Python is a popular programming language. Because it is interpreted, you need to install Python on your computer to run Python programs.
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If you already have Python 2.7.x installed, skip to the next step: Required Hardware. To check if you have Python installed and in the right place, open a command prompt (DOS window) and type:
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C:\Python27\python.exe --version |
It should print out something like:
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Python 2.7.8 |
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| If you installed Python using Anaconda, Python will be in a different location. See the note below. |
The IAR toolchain generates a file compliant with the "Executable and Linkable Format" (ELF). An additional step is to convert this ELF file to a binary file you can load into your device. Part of that conversion involves calculating a signature and writing that at the beginning of the binary file. This operation is done by the dustElfToBin.py Python utility, present in the
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For this step to run, the Python executable needs to be present at C:\Python27\python.exe. If you are using Anaconda, python is in a different location and you will need to create a C: |
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\Python27\ folder and create a symlink to the location of the python executable using the mklink DOS command. |
Installation Instructions
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