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== Downloading the "hello world" program ==
 
== Downloading the "hello world" program ==
  
[[Imagen:Pydownloader-wx-1.0-linux.png|thumb|300px|programa Pydownloader para descargar firmware en la Skypic (''click para ampliar'') ]]
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[[Archivo:Pydownloader-screenshot-2.png|thumb|395px|Pydownloader interface after downloading the ledon.hex program (''click para ampliar'') ]]
* Ejecutar el programa [[Pydownloader-wx]]
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* Seleccionar el puerto serie
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The "hello world" program compiled in the previous section (led.hex) will be download into the Skycube board. Follow the instructions below:
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* Start the pydownloader application
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* Plug the skycube board to the USB.
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* Select the serial port
 
** '''Windows''': COM1, COM2, COM3...
 
** '''Windows''': COM1, COM2, COM3...
** '''Linux''':
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** '''Linux''': /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1...
*** Los puertos serie nativos son: /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc...
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* Click on the '''Browse button''' and open the file ledon.hex.
*** Los puertos serie a través de un conversor USB-serie: /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1,....
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* Click on the '''Download button'''. The program will wait until the reset button is pressed on the Skycube board
* '''Abrir el fichero hola_mundo.hex'''. Pinchar en el botón de '''buscar''' y seleccionar el fichero
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* Press the reset button on the board. The download will start
* Pinchar en el botón "'''Grabar'''"
 
* Apretar el '''botón de RESET''' de la Skypic
 
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==

Revisión del 10:31 20 feb 2011

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Introduction

The Pydownloader is the tools that will be used for downloading software into the Skycube board. The .hex files are the binary programs generated with the CodeBlocks+SDCC. The pydownloader tool reads these files and burns them into the PIC flash memory.

Installation on linux platforms

Ubuntu 10.04/10.10

Install the following .deb packages. Chose the preferred architecture: i386 (32-bits) / x86-64 bits

i386 (32 bits) architecture

Libiris: python-libiris_1.2-5_i386-ubuntu-10.04.deb
LibStargate: python-libstargate_1.2-1_i386-ubuntu-10.04.deb
Pydownloader: skybot-test_1.0.1-1_i386-ubuntu-10.04.deb

x86-64 bits

Libiris: python-libiris_1.2-5_amd64-ubuntu-10.10.deb
LibStargate: python-libstargate_1.2-1_amd64.deb
Pydownloader: pydownloader-wx_1.0-2_amd64.deb

Installation on Windows 7 / windows XP

Download and install the following packages. Accept the default configuration:

python-2.5.msi. Python 2.5 interpreter
2-pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.zip. Python extension for windows
3-pyserial-2.2.win32.zip. Serial communications for Python
5-libIris-1.2.win32.zip 5-libIris-1.2.win32.zip. LibIris
4-libstargate-1.2.win32.zip. Libstargate
wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.6.0-py25.exe. Wxpython for Windows
6-pydownloader-wx-1.0.win32.zip. Pydownloader

Interface explanation

The interface is in Spanish. However is very easy to use. Here is the translation/explanation:

Pydownloader-explanation-1.png

Downloading the "hello world" program

Pydownloader interface after downloading the ledon.hex program (click para ampliar)

The "hello world" program compiled in the previous section (led.hex) will be download into the Skycube board. Follow the instructions below:

  • Start the pydownloader application
  • Plug the skycube board to the USB.
  • Select the serial port
    • Windows: COM1, COM2, COM3...
    • Linux: /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1...
  • Click on the Browse button and open the file ledon.hex.
  • Click on the Download button. The program will wait until the reset button is pressed on the Skycube board
  • Press the reset button on the board. The download will start

Videos

300|250</youtube>

Link to the video in YouTube
An example of downloading software into
Unimod using the pydownloader tool

Links

News

  • Feb/20th/2011: This page is started!