4-major Released: December 20, 2018)

The GNU make executable for Windows

Has been taken from the MinGW project at SourceForge.net:

The UNIX file and directory utilities

Have been taken from the Gow (Gnu On Windows) project at GitHub:

• https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow

The Unity Unit Testing Harness for Embedded C

Has been taken from the GitHub at:

• https://github.com/ThrowTheSwitch/Unity

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