Jay Lash

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9 years, 5 months ago.

Library distribution without source

Hello all, Im new to the mbed and am looking for some information library distribution.

I need to provide a library to my clients without providing the source or the ability to edit the library. It looks like this is not possible with the online compiler and must be done using GCC - is that accurate?

Thanks Jay

A follow up for anyone who may find this in the future...

  • Install the gcc-arm-none-eabi toolchain from here: https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded. We used the gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_9-2015q2-20150609-linux.tar.bz2 and installed to a Ubuntu 10 virtual machine. No particular configuration was needed after the install.
  • The makefile that is exported provides a good starting point.
  • Our C/CPP compile rules are the same as the ones from the export.
  • Our link rules are simplified to 

  target: $(OBJECTS)  
      $(LD) $(LD_FLAGS) -cr <library name> $^

I hope this helps someone at some point Jay

posted by Jay Lash 24 Aug 2015

1 Answer

Erik -
9 years, 5 months ago.

The online compiler is indeed not intended for that. You can using an offline compiler compile a library and import it in the online compiler again, where you can publish it for distribution. Don't ask me how it is done exactly, but here is an example: https://developer.mbed.org/components/Tilt-Compensated-eCompass-FPU-Optimized/

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