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Compile the project (Tools->make_All) and it should make a *.hex file for one of the Flight-ctrl boards (currently default is version 2.0 with an atMEGA644 processor (Flight-ctrl 2.1 has an atMEGA1284p processor, and one of the first lines in the makefile needs to be changed) | Compile the project (Tools->make_All) and it should make a *.hex file for one of the Flight-ctrl boards (currently default is version 2.0 with an atMEGA644 processor (Flight-ctrl 2.1 has an atMEGA1284p processor, and one of the first lines in the makefile needs to be changed) | ||
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| + | The copter has a bootloader installed, and the kopter-tool can switch to the bootloader while running. | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 14 May 2011
How to compile and install software in hexacopter The modifications work best under windows, but some support exist for linux too.
This description is for windows (XP)
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Get software
The supplier URL is http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter?action=show&redirect=FrontPage
To replace the software the following is needed:
- the source code - using SVN
- WinAvr with GCC compiler version 3.xx (newer compiles produce to slow code)
- kopter-tool to install the software
SVN checkout
Install TortoiseSVN from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisesvn/ if you do not have an SVN client already.
Do a SVN checkout from http://mikrokopter.de/mikrosvn/FlightCtrl/ to get the sourcevode for the flight controler (for other software - e.g. motor controller, the SVN URL is at http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/MikroKopterRepository)
WinAVR
WinAvr version WinAVR-20060421 comes with gcc version 3.4.6 - wich is OK. gcc version 4.x until at least 4.5.1 will not work (CPU will get overloaded and will - at least - no longer talk to kopter-tool.
Install WinAVR version WinAVR-20060421 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/files/WinAVR/
Open programmers notepad and open a project for the newest branch in the flight controller repository. It already has a project file for programmers notepad. And a makefile for avr-gcc.
Compile the project (Tools->make_All) and it should make a *.hex file for one of the Flight-ctrl boards (currently default is version 2.0 with an atMEGA644 processor (Flight-ctrl 2.1 has an atMEGA1284p processor, and one of the first lines in the makefile needs to be changed)
install new software
To install the newly compiled software use Kopter-tool. The copter has a bootloader installed, and the kopter-tool can switch to the bootloader while running.
