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48 lines
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# The minimal port
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This port is intended to be a minimal MicroPython port that actually runs.
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It can run under Linux (or similar) and on any STM32F4xx MCU (eg the pyboard).
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## Building and running Linux version
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By default the port will be built for the host machine:
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$ make
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To run the executable and get a basic working REPL do:
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$ make run
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## Building for an STM32 MCU
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The Makefile has the ability to build for a Cortex-M CPU, and by default
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includes some start-up code for an STM32F4xx MCU and also enables a UART
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for communication. To build:
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$ make CROSS=1
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If you previously built the Linux version, you will need to first run
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`make clean` to get rid of incompatible object files.
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Building will produce the build/firmware.dfu file which can be programmed
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to an MCU using:
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$ make CROSS=1 deploy
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This version of the build will work out-of-the-box on a pyboard (and
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anything similar), and will give you a MicroPython REPL on UART1 at 9600
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baud. Pin PA13 will also be driven high, and this turns on the red LED on
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the pyboard.
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## Building without the built-in MicroPython compiler
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This minimal port can be built with the built-in MicroPython compiler
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disabled. This will reduce the firmware by about 20k on a Thumb2 machine,
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and by about 40k on 32-bit x86. Without the compiler the REPL will be
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disabled, but pre-compiled scripts can still be executed.
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To test out this feature, change the `MICROPY_ENABLE_COMPILER` config
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option to "0" in the mpconfigport.h file in this directory. Then
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recompile and run the firmware and it will execute the frozentest.py
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file.
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