Software installation instructions for Term Project

As almost all microcontroller programmers do, we will switch to C programming language for the term project of EE308. To avoid possible problems, I suggest you to immediately follow these installation instructions. If every thing goes as planned, you will run the C version of el308.s on your microcontroller board.

We will set-up a GNU toolchain in support of the free software movement. To do so, from

	http://acoustics.sabanciuniv.edu/ee308/microchip/

download

	xc16-v1.33-full-install-windows-installer.exe

Install to run in Free mode. Select

	Add xc16 to the PATH environment variable

in the "Compiler Settings" dialogue.

The software will be installed under the

	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\xc16\v1.33

folder, for users of 64-bit Windows. 

From the same Web location, download

	make-3.81.exe

and run to install "make". Choose "Full installation". GnuWin32 will be installed in

	C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32

Add 

	C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin

to your PATH environment variable.

From

	http://acoustics.sabanciuniv.edu/ee308/codes/

download

	bmp180.template.zip

which is the C template folder to be used the software installation. Open the zip file in an appropriate location on your computer. Then, open a command prompt by running cmd.exe, or Microsoft PowerShell. Navigate to the bmp180.template directory (using the "cd" command), and type

	make

to build the project. If everything goes fine, a file named result.hex should be generated.

To test, run the PICkit2 program and import the newly generated hex file from

	File -> Import Hex

Navigate to your source folder and select result.hex as the hex file.

For MAC and Linux users, the steps will be slightly different. I might give guidance if requested.