musteresel / cypress_linux_tools

Tools to build and flash cypress PSoC Creator projects under Linux

DISCLAIMER

This work is absolutely not related to cypress in any way. I am not to be liable for direct, indirect or consequential damages of your devices.

Introduction

This repository holds an attempt to port some tools of cypress under Linux. It allows to compile and upload application to some cypress boards. It has only been successfully tested with a CY8CKIT-049 42xx kit. (http://www.cypress.com/documentation/development-kitsboards/psoc-4-cy8ckit-049-4xxx-prototyping-kits)

The prerequisites are the following:

• gengetopt
• make
• wine (to run cyelftool when using makefile)
• An arm toolchain (arm-none-eabi-)

In order to build and install these utilities:

make all
sudo make install

Host bootloader

The host bootloader has been replicating using cypress source code for host bootloader. The Cypress Host Bootloader Tool is available as a command line utility and support various command To build it, the make command should be sufficient.

Usage

Usage: cyhostboot [options]

cyhostboot is a cypress host bootloader for Linux

  -h, --help           Print help and exit
  -V, --version        Print version and exit
  -b, --baudrate=INT   Bootloader baudrate  (default=`115200')
  -f, --file=STRING    cyacd file to flash
  -s, --serial=STRING  Serial port to use  (default=`/dev/ttyACM0')
  -a, --app_id=INT     Application id to use (0 for no change, or 1 or 2)
                         (default=`0')
  -k, --key=STRING     Security key for unlocking the bootloader in hex string
                         like 01268bcf347c

 Group: Action
  Action to perform (default=`program`)
  -p, --program        Program the file
  -e, --erase          Erase memory
  -v, --verify         Verify file

 Group: Parity
  Parity bit used for communication (default=`noparity`)
  -N, --noparity       Do not use parity bit
  -E, --even           Parity bit is even
  -O, --odd            Parity bit is odd

iHex to cyacd format

Thanks from https://github.com/gv1/hex2cyacd, the format is well explained and it was possible to write a C tool. ihex2cyacd is a an utility to create cyacd files from ihex files. Using the Makefile.cypress will hide the usage.

Usage

  -h, --help                 Print help and exit
  -V, --version              Print version and exit
  -i, --input=STRING         Input ihex file
  -b, --bootloader_size=INT  Bootloader text size file
  -o, --output=STRING        Output cyacd file
  -c, --cpu=ENUM             CPU type  (possible values="CY8C41", "CY8C42"
                               default=`CY8C42')

Makefiles

A Makefile.cypress file is available in the repository in order to easily compile cydsn projects. Two variable are required to be set which are PSOC_CREATOR_DIR and PROJECT_DIR. Additionnally, An ARM toolchain is necessary. Code Sourcery ones are sufficient. The easiest way to use it is to create a Makefile with the following content

PSOC_CREATOR_DIR := Path_to_PSoC_Creator
PROJECT_DIR := Path_to_project.cydsn

include Makefile.cypress

cyelftool is still used though wine (not reversed yet).

Then type make to compile the application. Note that some old generated files may be outdated and can't compile. This typically happens when you change the name of a PSoC component and rebuild the application. Simply remove these files in order to compile again.

The output files will be in the build directory. The final cyacd file can be flashed using cyhostboot.

Notes

The cyelftool cypress utility has not yet been reversed. However thanks to wine, this utility can be used under Linux.