Infineon's XMC Microcontroller Boards for Arduino

This repository integrates Infineon's XMC microcontrollers into the Arduino IDE and PlatformIO IDE.

Contents

• Infineon's XMC Microcontroller Boards for Arduino
  • Contents
  • Supported Microcontroller Boards
  • Additional Information
  • Installation Instructions
    • Prework for SEGGER J-Link
    • Using Arduino IDE
      • Separation of release packages from version 2.0.0 onwards
    • Known Issues
    • Using PlatformIO IDE
  • Contributing and Third Party Libraries
  • Additional Contributors

Supported Microcontroller Boards

• XMC1100 XMC 2Go
• XMC1100 Boot Kit
• XMC1300 Boot Kit
• XMC1400 Kit for Arduino
• XMC4200 Platform 2Go
• XMC4400 Platform 2Go
• XMC4700 Relax Kit

Additional Information

Please visit also the Wiki for additional information, e.g. datasheets, pin out diagrams, etc.:

XMC-for-Arduino Wiki

• Page for XMC1100 XMC 2Go
• Page for XMC1100 Boot Kit
• Page for XMC1300 Boot Kit
• Page for XMC1400 Kit for Arduino
• Page for XMC4200 Platform 2Go
• Page for XMC4400 Platform 2Go
• Page for XMC4700 Relax Kit

Additionally, please consult the releases for information about the changes and new versions.

Installation Instructions

Prework for SEGGER J-Link

In order to use and program the Infineon XMC microcontrollers in the Arduino IDE, SEGGER J-Link must be installed on your PC. Please follow this link to SEGGER J-Link and install the J-Link Software and Documentation Pack for your operating system. If you have already installed 'DAVE™ - Development Platform for XMC™ Microcontrollers', you can skip this step as the respective drivers/programs are already installed on your system.

Required tools

XMC-for-Arduino requires Python 3.x and pyserial. Make sure Python is installed in your machine and available in the system path. You can check if it was successfully installed by opening your command line or terminal and typing:

  python --version

With pip available, install the mentioned packages from a terminal:

  pip install pyserial

Using Arduino IDE

Paste the following URL into the 'Additional Boards Manager URLs' input field under File > Preferences to add Infineon's microcontroller boards to the Arduino IDE.

https://github.com/Infineon/XMC-for-Arduino/releases/latest/download/package_infineon_index.json

Easier to copy (no clickable link):

https://github.com/Infineon/XMC-for-Arduino/releases/latest/download/package_infineon_index.json

To install the boards, please navigate to Tools > Board > Boards Manager... and search for XMC. You will find options to install the board files for the microcontrollers. Click "Install" to add the boards to your Arduino IDE.

Note: For information on separation of release packages from version 2.0.0 onwards, see below.

In the boards list Tools > Board, the XMC microcontroller boards are added and can be used from now on.

Important Notes

• This integration will only work for Arduino IDE >=1.5
• The XMC1100 Boot Kit has limitations if compared to the official Arduino boards (consult the XMC-for-Arduino Wiki for more information)
• Refer also to the LICENSE.md/txt file for further information
• Arduino 1.8.0 IDE might have problems with the XMC-for-Arduino releases
• XMC-for-Arduino support for 'arm-linux-gnueabihf' only until version 1.1.

Separation of release packages from version 2.0.0 onwards

Certain obsolete boards (see wiki) and non-functional libraries were removed from the board support package for the release version 2.0.0, alongwith some other major changes (see release notes). However, in order to support legacy code, these removed boards/libraries are still available as a part of release version 1.7.0. Hence, the release packages have been split as shown in the pictures below.

The boards until version 1.7.0 have been clubbed under XMC Family V1.x.

Any new board or feature integration will only be done in the XMC Family V2.x

Known Issues

• :warning: While using the pins connected to the LEDs configured as INPUT, there might be some abberation in behavior due to the presence of the series resistor of the LED, as it causes a voltage drop on the pin. In case of such an occurance, it is advised to desolder the series resistor and the LED and thereby using the pin as INPUT.

Using PlatformIO IDE

• What is PlatformIO?
• PlatformIO IDE
• PlatformIO Core (CLI) (command line tool)
• Integration with Cloud and Desktop IDEs - Cloud9, Codeanywhere, Eclipse Che (Codenvy), Atom, CLion, Eclipse, Emacs, NetBeans, Qt Creator, Sublime Text, VIM, Visual Studio, and VSCode
• Project Examples

Contributing and Third Party Libraries

To contribute enhancements, fixes and the like see Contributors.md. in root folder

Third Party or external library maintainers see Libraries.md. in root folder

Also see Wiki for any additional information

Additional Contributors

• Paul Carpenter