README for the Expressif ESP32 Core board (V2)
==============================================
The ESP32 is a dual-core system from Expressif with two Harvard
architecture Xtensa LX6 CPUs. All embedded memory, external memory and
peripherals are located on the data bus and/or the instruction bus of
these CPUs. With some minor exceptions, the address mapping of two CPUs
is symmetric, meaning they use the same addresses to access the same
memory. Multiple peripherals in the system can access embedded memory via
DMA.
The two CPUs are named "PRO_CPU" and "APP_CPU" (for "protocol" and
"application"), however for most purposes the two CPUs are
interchangeable.
Contents
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o STATUS
o ESP32 Features
o ESP32 Toolchain
o Serial Console
o Buttons and LEDs
o Configurations
STATUS
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The basic port is underway. No testing has yet been performed.
ESP32 Features
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* Address Space
- Symmetric address mapping
- 4 GB (32-bit) address space for both data bus and instruction bus
- 1296 KB embedded memory address space
- 19704 KB external memory address space
- 512 KB peripheral address space
- Some embedded and external memory regions can be accessed by either
data bus or instruction bus
- 328 KB DMA address space
* Embedded Memory
- 448 KB Internal ROM
- 520 KB Internal SRAM
- 8 KB RTC FAST Memory
- 8 KB RTC SLOW Memory
* External Memory
Off-chip SPI memory can be mapped into the available address space as
external memory. Parts of the embedded memory can be used as transparent
cache for this external memory.
- Supports up to 16 MB off-Chip SPI Flash.
- Supports up to 8 MB off-Chip SPI SRAM.
* Peripherals
- 41 peripherals
* DMA
- 13 modules are capable of DMA operation
ESP32 Toolchain
===============
You must use the custom Xtensa toolchain in order to build the ESP32 Core
BSP. The steps to build toolchain with crosstool-NG on Linux are as
follows:
git clone -b xtensa-1.22.x https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG.git
cd crosstool-NG
./bootstrap && ./configure --prefix=$PWD && make install
./ct-ng xtensa-esp32-elf
./ct-ng build
chmod -R u+w builds/xtensa-esp32-elf
These steps are given in setup guide in ESP-IDF repository:
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/docs/linux-setup.rst#alternative-step-1-compile-the-toolchain-from-source-using-crosstool-ng
NOTE: The xtensa-esp32-elf configuration is only available in the
xtensa-1.22.x branch.
Serial Console
==============
To be provided
Buttons and LEDs
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NOTE: As of this writing, I have no schematic for the ESP32 Core board.
The following information derives only from examining the parts visible
on the board.
Buttons
-------
I see two buttons labelled Boot and EN. I suspect that neither is
available to software.
LEDs
A single LED labelled D1 is available.
When CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS is defined in the NuttX configuration, NuttX will
control the LED as follows:
SYMBOL Meaning LED
------------------- ----------------------- ------
LED_STARTED NuttX has been started OFF
LED_HEAPALLOCATE Heap has been allocated OFF
LED_IRQSENABLED Interrupts enabled OFF
LED_STACKCREATED Idle stack created ON
LED_INIRQ In an interrupt N/C
LED_SIGNAL In a signal handler N/C
LED_ASSERTION An assertion failed N/C
LED_PANIC The system has crashed FLASH
Thus is LED is statically on, NuttX has successfully booted and is,
apparently, running normally. If LED is flashing at approximately
2Hz, then a fatal error has been detected and the system has halted.
Configurations
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Common Configuration Information
--------------------------------
Each ESP32 core configuration is maintained in sub-directories and
can be selected as follow:
cd tools
./configure.sh esp32-core/<subdir>
cd -
make oldconfig
. ./setenv.sh
Before sourcing the setenv.sh file above, you should examine it and
perform edits as necessary so that TOOLCHAIN_BIN is the correct path to
the directory than holds your toolchain binaries.
If this is a Windows native build, then configure.bat should be used
instead of configure.sh:
configure.bat esp32-core\<subdir>
And then build NuttX by simply typing the following. At the conclusion of
the make, the nuttx binary will reside in an ELF file called, simply,
nuttx.
make oldconfig
make
The <subdir> that is provided above as an argument to the
tools/configure.sh must be is one of the directories listed below.
NOTES:
1. These configurations use the mconf-based configuration tool. To
change any of these configurations using that tool, you should:
a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
reconfiguration process.
2. Unless stated otherwise, all configurations generate console
output on [To be provided].
Configuration sub-directories
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nsh:
Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at apps/examples/nsh.
NOTES:
