reflex-generator

Library to automatically generate firmware, interface and documentation for harp devices

Pre-requisites

1. Install Visual Studio Code
2. Install YAML extension
3. Install Git

Getting started

Using a local schema

1. Clone this repository
2. In VSCode, open the repository as your project (e.g. Open Folder...)
3. Target this repository as the schema source (./device.json) by adding the following line to the top of the file:

# yaml-language-server: $schema=./device.json

4. Follow step 4 of the Using a remote schema section

Using a remote schema

1. In VSCode, open the repository as your project (e.g. Open Folder...)
2. Create a new .yml file (e.g. device.yml).
3. Target this repository as the schema source (for now you can use https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harp-tech/reflex-generator/main/schema/device.json) by adding the following line to the top of the file:

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harp-tech/reflex-generator/main/schema/device.json

You should now be able to access the fields of the schema by pressing Ctrl+Space in the file.

4. Start adding the fields of the schema to your file.
   1. Add device and fill in the respective fields;
   2. Add registers, and start adding all the registers you need by filling in, at least, the obligatory fields.

Installing the Harp Viewer Extension in VSCode

1. Download the Harp Viewer Extension VSIX file
2. Open VSCode
3. Click F1 and search for Extensions: Install from VSIX...
4. Once installed, you can run the extension by opening a valid .yml device file, and clicking Device Preview at the top right corner of the VSCode window.

How to install the firmware and interface generator

1. Install Bonsai in your system. You can find the instructions here.
2. install DotNet >6 in your system. You can find the instructions here.
3. Open a command-line and run dotnet new --install Harp.Templates to install Harp.Templates package that contains the template. (Or install it from a local package: dotnet new --install ./local/path/to/Harp.Templates.nupkg).
4. Confirm the package has been installed by running dotnet new --list.
5. To create a new project, run dotnet new harpdevice -n <project-name>. We strongly advise you to follow the convention Harp.Device for <project-name>.
6. Open the project folder in VSCode. (cd project-name & code .).
7. The project template should create a file with instructions (README.md) to generate the Bonsai interface and Device firmware.
8. Install the code generator: dotnet tool install -g dotnet-t4
9. Go into the folder Generators and run dotnet build.
10. Confirm that a solution has been created inside Firmware and Interface folders. Importantly, each time you run build, it will override any automatically generated code currently present in the folders.
11. Simply replace the relevant .yml files necessary to generate the firmware and try to build the solution.