Eclipse IDE

These documents are specific to the Eclipse IDE for ModusToolbox™

• Quick Start Guide
  • 1 Download/Install/Run Eclipse IDE
  • 2 Create new application
    • 2.1 Step 1: Open Project Creator tool
    • 2.2 Step 2: Choose Board Support Package (BSP)
    • 2.3 Step 3: Select application
    • 2.4 Step 4: Create application
  • 3. Add/modify application code
  • 4. View device resources
  • 5. Build the Application
  • 6. Program the Device
    • 6.1 Connect the Kit
    • 6.2 Program
  • 7 Debug the program
    • Revision history
• User Guide
  • About this document
    • Version
    • Scope and purpose
    • Intended audience
    • Document conventions
    • Reference documents
    • 1 Getting started
      • 1.1 Launch Eclipse IDE
      • 1.2 Open Project Creator tool
      • 1.3 Create an application
        • 1.3.1 Choose board support package
        • 1.3.2. Select application
        • 1.3.3 Create application
      • 1.4 Build application
      • 1.5 Program application
      • 1.6 Export/share application
      • 1.7 Import application/code example
        • 1.7.1 Project Creator import option
        • 1.7.2 Eclipse IDE import option
      • 1.8 Search online for code examples
      • 1.9 Search online for libraries/BSPs
      • 1.10 Access training material
    • 2 IDE description
      • 2.1 Project Explorer
      • 2.2 Quick Panel
    • 3 Configure applications
      • 3.1 Modify code
      • 3.2 Use configurators
        • 3.2.1 Launching configurators from the IDE
        • 3.2.2 Launching configurators without the IDE
      • 3.3 Use tools
        • 3.3.1 Launching tools from the IDE
        • 3.3.2 Library Manager
        • 3.3.3 BTSpy and ClientControl
        • 3.3.4 DFU Host tool
      • 3.4 Use integrated terminal
        • 3.4.1 Switch projects
        • 3.4.2 Specify alternate shell
        • 3.4.3 Update local terminal settings
        • 3.4.4 Connect to remote machine/board
      • 3.5 Refresh Quick Panel
      • 3.6 Rename application
      • 3.7 Restore shared directory
    • 4 Build applications
      • 4.1 Build with Make
      • 4.2 Build with IDE
      • 4.3 GCC version
    • 5 Program and debug
      • 5.1 PSoC™ MCU programming/debugging
        • 5.1.1 Launch configurations
        • 5.1.2 Using JTAG interface in MiniProg4
        • 5.1.3 Erasing external memory
        • 5.1.4 Programming eFuse
        • 5.1.5 Debug connection options
        • 5.1.6 Select specific CMSIS-DAP device
          • 5.1.6.1 Selecting by VID and PID
          • 5.1.6.2 Selecting by serial number
          • 5.1.6.3 Selecting by both VID/PID and serial number
        • 5.1.7 Select Specific J-Link Device
        • 5.1.8 KitProg Firmware Loader
        • 5.1.9 Power cycle programming mode with KitProg3_MiniProg4
        • 5.1.10 PSoC™ 4 flash security programming
      • 5.2 AIROC™ Bluetooth® programming/debugging
        • 5.2.1 Program configuration
        • 5.2.2 Attach configurations
        • 5.2.3 Debug settings
      • 5.3 Mbed OS programming/debugging
        • 5.3.1 Launch configurations
        • 5.3.2 Change PyOCD message color
        • 5.3.3 Attach to running target (PyOCD)
    • 6 Mbed OS to ModusToolbox™ flow
      • 6.1 Install and configure Mbed CLI
        • 6.1.1 Install/update PyOCD
        • 6.1.2 Configure compilers
          • 6.1.2.1 GCC
          • 6.1.2.2 Other compilers
      • 6.2 Switch Kit to DAPLink mode
      • 6.3 Create application in Mbed CLI
      • 6.4 Compile application in Mbed CLI (optional)
      • 6.5 Export application from Mbed CLI
      • 6.6 Import Mbed OS application into Eclipse IDE
      • 6.7 Configure Eclipse IDE
        • 6.7.1 Define the workspace pyOCD path
        • 6.7.2 Verify properties settings
      • 6.8 Build, program, debug application
        • 6.8.1 Build
        • 6.8.2 Program
        • 6.8.3 Debug
      • 6.9 Using MiniProg4 in DAPLink mode
    • Revision history
• Eclipse IDE Survival Guide
  • Project Management
    • Parts of the code example’s readme file are hard to read in the IDE. How do I fix that?
    • How do I set up the IDE to use my preferred markdown editor?
    • How do I find the right Eclipse panel or option when I don’t know where anything is?
    • How do I rename an application?
    • How do I share a project?
    • What is a workspace?
    • How do I create a new/empty workspace?
    • How do I change workspaces?
    • What is a perspective and how does the IDE use them?
    • How can I change to a different perspective?
    • How can I make my own perspective?
    • How do I remove or delete a project from the project explorer?
    • What are workspace settings?
    • How do I share workspace settings across workspaces?
    • What is a working set and why would I want to use one?
    • How do I create a working set?
    • How do I set up dependencies between projects?
    • What does it mean to close a project, and how do I do it?
    • What is the difference between a local file and a linked file, and how do I tell which is which?
    • How do I link to files instead of duplicating files in each project that uses them?
    • How do I launch multiple instances of Eclipse on macOS?
    • Can I use an Eclipse IDE with a version control system?
  • Editor
    • How do I show line numbers?
    • How do I search across all files in a project or workspace?
    • How do I go from a file listed in the project explorer to the actual file in the file system?
    • I have multiple files of the same name open in the editor. How do I tell which project each one belongs to?
  • Build System
    • How do I build an application?
    • What does Build All build?
    • How do I add middleware or a library to a project?
    • How do I set up an application to run on a different kit?
    • What is the project’s makefile and what does it do?
    • Where do I find build settings?
    • What is a build configuration?
    • Where do I specify compiler symbols and defines?
    • How can I tell if a build was successful?
    • How do I terminate a build?
    • I have an error that a symbol (e.g. bool or uint32_t) could not be resolved. What’s going on and what do I do about it?
  • Program/Debug
    • What are run and debug configurations?
    • Where can I view the run and debug configurations?
    • My launch configurations disappeared, what do I do?
    • I copied my project, and now it has two sets of launch configurations. How do I fix that?
    • How do I start a debug session?
    • When I try to program or debug I get a connection error. What do I do?
    • How do I step through assembly code?
    • I like the Debug perspective better. How do I use it by default when I debug?
    • When debugging, how do I see variables, registers, and memory?
    • How do I see local variables?
    • How do I see global variables?
    • How do I see Peripheral registers?
    • How do I edit the values of the variables?
    • When I start a debug session, an editor window appears that tells me there is a break at an address with no debug information available. But the debug* session starts fine. What’s going on and what do I do about it?
    • When I terminate a debug session, the processor stops. How do I stop debugging but leave the processor running
    • How do I remove terminated debug sessions from the Debug view?
    • How do I start debugging without downloading the executable again?
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