Windows OS host
The following sections provide steps to run a demo compiled with Arm GCC on Windows OS host.
Set up toolchain
This section contains the steps to install the necessary components required to build and run a MCUXpresso SDK demo application with the Arm GCC toolchain on Windows OS, as supported by the MCUXpresso SDK.
Install GCC Arm embedded toolchain
Download and run the installer from the GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain Downloads page. The GNU Arm embedded toolchain contains the GCC compiler, libraries, and other tools required for bare-metal software development. The GCC toolchain should correspond to the latest supported version, as described in MCUXpresso SDK Release Notes for IMX95 Series(document MCUXSDKIMX95SERIESRN).
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Add a new system environment variable for ARMGCC_DIR
Create a new system environment variable and name it ARMGCC_DIR. The value of this variable should point to the Arm GCC embedded toolchain installation path. For this example, the path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain\9 2020-q2-update. Reference the installation folder of the GNU Arm GCC embedded tools for the exact path.
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Build an example application
To build an example application, follow these steps.
Open the GCC Arm embedded toolchain command window. To launch the window on the Windows operating system, select Start-> Programs-> GNU Tools ARM Embedded <version>-> GCC Command Prompt.
Change the directory to the example application project directory, which has a path similar to the following:
<install_dir>/boards/<board_name>/<example_type>/<application_name>/armgcc. For this example, the exact path is:<install_dir>/boards/ imx95lpd5evk19/demo_apps/hello_world/armgcc.Type build_debug.bat at the command-line or double-click the build_debug.bat file in Windows. Explorer to perform the build. The output is as shown in Figure 2.
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