Note
If you want to build and run on Nuclei 100 series CPU, please switch to develop_n100 or master_n100 branch.
Since 0.5.0 release, Nuclei Studio >= 2023.10 and Nuclei RISC-V Toolchain/Qemu/OpenOCD >= 2023.10 are required to build and run.
Nuclei Software Development Kit(Nuclei SDK) is developed for developing and evaluating software for Nuclei Evaluation SoC.
This Nuclei SDK is built based on the NMSIS framework, user can access all the APIs provided by NMSIS and also the APIs that provided by Nuclei SDK which mainly for on-board peripherals access such as GPIO, UART, SPI and I2C etc.
This Nuclei SDK can support various compiler such as Nuclei riscv gcc/clang, IAR compiler and Terapines ZCC.
We also intergated many RTOSes into Nuclei SDK, which are FreeRTOS, UCOSII, RTThread and ThreadX, you can easily find it in the OS folder.
Wanner to take a try with Nuclei SDK for Nuclei 200/300/600/900/1000 series CPU, click Quick Start with Nuclei SDK to start up.
Wanner to take a try with Nuclei N100 SDK for Nuclei 100 series CPU, click Quick Start with Nuclei N100 SDK to start up.
- Ubuntu Linux >=20.04 LTS or Windows >=7
- Linux: GNU Make >= 3.82
- Windows: Windows Build Tools
- Nuclei Studio >= 2024.06
- Nuclei Studio can support import Nuclei SDK NPK package to provide IDE project wizard create/build/debug.
- Nuclei Studio also contains same release of Nuclei Toolchain/QEMU/OpenOCD, so just download IDE is enough.
Here is the directory structure for this Nuclei SDK.
$NUCLEI_SDK_ROOT
├── application
│ ├── baremetal
│ ├── freertos
│ ├── ucosii
│ ├── threadx
│ └── rtthread
├── Build
│ ├── gmsl
│ ├── toolchain
│ ├── Makefile.base
│ ├── Makefile.conf
│ ├── Makefile.core
│ ├── Makefile.components
│ ├── Makefile.files
│ ├── Makefile.global
│ ├── Makefile.misc
│ ├── Makefile.rtos
│ ├── Makefile.rules
│ └── Makefile.soc
├── doc
│ ├── build
│ ├── source
│ ├── Makefile
│ └── requirements.txt
├── NMSIS
│ ├── Core
│ ├── DSP
│ ├── NN
│ └── Library
├── OS
│ ├── FreeRTOS
│ ├── UCOSII
│ ├── ThreadX
│ └── RTThread
├── SoC
│ ├── gd32vf103
│ └── evalsoc
├── test
│ ├── core
│ ├── ctest.h
│ ├── LICENSE
│ └── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── Makefile
├── NMSIS_VERSION
├── package.json
├── SConscript
├── README.md
├── setup.bat
└── setup.sh
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application
This directory contains all the application softwares for this Nuclei SDK.
The application code can be divided into mainly 4 parts, which are:
- Baremetal applications, which will provide baremetal applications without any OS usage, these applications will be placed in application/baremetal/ folder.
- FreeRTOS applications, which will provide FreeRTOS applications using FreeRTOS RTOS, placed in application/freertos/ folder.
- UCOSII applications, which will provide UCOSII applications using UCOSII RTOS, placed in application/ucosii/ folder.
- RTThread applications, which will provide RT-Thread applications using RT-Thread RTOS, placed in application/rtthread/ folder.
- ThreadX applications, which will provide ThreadX applications using ThreadX RTOS, placed in application/threadx/ folder.
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SoC
This directory contains all the supported SoCs for this Nuclei SDK, the directory name for SoC and its boards should always in lower case.
Here we mainly support Nuclei processor cores running on Nuclei FPGA evaluation boards, the support package placed in SoC/evalsoc/.
In each SoC's include directory, nuclei_sdk_soc.h must be provided, and include the soc header file, for example, SoC/evalsoc/Common/Include/nuclei_sdk_soc.h.
In each SoC Board's include directory, nuclei_sdk_hal.h must be provided, and include the board header file, for example, SoC/evalsoc/Board/nuclei_fpga_eval/Include/nuclei_sdk_hal.h.
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Build
This directory contains the key part of the build system based on Makefile for Nuclei SDK.
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NMSIS
This directory contains the NMSIS header files, which is widely used in this Nuclei SDK, you can check the NMSIS_VERSION file to know the current NMSIS version used in Nuclei-SDK.
We will also sync the changes in NMSIS project when it provided a new release.
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OS
This directory provided RTOS packages we suppported.
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LICENSE
Nuclei SDK license file.
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NMSIS_VERSION
NMSIS Version file. It will show current NMSIS version used in Nuclei SDK.
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package.json
PlatformIO package json file for Nuclei SDK, used in Nuclei Plaform for PlatformIO
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SConscript
RT-Thread package scons build script, used in RT-Thread package development.
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Makefile
An external Makefile just for build, run, debug application without cd to any coresponding application directory, such as application/baremetal/helloworld/.
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setup.sh
Nuclei SDK environment setup script for Linux. You need to create your own
setup_config.sh
.# This can be path to Nuclei Studio's toolchain folder NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT=/path/to/your_tool_root
In the $NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT for Linux, you need to have Nuclei RISC-V toolchain and OpenOCD installed as below.
${NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT} ├── gcc │ ├── bin │ ├── include │ ├── lib │ ├── libexec │ ├── riscv64-unknown-elf │ └── share └── openocd ├── bin ├── contrib ├── distro-info ├── OpenULINK ├── scripts └── share
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setup.bat
Nuclei SDK environment setup bat script for Windows. You need to create your own
setup_config.bat
.set NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT=\path\to\your_tool_root
In the %NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT% for Windows, you need to have Nuclei RISC-V toolchain, necessary Windows build tools and OpenOCD installed as below.
%NUCLEI_TOOL_ROOT% ├── build-tools │ ├── bin │ ├── gnu-mcu-eclipse │ └── licenses ├── gcc │ ├── bin │ ├── include │ ├── lib │ ├── libexec │ ├── riscv64-unknown-elf │ └── share └── openocd ├── bin ├── contrib ├── distro-info ├── OpenULINK ├── scripts └── share
- Create and modify your own setup config
- For Linux, create
setup_config.sh
in $NUCLEI_SDK_ROOT. - For Windows, create
setup_config.bat
in %NUCLEI_SDK_ROOT%.
- For Linux, create
- Source the environment script right in NUCLEI_SDK_ROOT
- For Linux:
source setup.sh
- For Windows:
setup.bat
- For Linux:
- Build and run application.
- Note: By default, the SoC and Board is set to
evalsoc
andnuclei_fpga_eval
, if you don't pass any SOC and BOARD variable in Make command, it will use the default SoC and Board. - Assume that you will run this application -> application/baremetal/helloworld/.
- cd application/baremetal/helloworld/
- you can run make help to show help message.
- We provided different Nuclei Core configurations(CORE=<your_core>) we supported, see Build/Makefile.core.
- such as
CORE=n305
- such as
- We support several download modes(DOWNLOAD=) for different applications.
- flashxip: Program will to be download into flash and run directly in Flash
- flash: Program will be download into flash, when running, program will be copied to ilm/ram and run in ilm/ram
- ilm: Program will be download into ilm/ram and run directly in ilm/ram, program lost when poweroff
- For example, if you want to build your application for CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm, you can easily run this command:
make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm all
- If you want to upload your application for CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm, you can easily run this command:
make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm upload
- (Option 1)If you want to debug your application for CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm:
- First open a new terminal in the same application folder and run:
make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm run_openocd
- Then run this command
make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm run_gdb
in the existing terminal, then you can debug it using gdb, if you want to load your program, you need to typeload
to achieve it. - Notice: Since version 0.2.4, you can also pass extra
GDB_PORT=<portno>
, to change to use new gdb port other than default3333
, for example,make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm GDB_PORT=3344 run_openocd
andmake CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm GDB_PORT=3344 run_gdb
- First open a new terminal in the same application folder and run:
- (Option 2)If you want to debug your application for CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm:
make CORE=n305 DOWNLOAD=ilm debug
- If you want to use UART terminal tool to view the UART message, you can choose
screen
orminicom
in Linux,teraterm
in Windows, the default UART baudrate we use is115200
.
- Note: By default, the SoC and Board is set to
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Since 0.5.0 release, Nuclei SDK only support Nuclei RISC-V Toolchain >= 2023.10, and toolchain prefix changed from
riscv-nuclei-elf-
toriscv64-unknown-elf-
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If you want to learn more about Nuclei SDK documentation, please click Nuclei SDK documentation
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If you need to build a new application, or change CORE or DOWNLOAD option, please make sure that you have clean the project by
make clean
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If you want to specify additional compiler flags, please follow this guidance in your application Makefile.
- Pass common compiler flags to all c/asm/cpp compiler, you can use COMMON_FLAGS in Makefile, such as
COMMON_FLAGS := -O3 -funroll-loops -fpeel-loops
- Pass C compiler only flags to c compiler, you can use CFLAGS in Makefile, such as
CFLAGS := -O3 -funroll-loops -fpeel-loops
- For ASM compiler only flags, you can use ASMFLAGS, for CPP compiler only flags, you can use CXXFLAGS.
- Pass common compiler flags to all c/asm/cpp compiler, you can use COMMON_FLAGS in Makefile, such as
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If you want to pass additional linker flags, you can use LDFLAGS, and if you have additional library directories, you can use LIBDIRS to specify library directories.
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The preprovided applications and its makefile is the best startup examples about how to use Nuclei SDK.
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Pass extra
V=1
to your make command, it will show verbose compiling information, otherwise it will only show basic information. Sample output with extraV=1
$ make V=1 all Current Configuration: TOOLCHAIN=nuclei_gnu RISCV_ARCH=rv32imafdc RISCV_ABI=ilp32d RISCV_TUNE=nuclei-300-series RISCV_CMODEL=medlow SOC=evalsoc BOARD=nuclei_fpga_eval CORE=n307fd ARCH_EXT= DOWNLOAD=ilm STDCLIB=newlib_nano SMP= BOOT_HARTID=0 Assembling : ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc.S riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc -x assembler-with-cpp -O2 -DBOOT_HARTID=0 -march=rv32imafdc -mabi=ilp32d -mcmodel=medlow -mtune=nuclei-300-series -g -fno-common -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -DDOWNLOAD_MODE=DOWNLOAD_MODE_ILM -DDOWNLOAD_MODE_STRING=\"ILM\" -DCPU_SERIES=300 -I. -I../../../NMSIS/Core/Include -I../../../SoC/evalsoc/Board/nuclei_fpga_eval/Include -I../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Include -Iinc -MMD -MT ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc.S.o -MF ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc.S.o.d -c -o ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc.S.o ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc.S Assembling : ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc_s.S riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc -x assembler-with-cpp -O2 -DBOOT_HARTID=0 -march=rv32imafdc -mabi=ilp32d -mcmodel=medlow -mtune=nuclei-300-series -g -fno-common -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -DDOWNLOAD_MODE=DOWNLOAD_MODE_ILM -DDOWNLOAD_MODE_STRING=\"ILM\" -DCPU_SERIES=300 -I. -I../../../NMSIS/Core/Include -I../../../SoC/evalsoc/Board/nuclei_fpga_eval/Include -I../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Include -Iinc -MMD -MT ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc_s.S.o -MF ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc_s.S.o.d -c -o ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc_s.S.o ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/intexc_evalsoc_s.S Assembling : ../../../SoC/evalsoc/Common/Source/GCC/startup_evalsoc.S