How to Build and Debug MicroPython Source Code with Eclipse

[ta1db]

Above procedure requires STM32CubeProgrammer https://www.st.com/en/development-tools ... eprog.html and ST LINK GDB Server installations https://www.st.com/resource/en/user_man ... ronics.pdf

Now, Time to Micropython Application Development with Eclipse
I appreciate your comments, contributions.

[miltmobley]

Backing up a little in the message stream,

"create an Empty Makefile Project and import the micropython source code into it" will create a project folder in your current workspace,
install its config files there, and then you import the source files there.

"create a Makefile Project with Existing source" will install the config files in the source tree you specify, wherever it is.
you may not want this.

[miltmobley]

How about another approach?

For stm32 boards you may be able to use STM32Cube IDE, which is an Eclipse derivative, and works on Windows.
It has a predefined project config for the mpu used on pyboard, and for most other st mpu's. It installs its own toolchains,
so you wouldn't have to mess with building mpy-cross.
A possible problem is you would have to figure out how to make it build micropython firmware, and download it instead of
the standard firmware it gets from the st web servers.

[miltmobley]

This just a report of an attempt to build micropython on eclipse. I tried both latest eclipse for c/c++ download and current version
of STM32Cube IDE (which is derived from elipse+cdt) on Windows 10 with same result.

Both IDE's can create a new standard project for the pybv11 chip and find the toolchain automatically. Result of building
was a 1.2 MB elf file, which I assume could be processed for downloading using the micropython tool.

I was also able to create a makefile project and import the micropython source. But the toolchain was not found automatically,
and I haven't figured out how to link it to the project yet. The eclipse ui has changed from Neon eclipse where I did similar things
successfully.

Worse yet after exiting and restarting eclipse/cube, the IDE is not able to open the project.

If you can't use neon eclipse, you might want to use eclipse as an editor and do command line makes as suggested above.

[ta1db]

Hi @miltmobley
Thanks for your kind contribution to my post.
I had to do other jobs for a long time. For this reason, unfortunately, I cannot give a detailed answer. I hope to return to this subject at the earliest opportunity and evaluate what they wrote.

[OutoftheBOTS_]

Not sure oif this will help but I use system workbench for all my STM32 projects. Which is also derived from eclipse and has all the needed toolchains and linker setup see https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/sw4stm32.html

[Dimone]

Hi,
Is someone did it successfully or knows where to find the description of a sequence to build the source code for a desired (listed) board , by means of STM32Cube IDE ?
ST site acknowledges GRPL-uPython as "Active" 3rd-party embedded software, but gives no any clue for integration of it..(
Hoping there should be not a tricky way.
Thanks alot.