This repository contains code to support the new launchpad controller, whose name is yet to be decided. It was based off of the Fjalar firmware, so some structure is reflective of the design choices made in setting up the build toolchain there.
Currently, the only supported hardware is the new Launchpad Controller (as the name suggests) but one of the goals of this project is portability.
Building the software is most easily done with the Zephyr SDK. This is separate thing from the Zephyr RTOS/library and is just a bundle with tools for compiling, linking and so on. Please refer to the zephyr docs on how to install.
It is recommended to set up a Python virtual environment for the repository. A virtual environment is basically a sandbox isolate each project and prevent collisions between library versions. The project can be built without this but there will most likely be unexpected issues a few months down the line.
Configuring one can be as simple as running python -m venv venv. Every time you want to build something run source .venv/bin/activate to activate and enter the virtual environment.
The project is built and managed using West. West will automatically fetch everything Zephyr related (other than the SDK).
West can be installed through pip pip install west. (enable your virtual environment first if you have one). Then run west update in the root of this repository to make West fetch Zephyr RTOS and all required dependencies.
Note, if west already was installed prior to entering the virtual environment, you must first write west init (when in the virtual environment) before you can proceed with west update.
Run west build application/flight_controller/ -p auto -b fjalar -t flash to build and flash.
Simulation is not yet supported for the launchpad controller repository. Ideally, it will support compiling for native_sim_64 allowing you to run it natively. This only works on linux, if you are on Windows try using WSL 2 (WSL 1 doesn't work).
To run natively change the board to -b native_sim_64 and use -t run instead of -t flash