micropython/ports/mimxrt
robert-hh de1f1dd164 shared/runtime/softtimer: Use consistently the same clock source.
Before, both uwTick and mp_hal_ticks_ms() were used as clock source.  That
assumes, that these two are synchronous and start with the same value,
which may be not the case for all ports.  If the lag between uwTick and
mp_hal_ticks_ms() is larger than the timer interval, the timer would either
rush up until the times are synchronous, or not start until uwTick wraps
over.

As suggested by @dpgeorge, MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS is now used in
softtimer.c, which has to be defined in a port's mpconfigport.h with
the variable that holds the SysTick counter.

Note that it's not possible to switch everything in softtimer.c to use
mp_hal_ticks_ms() because the logic in SysTick_Handler that schedules
soft_timer_handler() uses (eg on mimxrt) the uwTick variable directly
(named systick_ms there), and mp_hal_ticks_ms() uses a different source
timer.  Thus it is made fully configurable.
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boards top: Update Python formatting to black "2023 stable style". 2023-02-02 12:51:03 +11:00
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lwip_inc
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README.md
board_init.c
dma_manager.c
dma_manager.h
eth.c
eth.h
fatfs_port.c
led.c
led.h
machine_adc.c
machine_bitstream.c
machine_i2c.c
machine_i2s.c
machine_led.c
machine_pin.c
machine_pwm.c
machine_rtc.c
machine_sdcard.c
machine_spi.c
machine_uart.c
machine_wdt.c
main.c
mimxrt_flash.c
mimxrt_sdram.c
modmachine.c
modmachine.h
modmimxrt.c
modmimxrt.h
moduos.c
modutime.c
mpconfigport.h shared/runtime/softtimer: Use consistently the same clock source. 2023-02-16 12:59:48 +11:00
mphalport.c
mphalport.h
mpnetworkport.c
network_lan.c
pendsv.c
pendsv.h
pin.c
pin.h
qstrdefsport.h
sdcard.c
sdcard.h
systick.c
systick.h
ticks.c
ticks.h
tusb_config.h
tusb_port.c

README.md

Port of MicroPython to NXP iMX RT 10xx

Currently supports Teensy 4.0, Teensy 4.1, and the MIMXRT1010_EVK, MIMXRT1020_EVK, MIMXRT1050_EVK, MIMXRT1060_EVK and MIMXRT1064_EVK boards.

Features:

  • REPL over USB VCP
  • machine.ADC
  • machine.I2C
  • machine.LED
  • machine.Pin
  • machine.PWM
  • machine.RTC
  • machine.SDCard
  • machine.SPI
  • machine.Signal
  • machine.SoftI2C
  • machine.SoftSPI
  • machine.Timer
  • machine.UART
  • LFS2 file system at the internal Flash
  • SDCard support (not on MIMXRT1010_EVK)
  • Ethernet (not on Teensy 4.0 and MIMXRT1010_EVK)

Known issues:

TODO:

  • More peripherals (Counter, I2S, CAN, etc)
  • More Python options

Build Instructions

Before building the firmware for a given board the MicroPython cross-compiler must be built; it will be used to pre-compile some of the built-in scripts to bytecode. The cross-compiler is built and run on the host machine, using:

$ make -C mpy-cross

This command should be executed from the root directory of this repository. All other commands below should be executed from the ports/mimxrt/ directory.

An ARM compiler is required for the build, along with the associated binary utilities. The default compiler is arm-none-eabi-gcc, which is available for Arch Linux via the package arm-none-eabi-gcc, for Ubuntu via instructions here, or see here for the main GCC ARM Embedded page. The compiler can be changed using the CROSS_COMPILE variable when invoking make.

In addition newlib is required which is available for Arch Linux via the package arm-none-eabi-newlib, for Ubuntu/Debian install package libnewlib-arm-none-eabi

Next, the board to build must be selected. Any of the board names of the subdirectories in the boards/ directory is a valid board. The board name must be passed as the argument to BOARD= when invoking make.

All boards require certain submodules to be obtained before they can be built. The correct set of submodules can be initialised using (with SEEED_ARCH_MIX as an example of the selected board):

$ make BOARD=SEEED_ARCH_MIX submodules

Then to build the board's firmware run:

$ make BOARD=SEEED_ARCH_MIX

The above command should produce binary images in the build-SEEED_ARCH_MIX/ subdirectory (or the equivalent directory for the board specified).

Flashing

Deploy the firmware following the instructions here https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/mimxrt/tutorial/intro.html#deploying-the-firmware