General Tools

These are documents for general tools used to create and update ModusToolbox™ applications.

• ModusToolbox™ Project Creator User Guide
  • 1. Overview
    • 1.1 Manifest files
    • 1.2 Created application(s)
  • 2. Launch the Project Creator
    • 2.1 From Eclipse IDE
    • 2.2 As a stand-alone GUI tool
    • 2.3 As a command-line tool
  • 3. GUI description
    • 3.1 Menus
    • 3.2 Choose BSP page
    • 3.3 Select application page
    • 3.4 Create an application
  • 4. CLI description
  • 5. Version changes
  • Revision history
• ModusToolbox™ Library Manager user guide
  • 1. Overview
    • 1.1 ModusToolbox™ 3.x vs. 2.x BSPs
    • 1.2 Specifying dependencies
      • 1.2.1 .mtb file
      • 1.2.2 Direct dependency
      • 1.2.3 Indirect dependency
      • 1.2.4 Shared
      • 1.2.5 Local
    • 1.3 Including libraries and dependencies
      • 1.3.1 Including libraries that are specified in a manifest
        • 1.3.1.1 Direct dependencies
        • 1.3.1.2 Indirect dependencies
      • 1.3.2 Including libraries are not specified in a manifest
        • 1.3.2.1 Manually adding a library
        • 1.3.2.2 Manually adding dependencies
      • 1.3.3 Specifying dependencies for custom BSPs
  • 2. Launch the Library Manager
    • 2.1 make command
    • 2.2 Eclipse IDE
    • 2.3 Stand-alone GUI mode
    • 2.4 Offline mode
    • 2.5 Non-GUI command line interface (CLI)
  • 3. Working with BSPs
    • 3.1 Select Active BSP
    • 3.2 Add/import BSPs
      • 3.2.1 Add BSP
      • 3.2.2 Import BSP
    • 3.3 Remove BSP
  • 4. Working with libraries
    • 4.1 Add library (single-core application)
    • 4.2 Add library (multi-core application)
    • 4.3 Update indirect dependency libraries
    • 4.4 Change library version
    • 4.5 Share/unshare libraries**
  • 5. GUI description
    • 5.1 Menus
    • 5.2 Application directory
    • 5.3 BSP/library controls
    • 5.4 Tabs
      • 5.4.1 Properties tab
        • 5.4.1.1 Version
        • 5.4.1.2 Type
        • 5.4.1.3 Location
        • 5.4.1.4 Source
        • 5.4.1.5 MTB file location
      • 5.4.2 README.md tab
      • 5.4.3 Description tab
    • 5.5 Buttons
    • 5.6 Message console
    • 5.7 Status indicator
  • 6. Tool change description
  • Revision history
• ModusToolbox™ BSP Assistant user guide
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Launch the BSP Assistant
    • 2.1 make command
    • 2.2 Eclipse IDE
    • 2.3 Stand-alone GUI
    • 2.4 CLI executable
  • 3. Quick start
    • 3.1 BSP Assistant use cases
    • 3.2 Basic workflow
    • 3.3 Opening existing BSP
    • 3.4 Creating new BSP
    • 3.5 Editing the BSP
      • 3.5.1 Devices
      • 3.5.2 Configurators
      • 3.5.3 Dependencies
      • 3.5.4 Capabilities
    • 3.6 Confirm Cancelling Edits
    • 3.7 Viewing changed files
    • 3.8 Show Diff
    • 3.9 Updating launch settings
  • 4. GUI Description
    • 4.1 Menus
      • 4.1.1 File
      • 4.1.2 View
      • 4.1.3 Help
    • 4.2 BSP location
    • 4.3 BSP Sections
      • 4.3.1 Devices
        • 4.3.1.1 MCU/SOC/SIP
        • 4.3.1.2 Connectivity module
        • 4.3.1.3 Connectivity device
        • 4.3.1.4 Other settings
      • 4.3.2 Configurators
      • 4.3.3 Dependencies
      • 4.3.4 Capabilities
    • 4.4 Messages
    • 4.5 Close and Revert buttons
  • 5. CLI Description
  • 6. Version changes
• ModusToolbox™ v2.x software Creating custom BSP
  • Abbreviations and definitions
  • 1 BSP contents
    • 1.1 Configuration files
    • 1.2 Startup and Linker scripts
    • 1.3 BSP makefile
    • 1.4 Dependencies
  • 2 Custom BSP process
    • 2.1 Create application
    • 2.2 Generate custom TARGET
  • 3 Customize created BSP
    • 3.1 Startup and Linker scripts
    • 3.2 Customizing device configuration
    • 3.3 Adding or removing dependencies
  • 4 Change connectivity device
    • 4.1 Modifying the CUSTOM_BSP_NAME.mk
    • 4.2 Modifying design.modus
  • 5 Remove connectivity device
    • 5.1 Modifying the CUSTOM_BSP_NAME.mk
    • 5.2 Modifying the design.modus
  • 6 Library compartmentalization
    • 6.1 Bluetooth® library
    • 6.2 Wi-Fi Host Driver
      • 6.2.1 firmware directory
      • 6.2.2 nvram directory
• Managing the Makefile for ModusToolbox™ software v2.x