xWRL6432 MMWAVE-L-SDK  05.04.00.01
Download, Install and Setup SDK and Tools

Table of Contents

Note
The steps on this page need to be done once on a given host machine

Host PC Requirements

To build applications using this SDK, one needs below host PC machine

  • Windows PC
    • Windows 10 64bit
    • Minimum 4GB, >8GB RAM recommended
    • At least 10GB of hard disk space
  • Linux PC
    • Ubuntu 18.04 64bit or higher
    • Minimum 4GB, >8GB RAM recommended
    • At least 10GB of hard disk space

Download and Install the SDK

  • Download the SDK installer and install at below path on your PC
    • Windows, C:/ti
    • Linux, ${HOME}/ti
  • ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH} in this user guide refers to the path, including the sdk folder name, where the SDK is installed. Example, in windows, ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH} will refer to the path C:/ti/MMWAVE-L-SDK_{version}
  • You can also browse, download and install the SDK using TIREX as shown here, Using SDK with TI Resource Explorer.

Download and Install Additional SDK Tools

SysConfig

Attention
This SDK release requires SysConfig 1.17.0.
  • Usually, SysConfig is a part of the CCS Software package. If not installed, it can be downloaded from https://www.ti.com/tool/SYSCONFIG.
  • Download SysConfig 1.17.0 .
    • Install at below path,
      • Windows, C:/ti
      • Linux, ${HOME}/ti
  • The device files for xWRL6432 have been placed in the path ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}/tools/syscfg_deviceData.
  • xWRL6432 folder along with the devices.json file have to be copied into "\dist\deviceData" folder of SysConfig tool
  • Once Sysconfig and SDK is installed, you can build any example following the instructions as per Build a Hello World example

Discover SysConfig in CCS

Attention
Below Steps are required only when using CCS for building the examples
  • Open CCS and go to "Window -> Preferences"
  • In 'Preferences' window go to "Code Composer Studio -> Products"
  • Make sure SysConfig installation path is listed in "Product Discovery Path" list.
  • Select version 1.17.0 under SysConfig in "Discovered Products"
  • Click on 'Install'

TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain

Attention
TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain should already be part of CCS

If TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain is not yet installed,

Python

Attention
It is important to install Python 3.x. If you have Python 2.x installed, then additionally install Python 3.x and make sure the command python or python3 indeed points to Python 3.x
All commands mentioned below should be typed in cmd.exe command console in Windows and bash terminal in Linux.
  • Python scripts are used for below functionality in the SDK,
    • Flashing files to the flash on the EVM via UART.
    • Booting application on the EVM via UART
    • SYSFW boardcfg formatting and C header file generation for SYSFW
  • Flashing files is the most popular reason why you would need python, so its strongly recommended to install it.
  • In Windows,
    • Install python from, https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
    • Confirm python is installed by typing below in a command prompt, make sure you see 3.x as the version 
      C:\> python --version
Python 3.9.1
    • If above command fails, then add path to Python to your environment "Path" variable, by default python is installed at below path 
      C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39
    • To add a new path to your environment variables, goto "Windows Task Bar Search" and search for "environment variables for your account"
      Environment Variables For Your Account
    • Click on "Path" variables, click on "Edit", click on "New"
    • Add the path to the folder where python in installed.
    • It is strongly recommended to move the path "up" in your path list by clicking the "Move Up" button until the path is at the top of the list.
    • Click "OK" to save the settings
    • Close your Windows command prompt and reopen it and then check if python is visible by doing below 
      C:\> python --version
Python 3.9.1
    • Check if the python package manager "pip" is installed, by default pip should be installed along with python. 
      C:\> python -m pip --version
pip 21.0.1 from C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)
    • Install below additional packages via "pip" that are needed for the flashing tools. If you are behind a corporate firewall make sure to pass the server name and port for the proxy as shown below. If proxy is not needed keep --proxy= as blank. 
      C:\> python -m pip install pyserial xmodem tqdm --proxy={your proxy server weblink and port}
  • In Linux,
    • Do below in Linux bash shell to install python3 
      $ sudo apt install python3
    • Check the python version by doing below 
      $ python3 --version
    • Check if the python package manager "pip" is installed, by default pip should be installed along with python. 
      $ pip3 --version
    • Install below additional packages via "pip" that are needed for the flashing tools. If you are behind a corporate firewall make sure to pass the server name and port for the proxy as shown below. If proxy is not needed keep --proxy= as blank. 
      $ pip3 install pyserial xmodem tqdm --proxy={your proxy server weblink and port}

Mono Runtime

Attention
You MUST install mono runtime only if you're on Linux
  • Mono runtime is required in Linux for creating bootloader images for application binaries.
  • If you haven't installed mono, you are likely to run into this error while building: 
      /bin/sh: 1: mono: not found
  • Do below in Linux Ubuntu shell to install mono 
      $ sudo apt install mono-runtime

Code Composer Studio (CCS)

To download, install and setup CCS, follow instructions on this page, Download, Install and Setup CCS .

Download and Install Additional SDK Tools (Optional)

TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain

Attention
TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain should already be part of CCS

If TI CLANG Compiler Toolchain is not yet installed,