ProSoft Technology MVI69E-LDM - Manual (Page 34)

Contents MVI69E-LDM ♦ "C" Programmable
Developer's Manual Linux Application Development Module
Page 34 of 130 ProSoft Technology, Inc.
August 21, 2014
2.2 Starting Eclipse
Eclipse is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used in the Linux environment
primarily to edit source code. Full documentation and downloads are available at:
www.eclipse.org
To start Eclipse:
1 Double-click the Eclipse icon on our Windows desktop.
2 When the Workspace Launcher appears, choose the default workspace
(/home/user/workspace).
3 Click OK.
The default workspace is pre-populated with sample programs, makefiles, and scripts.
Building one of the sample projects is the recommended way to become familiar with the
environment and the build process.
2.2.1 Building a Project
Building and using a sample application consists of the following steps:
1 Compiling and linking your application.
2 Downloading the application. There are two ways you can do this:
o Use FTP transfer to download the application.
o Create a downloadable image, and then download the image to the target device
(module).