Quick Start Guide

MK8000 EVB Quick Start Guide
Mauna Kea Semiconductor Confidential
Rev 0.3
October 14, 2022
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4. Software setup
This chapter provides an overview of software setup of MK8000 EVB. Software setup is needed when
MKTool mode is used in the testing and evaluation. There is no need to program the MK8000 EVB if
Standalone mode is used in the test and evaluation.
4.1 MK8000 Device Description File Installation
MK8000 SDK supports Keil, IAR and GCC IDE platforms for code development and debugging.
MK8000 software package includes device description files for all three platforms. For Keil and IAR
platforms, device description files need to be installed before using the MK8000 EVB.
4.1.1 Keil Platform
The MK8000 software package includes a self-extract file “MKSEMI.MK800X_DFP.1.0.1.pack” for DFP
file installation in Keil environment. By double click the file, the DFP file will be installed automatically.
4.1.2 IAR Platform
The installation of device description file for IAR system is different from that of Keil platform. First, the
user needs to unpack the zip file into a temporary folder, then, copy the file in the “config” folder of the
temporary folder into the installation directory of IAR, as shown in Figure 5. The device description file
for IAR system is then installed.
Figure 5 Installation of device description file for IAR System
4.1.3 GCC Platform
There is no need to install configuration or description file in GCC platform.
4.2 MK8000 Software Development Kit
MK8000 SDK package includes RTOS, device drivers, peripheral support as well as example codes.
Figure 6 shows the SDK directory structure. Users can compile the codes in the example projects and
load into the EVB to perform the testing and evaluation. MKSEMI ISPTool software is needed to
download the firmware into the EVB. For detail, please refer to ISPTool User Guide [3].