Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit Board Support Package

Warning: This is a legacy package, it has been provided to keep existing projects working and is not recommended for new projects. This package has been replaced by Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit Board Support Package.

This package contains project templates, system files and example programs for the Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit.

CrossWorks Version 2 Installation Instructions

To install this support package

1. Click the Tools > Package Manager menu option to open the package manager window.
2. Right click on the Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit Board Support Package entry and select Install Selected Packages.
3. Click Next to take you to the summary page.
4. Click Next to install the package.
5. Click Finish to close the package manager window.
6. Click the Tools > Show Installed Packages.
7. Click on the Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit Board Support Package link to view the package and its contents.

To manually install this support package

1. If you have not done so already, follow the CMSIS 3 Support Package and Silicon Labs EFM32 CPU Support Package installation instructions.
2. Download the file EnergyMicro_EFM32_Gecko_Starter_Kit.hzq using your web browser.
3. Click the Tools > Manually Install Packages menu option.
4. Select the file you have just downloaded to install the package.
5. Click the Tools > Show Installed Packages.
6. Click on the Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit Board Support Package link to view the package and its contents.

To install this support package using other versions

• CrossWorks Version 3 Installation Instructions
• CrossWorks Version 4 Installation Instructions

Release Notes

1.4

• Updated EFM32 CMSIS files to version 3.20.5.
• Added test10.c to ctl tests. This file is supplied with CTL V3.

1.3

• Changed Energy Micro branding to Silicon Labs.

1.2

• CTL projects now default to a process stack size of 256 bytes. Please note that existing CTL projects will need to specify a process stack size using the Runtime Memory Area Options > Process Stack Size project property in order to work with CrossWorks for ARM version 2.3.1 onwards.
• Increased default main stack size to 256 bytes.

1.1

• Project templates now default to using EABI compiler.
• Added CMSIS DSP library example projects.
• Now uses the CMSIS 3 core support package. Existing projects will need to make the following changes in order for the project to build:
  • Add $(TargetsDir)/EFM32/include/CMSIS and $(TargetsDir)/CMSIS_3/CMSIS/Include to the Preprocessor Options > User Include Directories project property.
  • Remove references to $(TargetsDir)/EFM32/lib/cmsis$(LibExt)$(LIB) from the Linker Options > Additional Input Files project property as the library is no longer required.
  • Remove the file core_cm3.c from the project as it no longer exists or is required.

1.0

• Initial Release.