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AM3335x-EVM Linux SDK on Beaglebone

Geoffrey Olson1
Prodigy 100 points

Hello,

I am trying to setup the beaglebone for software development.  I have gone through all the start-up things for Windows, now I am trying to set up a Software development environment with Code Composer Studio.  I down loaded the Linux SDK, and it came with a few  documents:

beaglebone-qsg.pdf:    this has the following statement: "Insert the provided TI Linux EZ SDK SD card into the BeagleBone."  It is not clear to me what the provided SD card is.  I have seen several posts discussing this, but I have not seen a clear answer to this. 

Sitara Linux Software Developers Guide:  This document has this statment  "Run the START_HERE Script - When Beaglebone boots, a START_HERE directory will display on your Linux host desktop. To start your evalaution and development using the BeagleBone, Run the START_HERE.sh script.

Is there an SD card that will setup the CCS development environment?  This would be great!  

Are they talking about the SD card that ships with the Beaglebone?

Does the SD card have the SDK, CCS, and the Linux OS?

I have setup the VMWare Ubuntu and downloaded the Linux SDK and CCS from the TI website.  I am ready to start, but I wanted to clarify this, since it seemed to also be confusing to others in this forum.

Thanks

Geoff

  • 0
    TI__Mastermind 40090 points

    The beaglebone used to ship with 2 SD cards, a community distribution and a TI Linux  SDK  supported distribution. However that is not the case now. The single SD card that ships now is bassed on the Beagle Bone community linux distribution and does not contain the CCS installer.

    The installer was developed for an EVM approach such as the gp-evm and startkit. When those boards ship from the manufacturer they have CCS installed in the 3rd partition of the SD card.

    You can download the version of CCS that ships with the EVMs from here,

    http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/am_bu/sdk/AM335xSDK/latest/index_FDS.html

     

  • 0 in reply to Schuyler Patton
    Prodigy 100 points

    I am working on an industrial application, where I need CAN, but no display.  This is why I chose the BeagleBone.  Would it be too difficult to get the SDK working on BeagleBone without correct instructions.  If the SDK install program is intended to run with the installation file on the remote device, will it run correctly if the file is on the host?  I am guessing I would have to make an SD card and try to set it up like the EVM.  Should I purchase an EVM in order to get the SDK with correct instructions?

  • 0 in reply to Geoffrey Olson1
    TI__Mastermind 30526 points

    Geoffrey,

    The BeagleBone is a supported platform on the SDK. Take a look at our Linux Software Developer's Guide. It has instructions for all the platforms that should help you get up and running on the bone for your application.

    Thanks for developing with TI.

  • 0 in reply to RonB
    Prodigy 100 points

    HI Ron,

    Now I understand.  I just ignore the Beaglebone SDK installation instructions (because they don't apply anymore) and instead follow the EVM installation instructions.  I see now that there are EVM instructions for installing the SDK from the host computer.  I will follow this.

    Thanks

    Geoff