IWR6843ISK: Building OOB demo in CCS under linux fails

Raschid

Prodigy 21 points

Part Number: IWR6843ISK
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MMWAVEICBOOST

Hello,
I am trying to build the out of box demo by my own in order to adapt the firmware later on.

My Setting is:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04
CCS: 11
MMW SDK: 3.6.0
MMW Industrial: 4.12.0
Mono: 6.12.0.182

I have set the environment for iwr68xx with the setenv.sh script.

With the commands below the binary is successfully built (however, I haven't flashed yet)
cd ${MMWAVE_SDK_INSTALL_PATH}/ti/demo/xwr68xx/mmw
make clean
make all

But when I want to build the demo in CCS, building the DSS works fine but when I want to build the MSS, the auto-generated makefile contains .exe programs which of course fails on a linux machine (except for out2rprc with mono). However flags in the Arm linker seem to look okay. I am aware of the Image_Creator_User_Guide but building with CCS it seems to follow the exact same steps and doing it manually shouldn't be the only solution.

My Questions:

1. How can I successfully build the out of box demo in CCS? My procedure was to first rebuild the DSS and then rebuild the MSS.

1. I noticed that In CCS I can only configure the build as "Debug". Does this build (ones it builds successfully) also work without the MMWAVEICBOOST carrier card?

Thank you

over 2 years ago

0 Pedrhom Nafisi over 2 years ago

TI__Mastermind 23317 points

Hello,

1. The correct procedure is as you have done which is first build the DSS, and then build the MSS. Have you tried building everything within CCS and not using independent console commands? We have many guides on our Industrial Toolbox for mmWave Sensors that goes over building a project within exclusively CCS (https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?a=VLyFKFf__4.12.1&node=A__AP7mJp0Kf9nxqL6UHFfY1g__com.ti.mmwave_industrial_toolbox__VLyFKFf__4.12.1). The instructions should be the exact same for Linux/Ubuntu

2. To actively debug and setup up break points in your code only works when you have a 6843ISK + MMWAVEICBOOST. If you are talking about the .bin file that is made within the MSS Debug folder after compilation, this is actually the built project/binary and the file you will be flashing to your device

Best Regards,

Pedrhom Nafisi

0 Raschid over 2 years ago in reply to Pedrhom Nafisi

Prodigy 21 points

Hello.

1. Yes I tried building everything with CCS. I did nothing else than what is in the guides. So do you have any Ideas, why there is this opeerating system issue?
2. This part is now clear to me, thank you.

Best regards,

Raschid

0 Santosh Krishnan over 2 years ago in reply to Raschid

TI__Mastermind 19780 points

Hello Raschid.

Pedrhom is out of office and will be able to provide a response next week.

Sincerely,

Santosh

0 Raschid over 2 years ago in reply to Santosh Krishnan

Prodigy 21 points

Hello TI-team,

It's been 3 weeks now, since I got no constructive answer to my problem.
Were you able to replicate this issue or did it fall into oblivion?

kind regards,

Raschid

0 Pedrhom Nafisi over 2 years ago in reply to Raschid

TI__Mastermind 23317 points

Hello Raschid,

My apologies for your problem getting lost between work travel and holidays, will not happen again. I would like to get a clearer picture of what is going on. Are you getting an error message somewhere? If so please provide this log with some context. What .exe files are being called? I am most familiar via using CCS for building and flashing so if possible I would prefer you try it through this method.

Side note are you able to flash your device properly via CCS with premade .xer4f and .xe674 files?

Best Regards,

Pedrhom Nafisi

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