embARC Open Software Platform 2018.09-RC1
Pre-release
Pre-release
This is the RC1 of release 2018.09 of the embARC Open Software Platform.
Tool Support
- GNU Toolchain for ARC Processors, 2018.03
- MetaWare Development Toolkit, 2018.06
Features and Enhancements
- Main new features
- Support for new ARC IoT Development Kit (IoTDK) platform
- Device HAL updates
- Support for ARC Data Fusion and Sensor and Control Subsystem drivers and corresponding wrappers (under device/ip/subsystem)
- Support for DesignWare I2S driver
- Support for UART-BLE module RN4020
- Support for IMU sensor module MPU9250
- ARC HAL updates
- Bugs fixes
- Board support updates
- Support for new ARC IoT Development Kit (IoTDK platform)
- Middleware updates
- No update
- OS updates
- No update
- Examples update
- Add new examples for RN420 and MPU9250 modules
- Documentation updates
- Bug fixes
- FOSS notice update
How to Use
Please refer to getting started instructions and online documentation (also available from the local doc folder of your embARC OSP installation)
Notices
- Starting with this release embARC OSP no longer includes separate release packages including IDE projects. Users wanting to use a given project in the IDE may refer to Create a New Application in embARC OSP article.
Known Issues
- Make version >=4.0 is not supported. Please use make version 3.81 or 3.82
- For Wifi applications, the Digilent pmod Wifi with Microchip part MRF24WG0MA should be used. Pmods built with MRF24WB0MA have been shown to experience problems and are NOT supported.
- Please don't put embARC source code too deep in your directory, because some examples can't be compiled due to too long command line not supported in Windows.
- Please use the recommended tool versions for metaware and arc gnu.