Happy Holidays Everyone!
We have gotten reports that Maple’s are being delivered and several users have successfully gotten Blinky style programs running from the IDE. This is great news! Here is a short update.
We are currently working on a getting started guide, detailing how to build/install the IDE and use it to program Maple. This being the Holiday weekend, the timing could have been better, but we hope to have this tutorial up late Tuesday evening. After a bit of turbulence with a broken repository, we have migrated the latest changes to the library into the IDE and it builds successfully on linux and windows. Unfortunately, there remains an issue on mac OSX involving dfu-util, the program used to load new firmware onto the STM32.
Support for using Serial.print() to write to the UART ports is complete, however this function does not mirror the data to the USB port (which acts as a virtual serial port on the host machine). This functionality exists, but hasn’t been integrated into the library yet.
We are working to integrate the various dependencies of the IDE into simple installers on windows and linux, hopefully this will be completed in the next few days. For now, however, the IDE can be built manually from the repository at leaflabs.googlecode.com, following the standard instructions on arduino.cc (for building the IDE). In addition, the IDE depends on dfu-util, which can be obtained through most package repositories for linux or from openmoko.org.
Thank you for your patience and support, we hope you enjoy getting started with your new Maple. Please do check on the website later this week for further updates about installers and the getting started guide. We look forward to your feedback!
on December 29, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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I wrote up a rough how-to doc, for LINUX users. Originally posted in the troubleshooting forum:
http://leaflabs.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=19&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&forumId=3
The leafLab crew has also Wiki-fied it and put it up at:
http://leaflabs.com/blinky
I encourage anybody who’s gotten a Maple working on Windows box or a Mac to contribute similarly.
HTH,
Larry
on December 31, 2009 at 2:14 am
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Looking forward to any progress on the IDE for OS X – my Maple wants to blink! (and synthesize audio)
on January 5, 2010 at 2:46 am
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Any non-US residents receive their maple yet ? Still waitin for mine to come in (Canada).
on January 6, 2010 at 9:53 am
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That’s very odd…After our issues with customs, my first thought is it could be caught up there. A very decent amount of our boards were shipped overseas so, again, have any of you foreigners received yours yet?
Please keep us updated, Anonymous; if this drags on terribly long we may just send you another board.
on January 6, 2010 at 9:46 pm
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Mine got here (Melbourne, Australia) on the 5th. Customs didn’t seem to touch it – nobody rang to ask me to pay tax to release it. It’s still a paperweight, though, as the Mac software doesn’t work.
on January 7, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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Yes, I have heard from several international customers!
on January 8, 2010 at 11:47 pm
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Well I sent Hadley an email, so at least he/she knows my email address and the issue. I’ll keep you guys posted, but as of today, still nothing
Has the native maple gui been released yet or is it still the arduino port ? I guess my maple wants everything to be perfect for when/if it comes.
on January 12, 2010 at 5:40 pm
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Were still using the arduino port, and working hard to get it stable. If youre running linux, youre golden. Windows – the virtual com port is still not working. Mac -dfu-util still not working properly. We wont be starting on any in house editor until the arduino editor is working properly on all fronts and people have a nice environment to play with Maple.
Also, the new editor project is mostly a part of Oak, which will require a means of programming the FPGA as well as the stm32. The Maple editor should stand alone.
on January 13, 2010 at 7:36 pm
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hey that sounds great…
ya i run linux on one machine, i guess i can use that for programming. A windows one would be nice, but its only because where i normally work, runs windows.
*side question* Anyone know if dual head (dual monitors) works well with ubuntu 9.10 runnig either the open source ati drivers or native drivers ? Thats really the main thing stopping me from going full linux on all machines, plus some key software..but dual head is key !
Hopefully when I get the board i can try the linux arduino port…hopefully soon tho..its been close to a month
on March 30, 2010 at 10:58 pm
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Did you try compiling the IDE? You might want to try our pre-release binaries which are now available on github: http://github.com/leaflabs/maple-ide
FWIW I have no troubles with plugging/unplugging an external monitor on my laptop (using both screens at once) with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)