Kendryte Dev Tool for Visual Studio Code

中文版

• Prepare
• Quick Start
• Directory Structure
• Features
• Questions
  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Linux
• Roadmap

Prepare

Install VSCode on your computer. Search Kendryte on VSCode Extension Market and install. This development tool only support Kendryte KD233 board for now.

MacOS environment

1.Install Homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2.Install dependencies

brew install libusb mpfr

Linux environment

Install dependencies

sudo apt install libftdi-dev libhidapi-dev libusb-dev

or

sudo yum install libftdi hidapi libusb

Debugger permission

1.Download 60-openocd.rules and put it on /etc/udev/rules.d

2.Reload udev

  sudo udevadm control --reload

3.Add user to plugdev group

  sudo usermod -aG plugdev $USER

QuickStart

1.Kendryte controller will open after installed, click Examples tag to switch to the examples store.

2.Select an example and download.

3.Click the build and upload button for build and upload to board.

4.Check the board

DirectoryStructure

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├── .vscode # The contents of this directory are automatically generated, include debug option, build commands and extension's config.
├── CMakeLists.txt # This file is automatically generated when build.
├── README.md
├── build # The contents of this directory are compiled product.
│   ├── CMakeCache.txt
│   ├── CMakeFiles
│   ├── Makefile
│   ├── ai_image
│   ├── camera-standalone-driver
│   ├── cmake_install.cmake
│   ├── compile_commands.json
│   ├── ${Project-name} # Target file
│   ├── ${Project-name}.bin # Target file
│   ├── lcd-nt35310-standalone-driver
│   ├── standalone-sdk
│   └── w25qxx-standalone-driver
├── config # The content of this directory include pin definitions and model address assignment. It can be overwrited.
│   ├── device-manager.json # Model address assignment
│   ├── flash-manager.h # Model address assignment
│   ├── flash-manager.json # Model address assignment
│   ├── fpioa-config.c # Pin definitions
│   ├── fpioa-config.h # Pin definitions
│   └── ide-hook-main.c
├── detect.kmodel # Kendryte model file. You can use nncase to convert tensorflow lite model to kmodel.
├── kendryte-package.json # The config file of project. Include project name, source files and so on. It can be overwrited.
├── kendryte_libraries # This directory is dependencies installation directory. All of dependencies will download on this directory. You shouldn't modify the contents of this directory most of the time.
│   ├── ai_image
│   ├── camera-standalone-driver
│   ├── lcd-nt35310-standalone-driver
│   ├── standalone-sdk
│   └── w25qxx-standalone-driver
└──  src # Source files.
     └── main.c

Features

Questions

Windows

1. Q: Openocd report error: libusb_error_not_supported?

   A: Please download Zadig and switch JLink driver to Libusb。

MacOS

Linux

1. Q: Openocd report error: libusb_error_access?

   A: Please read [Debugger permission](#Debugger\ permission) to get the debugger permission and plug in device again. If you still have this problem, please contact us on issue.

2. Q: Why extension request sudo permission on upload?

   A: If current don't have permission to read serialport device, it will request sudo permission. You can also config serialport devices permission by yourself.

Roadmap

• Release 0.1.0 version. (2019.12.09)
• Serialport arguments configurable.
• Move serialport and bindings lib from node_modules to src.
• Webview panel listen to React local development server on development mode.
• Add pin visual configuration.
• Add CI/CD
• Release 0.2.0 version. (2020.02)
• Support K510. (2020 Q2)