LED Cube/Building From Source
Getting the Sources
git clone http://www.0x53a.de/git/cube-3
Building the Bootloader
(Notice: You do not need this step if you have a preflashed cube, only if you want to modify the bootloader.)
Requirements
You will need
- gmake
- avr-libc, avr-binutils, avr-gcc (see also AVR_Toolchain)
- avrdude
- an ISP- or JTAG-Programmer like AVR ISP mkII, usbasp, or any (avrdude-compatible, if you want to use the Makefile) other.
Building
The bootloader is in the directory bootloader/firmware/. It can be built with
cd cube-3/bootloader/firmware/ make
Flashing
To flash it, modify the bootloader/firmware/Makefile:
AVRDUDE = avrdude -P usb -c avrispmkii -p m8 -p $(DEVICE)
to match your programmer. This is the line for AVR ISP mkII. If you have a programmer, you probably know how to do this, so I won't get into it.
Then apply fuse settings and flash:
make fuse make flash
Building the Bootloader Application
The Windows app is already prebuilt in the git repository. The bootloader is bootloadHID, so please inform yourself about how to do this for Windows.
For Linux, the command line application is included in bootloader/commandline/
Requirements
You will need libusb with headers.
Building
cd cube-3/bootloader/commandline make
Building the Standalone Firmware
The standalone firmware simply takes a sprite file and plays it repeatedly. It is included in src-standalone. The requirements are the same as for the Bootloader firmware.
Building
cd cube-3/src-standalone make
Flashing
There are now several ways fo flash this device. Two are:
Flashing via ISP
First is using an ISP programmer. In this case you have to adapt the file src-standalone/programmer.mk:
PROGRAMMER = -c avrispmkII -P usb
These are the avrdude parameters you have to adapt to your ISP programmer.