munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded release 2.24840.1 Tue Apr 14 01:12:29 PM PDT 2026 (#1859)

Phil's RP2040 Microcontroller Embedded Profile Firmware Template

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Refined postbuild.sh to make search for implicit mount point much more robust.
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name = "munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded"
description = "Phil's RP2040 Microcontroller Embedded Profile Firmware"
version = "2.24820.1"
authors = ["Philip Munts"]
maintainers = ["Philip Munts <phil@munts.net>"]
maintainers-logins = ["pmunts"]
licenses = "BSD-1-Clause"
executables = ["munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded"]
[[depends-on]]
embedded_rp2040 = "^15"
rp2040_hal = "^2"
[configuration.values]
embedded_rp2040.Board = "generic_board"
embedded_rp2040.Max_CPUs = 2
rp2040_hal.Interrupts = "bb_runtimes"
rp2040_hal.Use_Startup = false
[[actions]]
type = "post-build"
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name = "munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded"
description = "Phil's RP2040 Microcontroller Embedded Profile Firmware Template"
version = "2.24840.1"
authors = ["Philip Munts"]
maintainers = ["Philip Munts <phil@munts.net>"]
maintainers-logins = ["pmunts"]
licenses = "BSD-1-Clause"
website = "https://github.com/pmunts/arm-mcu"
executables = ["munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded"]
long-description = """
# Introduction
This crate provides a comprehensive template for developing Ada firmware
for the [RP2040 ARM 32-bit
microcontroller](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/rp2040), using the
[GNAT Predefined Embedded
Runtime](https://docs.adacore.com/gnat_ugx-docs/html/gnat_ugx/gnat_ugx/gnat_runtimes.html#embedded-run-time)
implemented by the
[`embedded_rp2040`](https://alire.ada.dev/crates/embedded_rp2040.html)
and [`rp2040_hal`](https://alire.ada.dev/crates/rp2040_hal.html) crates
and their dependencies.
Ada firmware for a microcontroller is realized as a main program
procedure that is called by otherwise invisible runtime startup code,
exactly as C firmware is realized by a function `main()` that is called
by otherwise invisible runtime startup code.
# Post-Build Script
An Alire project directory created by
`alr get munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded` will include a post-build
script named `postbuild.sh`. This script will install the newly built
firmware to a mounted RP2040 ROM boot USB file system. The RP2040 ROM
boot code implements USB mass storage emulation, in a fashion first
popularized by the late and lamented [Mbed
OS](https://os.mbed.com/mbed-os). To flash RP2040 firmware, you just
assert `BOOTSEL` and `RESET` hardware signals to force the RP2040 into
ROM boot mode, mount the USB mass storage device (usually done
automatically by the development machine operating system), and then
copy a [UF2](https://github.com/microsoft/uf2) firmware image file it.
`postbuild.sh` uses the [`elf2uf2`](https://github.com/rej696/elf2uf2)
utility program to copy the firmware image to the RP2040.
You can explicitly specify the RP2040 mount point *aka* destination
directory with the `RP2040_DESTDIR` environment variable before running
`alr build`. Otherwise `postbuild.sh` will search for the RP2040 mount
point at expected locations for ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, and Microsoft
Windows.
If an RP2040 mount point cannot be found, `postbuild.sh` does nothing.
# Makefile
An Alire project directory created by
`alr get munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded` will include an optional but
useful GNU `Makefile` (also available at
<https://github.com/pmunts/alire-goodies>) containing the following
*goals* or *targets*:
- `build` -- Accomplished by the command `gmake build`. Runs `alr build`
to build the firmware image. Result (upon success) is a 32-bit ARM ELF
executable file in the `bin/` subdirectory.
- `clean` -- Accomplished by the command `gmake clean`. Removes all
generated working files. What is left will be suitable for checking
into a source control system.
- `distclean` -- Accomplished by the command `gmake distclean`. Removes
all generated working files *and* removes Alire's crate download and
build caches.
*Note: `make` is often a synonym (symbolic link, shell alias, etc.) for
`gmake` on Linux machines, meaning that `make build` behaves exactly the
same as `gmake build`.*
# Visual Studio Code
An Alire project directory created by
`alr get munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded` will include an optional but
useful `.vscode/tasks.json` (also available at
<https://github.com/pmunts/alire-goodies>) which provides some build
tasks for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com).
You can invoke a Visual Studio build task from the application menu
`Terminal => Run Task...` or `Terminal => Run Build Task...`
The most straightforward way to build *and* install RP2040 firmware from
within Visual Studio Code is to simply press **CONTROL + SHIFT + B**.
This key code invokes the default build task which executes the command
`make clean build` which executes the command `alr build` which executes
script `postbuild.sh`.
# Examples
## Command line
alr -n get munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded
alire-rename munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded_2.24820.1_45796fc8 myfirmware # optional
cd myfirmware
alr -n with munts_rp2040_lib_embedded # optional
alr build
## Visual Studio Code
alr -n get munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded
alire-rename munts_rp2040_firmware_embedded_2.24820.1_45796fc8 myfirmware # optional
cd myfirmware
alr -n with munts_rp2040_lib_embedded # optional
code .
*Note: The Alire project rename script `alire-rename` is available at
<https://github.com/pmunts/alire-goodies>.*
"""
[[depends-on]]
embedded_rp2040 = "^15"
rp2040_hal = "^2"
[configuration.values]
embedded_rp2040.Board = "generic_board"
embedded_rp2040.Max_CPUs = 2
rp2040_hal.Interrupts = "bb_runtimes"
rp2040_hal.Use_Startup = false
[[actions]]
type = "post-build"
command = ["sh", "-c", "./postbuild.sh"]
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