pw_sys_io_emcraft_sf2

pw_sys_io_emcraft_sf2 implements the pw_sys_io facade over UART.

The Emcraft SF2 sys IO backend provides a UART driver layer that allows applications built against the pw_sys_io interface to run on a SmartFusion/2 chip and do simple input/output via UART. However, this should work with all Smartfusion/2 variations.

This backend allows you to configure which UART to use. The point of it is to provide bare-minimum platform code needed to do UART reads/writes.

Setup

This module requires relatively minimal setup:

  1. Write code against the pw_sys_io facade.

  2. Specify the dir_pw_sys_io_backend GN global variable to point to this backend.

  3. pw_sys_io_Init() provided by this module needs to be called in early boot to get pw_sys_io into a working state.

  4. Build an executable with a main() function using a toolchain that supports Cortex-M3.

Note

This module provides early firmware init, so it will conflict with other modules that do any early device init.

Module usage

After building an executable that utilizes this backend, flash the produced .elf binary to the development board. Then, using a serial communication terminal like minicom/screen (Linux/Mac) or TeraTerm (Windows), connect to the device at a baud rate of 57600 (8N1).

Dependencies

  • pw_sys_io facade

  • pw_preprocessor module