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====== Bitcraze Virtual Machine ====== | ====== Bitcraze Virtual Machine ====== | ||
- | In order to easily get going with the development of Bitcraze projects we have pre-configured a virtual machine that can be imported into [[https:// | + | In order to easily get going with the development of Bitcraze projects we have pre-configured a virtual machine that can be imported into [[https:// |
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+ | The VM is built using Packer, so if you would like to build you're own just clone the [[https:// | ||
- | If you would like to create your own virtual machine instead of downloading ours, then have a look at [[projects:virtualmachine:create_vm|these intructions]]. | + | For information on how to install the VM please |
- | **Please note:** All the instructions here (and on sub-pages) are always updated to match the latest available version of the VM and might not be valid for earlier versions. | ||
====== Download ====== | ====== Download ====== | ||
- | You can download the VM using one of the link below: | + | You can download the VM using one of the links below (torrents preferred): |
+ | * Bitcraze VM 2017.03 (Torrent //coming soon//) (Direct download //coming soon// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Previous version ==== | ||
+ | * Bitcraze VM 2016-06 ([[http:// | ||
* Bitcraze VM 0.8 ([[http:// | * Bitcraze VM 0.8 ([[http:// | ||
- | * Bitcraze VM 0.6 ([[http:// | ||
- | * Bitcraze VM 0.5 ([[http:// | ||
- | * Bitcraze VM 0.4 ([[http:// | ||
- | * Bitcraze VM 0.3 ([[http:// | ||
- | * Bitcraze VM 0.2 ([[http:// | ||
- | |||
- | Please note that direct downloads are hosted at MEGA, so it's limited to 6 downloads at a time. Using torrents are preferred. | ||
- | ====== VM info ====== | ||
- | The latest available version of the VM is 0.6 and is created from scratch (i.e not updated from 0.5). | ||
- | < | ||
- | OS : Xubuntu 14.10 | ||
- | HDD : ~29 GB (dynamically sized) | ||
- | RAM : 1 GB | ||
- | User: bitcraze | ||
- | Pass: crazyflie | ||
- | </ | ||
- | |||
- | ===== Configuration ===== | ||
- | The VM comes pre-configured with the following: | ||
- | * udev rules for Crazyradio, Crazyradio bootloader and Crazyflie 2.0 | ||
- | * Pre-configured USB filters for passing Crazyradio, the NRF BOOT and the Crazyflie 2.0 to the VM (not enabled by default) | ||
- | |||
- | **NOTE**: The USB filters in the 0.3 version of the VM specify a serial number for the radio dongle. | ||
- | |||
- | ===== Installed software ===== | ||
- | Below is a overview of what's installed in the virtual machine: | ||
- | * VirtualBox guest additions (for network sharing, screen resize, etc) | ||
- | * gnu-arm-none-eabi toolchain and build tools | ||
- | * Git and gitg | ||
- | * pyusb, pysdl2 and pyqt | ||
- | * Qt4 and QtDesigner | ||
- | * PyQtGraph | ||
- | * PyCharm | ||
- | * Oracle Java JRE (for PyCharm) | ||
- | * KiCad | ||
- | * Eclipse with compiling/ | ||
- | * SDCC | ||
- | |||
- | ===== Projects ===== | ||
- | The following projects are cloned into the VM: | ||
- | * crazyflie-firmware | ||
- | * crazyflie-bootloader | ||
- | * crazyflie-pc-client | ||
- | * crazyradio-firmware | ||
- | * crazyradio-electronics | ||
- | * crazyflie-android-client | ||
- | * crazyflie2-exp-template-electronics | ||
- | * crazyflie2-stm-bootloader | ||
- | * crazyflie2-nrf-bootloader | ||
- | * crazyflie2-nrf-firmware | ||
- | |||
- | There are also short-cuts on the desktop to easily run the Crazyflie PC client and also to update all the projects to the latest version available on GitHub. | ||
- | |||
- | ===== Development ===== | ||
- | The VM comes pre-installed and pre-configured for development. Here's what you can do: | ||
- | * Update and build the latest versions of the Crazyflie/ | ||
- | * Easily flash the Crazyflie firmware from Eclipse using the radio | ||
- | * [[projects: | ||
- | * View and modify the Crazyradio electronics design | ||
- | * Develop for Crazyflie PC client with QtDesigner for the UI | ||
- | ===== HOW-TOs ===== | ||
- | ==== Update all the projects ==== | ||
- | If you would like to update to the latest version from GitHub for all the projects you can either use the short-cut on the desktop (//Update all projects//) or run the following command: | ||
- | < | ||
- | / | ||
- | </ | ||
- | |||
- | ==== Run the Crazyflie PC client ==== | ||
- | If you would like to fly the Crazyflie then you should to the following: | ||
- | * Insert the controller and Crazyradio and pass them to the VM. In VirtualBox this is done by right-clicking on the USB icon in the bottom left hand of the screen and selecting the Crazyradio and the controller | ||
- | * Start the cfclient either by using the short-cut on the desktop (// | ||
- | * Press the //Connect// button and select the URI starting with //radio// and then press //Connect// | ||
- | |||
- | **PLEASE NOTE:** If no controller is passed to VirtualBox the default controller will be the // | ||
- | |||
- | ==== Build the Crazyflie firmware ==== | ||
- | Running the following commands will build the firmware which can be flashed with the wireless bootloader. For updating the Crazyflie use the resulting // | ||
- | < | ||
- | cd ~/ | ||
- | make CLOAD=1 DEBUG=0 | ||
- | </ | ||
- | ==== Tutorials ==== | + | ====== Tutorials |
[[projects: | [[projects: | ||
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