ThingMagic Mercury xPRESS, Platform Manual, Page: 71 / 146

A D I V I S I O N O F T R I M B L E
Installing Developer Tools on Windows OS
71
Installing Developer Tools on
Windows OS
I
f using a Windows PC as a development platform, the following installation steps are
required (details are provided in the sections that follow).
Summary of Steps:
1.
Download and Install the compiler toolchain (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded
Processors)
2. Download and Install Java Runtime
3. Download and Install the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers
4. Install USB driver (if necessary)
Each of these steps is explained in detail in the sections that follow.
Installing GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors
1.
Download GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors. Either the ZIP or EXE version
can be used (the EXE version is contained within the ZIP file)
Š
https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/4.7/4.7-2013-q3-download/
gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3-20130916-win32. zip
Š
https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/4.7/4.7-2013-q3-download/
gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3-20130916-win32. exe
Š
https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_8-2014q2-
20140609-win32.exe
2. Install
Š
Run the installer gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q1-20130313-win32.exe
Š
Accept the default Destination Folder : C:\Program Files\GNU Tools ARM
Embedded\4.7 2013q1