New to AM3359 ICE, want to do basic spi, ecat, tips?

Randy Yao

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I'm new to this processor AM3359 ICE, and want to do some basic uart and spi communication to implement an EtherCAT device that simply sends one byte of data back to the master.

Currently, I downloaded CCS (V6) and found the SDK and starterware libraries. I'm encountering several problems:

1. For my projects, is there a simple and easy way to include the drivers and libraries? Currently I'm copying files in one at a time. Should I be copying entire driver folders of starterware?

2. I keep coming across cannot compile errors because there are no such files such as:

#include <ti/sysbios/family/arm/a8/intcps/Hwi.h>
#include <ti/sysbios/gates/GateAll.h>

#include <xdc/runtime/Timestamp.h>

#include <xdc/std.h>

Is there configuration that's missing?

3. Is EtherCAT Slave Implementation (such as sending one byte of data to the master) difficult? Are there sample codes I can use?

4. Are there simple UART and SPI code I can look at?

I can load to the processor btw, so at least that configuration is correct.

over 10 years ago

0 Vinesh Balan over 10 years ago

TI__Expert 7360 points

Randy Yao said:
For my projects, is there a simple and easy way to include the drivers and libraries? Currently I'm copying files in one at a time. Should I be copying entire driver folders of starterware?

Are you trying to create a project and link the SDK drivers? You can easily link the libraries/sources.

Randy Yao said:
I keep coming across cannot compile errors because there are no such files such as:

Which version of SYS/Bios are you using?

Regards,
Vinesh

0 Randy Yao over 10 years ago in reply to Vinesh Balan

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I'm using SYS/BIOS 01.01.00.05. I actually figured out how to add the include folder to the directories and go from there, but I was wondering how to add the stack libraries (.lib) file (for example, C:\ti\am335x_sysbios_ind_sdk_1.1.0.5\sdk\protocols\ethercat_slave\stack_lib\ecat_slave_stack.lib) to a project. I tried just adding #include "ecat_slave_stack.lib" and that didn't go too well.

0 Vinesh Balan over 10 years ago in reply to Randy Yao

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Please take a look at the existing examples in Industrial SDK. You can link the libraries from Project properties -> Linker

Regards,
Vinesh

0 Randy Yao over 10 years ago in reply to Vinesh Balan

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So I linked the files under Project -> Properties -> GNU Linker -> Library Search Path. Is this right?

Before I linked under GNU Compiler -> Directories.

Is there a difference between the two?

0 Prajith Jayarajan over 10 years ago in reply to Randy Yao

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Hi Randy,

Industrial SDK 1.1.0.5 doesnot support GCC. You need to user TI Compiler 5.1.5 or higher.

As a first step please try building the examples in the "sdk\examples" folder. You can try i2c_led or uartecho example to begin with. These examples are validated and you can build it straight away. Make sure you are using the components specified in the user guide.

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/AM335x_SYSBIOS_Industrial_SDK_01.01.00.05_User_Guide#System_Requirements

Regards,

Prajith

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