EFM32GG devkit in a docker container

A container containing all the tools you need for developing on an EFM32GG.

Installation

There are a couple different versions of the container. Mainly, there is one with JLink, the codesourcery toolchain and gcc 10 for simple embedded programming. In addition, there is a container with ptxdist and the OSELAS.Toolchain() for embedded linux programming. See instructions for each of the containers below.

Gcc/codesourcery toolchain

# For a version using the codesourcery toolchain (recommended)
docker pull ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit:codesourcery

# For a version using the latest gcc arm toolchain
docker pull ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit

Usage

You can use the container just by entering the container and running commands. ex.

Assuming you are running the command from the project folder.

Linux

docker run -it --privileged -v $(pwd):/work -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit

MacOS

docker run -it --privileged -v $(pwd):/work -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit

Now you can use gdb, compile your code, or flash your board.

Running GUI applications (Linux only)

The container contains the eAprofiler to profile the board. In order to run it, the container will need access to the host machine X server.

You can also run eAcommander in GUI mode wit this method

Give docker access to your x server

xhost +local:docker

Run the container with access to your X11 socket and $DISPLAY

docker run -it --privileged -v $(pwd):/work -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v /tmp/.X11-unix/:/tmp/.X11-unix -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit

You can now run GUI applications

eAprofiler # Will open eAprofiler in a window on your machine

Embedded linux with ptxdist and OSELAS.Toolchain()

There is also a container with the tools to compile and build uClinux for usage on the EFM32GG. This contains ptxdist and the OSELAS.Toolchain() project.

The version is quite old. This container contains OSELAS.Toolchain-2012.12.0 and ptxdist-2013.07.1

docker pull ludvighz/efm32gg-devkit:ptxdist

Usage

This container can be used just like the other ones. Note however that ptxdist might behave differently based on where you mount your project. I have personally had best success with mounting my project at /work.