Linux OS Host Software Installation Guide

Libraries

Prerequisites

Packages: build-essential, libudev, libudev-dev, libpcap, libpcap-dev. Use apt-get install on Debian-based distributions. The Linux OS kernel version must be greater than 3.2.

Installation

$ pwd
/home/user/hsdk
$ make
$ find build/ -name "\*.so"
build/libframer.so
build/libsys.so
build/libphysical.so
build/libuart.so
build/libfsci.so
build/libspi.so
$ sudo make install

By default, make generates sharedlibraries (having .so extension). The step make install (superuser privileges required) copies these libraries to /usr/local/lib, which is part of the default Linux OS library path. The installation prefix may be changed by passing the variable PREFIX, e.g. make install PREFIX=/usr/lib. The user is responsible for making sure that PREFIX is part of the system’s LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Static libraries can be generated instead, by modifying the LIB_OPTION variable in the Makefile from dynamic to static (.a extension).

make install also disables the ModemManager control for the connected devices. Otherwise, the daemon starts sending AT commands that affect the responsiveness of the afore-mentioned devices in the first 20 seconds after plug in.

Demos

Installation

$ pwd
/home/user/hsdk/demo
$ make
$ ls bin/
GetKinetisDevices

These demos are provided in this package:

• GetKinetisDevices: this program detects the boards connected to the serial line and outputs the path to the console:

  $ ./GetKinetisDevices
  NXP Kinetis-W device on /dev/ttyACM0.
  NXP Kinetis-W device on /dev/ttyACM1.
  

Parent topic: Bluetooth Low Energy Host Stack FSCI Application Programming