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How I got cc-tool to compile on my macosx (10.12.6)
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Use CC-tool for CC253X on my mac

Links

  1. Flashing the firmware on the CC2531 USB stick | zigbee2mqtt.io
  2. dashesy/cc-tool: Mirror of cc-tool from SourceForge
  3. compiling - What is the correct syntax to add CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to "configure"? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
  4. Compiling Boost with GCC or Clang on macOS | Solarian Programmer

Compile cc-tool

Following 1 :

brew install autoconf automake libusb boost pkgconfig libtool ##install needed tools to compile the tool :-D
git clone https://github.com/dashesy/cc-tool.git
cd cc-tool\

Then, be sure to use clang++ instead g++ from macport or wathever you have in path. Include boost (c++) library from system (homebrew automagically symlink them under /opt/local/{bin,include}) like:

CC=/opt/local/bin/clang \
CXX=/opt/local/bin/clang++ \
LDFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
 ./bootstrap

CC=/opt/local/bin/clang \
CXX=/opt/local/bin/clang++ \
LDFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
 ./configure

make

## now test the executable
./cc-tool --help

Texas Instruments 8051-based System-On-Chip device programmer
 Version: 0.26

 Command line options:
  -h [ --help ]                  produce help message
  --log arg                      create log of all operations
  -d [ --device ] arg            set programmer deivce usb address 'bus:device'
  -f [ --fast ]                  set fast debug interface speed (by default:
                                 slow)
  -n [ --name ] arg              specify target name e.g. CC2530 etc.
  --allow-overlapping-records    allow overlapping records in hex files, the
                                 last one wins (by default: they are
                                 disallowed)
  -i [ --read-info-page ] arg    read info pages
  -a [ --read-mac-address ]      read mac address(es)
  -b [ --write-mac-address ] arg write (secondary) mac address
  -p [ --preserve-mac-address ]  preserve (secondary) mac address across
                                 writing
  -r [ --read ] arg              read flash memory
  -e [ --erase ]                 erase flash memory
  -w [ --write ] arg             write flash memory.
  -v [ --verify ] arg            verify flash after write, method '(r)ead' or
                                 '(c)cr' (used by default)
  --reset                        perform target reset
  -t [ --test ]                  search for programmer and target
  -l [ --lock ] arg              specify lock data in hex numbers or by string:
                                 debug[;pages:xx]
  -s [ --flash-size ] arg        specify target flash size in KB

 Supported targets:
   CC2530 CC2531 CC2533 CC2540 CC2541 CC2543 CC2544 CC2545 CC2510 CC2511 CC1111 CC1110 CC2430 CC2431

 Supported programmers:
  VID: 0x0451 PID: 0x16a2 Description: CC Debugger
  VID: 0x11a0 PID: 0xdb20 Description: SmartRF04 Evaluation Board
  VID: 0x11a0 PID: 0xeb20 Description: SmartRF04 Evaluation Board (Chinese)
  VID: 0x0451 PID: 0x16a0 Description: SmartRF05 Evaluation Board
@tuctboh
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tuctboh commented Oct 14, 2021

Thanks @antman2. That worked for me too!

@kidpixo
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kidpixo commented Oct 15, 2021

I switched to Linux 100% , so I cannot update this anymore.
I bet this will not work on Apple M1 silicon for now.

Good luck!

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macfr76 commented Nov 10, 2021

Hi guys, I try to build on an Intel MacBook air with Macport installed.

When using this tweak, I get one more error :
configure: error: in `/Users/gr/Documents/TexasInstrument/cc-tool':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

Any idea ?

@imakahn
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imakahn commented Nov 19, 2021 •
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@macfr76

For macports:

sudo port install boost +universal
sudo port install autoconf automake libusb pkgconfig libtool
sudo port install clang-13

CC=/opt/local/bin/clang-mp-13 \
CXX=/opt/local/bin/clang++-mp-13 \
LDFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include \
CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include \
./bootstrap

CC=/opt/local/bin/clang-mp-13 \
CXX=/opt/local/bin/clang++-mp-13 \
LDFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include \
CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include \
./configure

make

Result:

  CXX      src/main.o
  CXX      src/application/cc_flasher.o
  CXX      src/application/cc_base.o
  CXX      src/common/log.o
  CXX      src/common/common.o
  CXX      src/common/timer.o
  CXX      src/usb/usb_device.o
  CXX      src/data/binary_file.o
  CXX      src/data/data_section.o
  CXX      src/data/data_section_store.o
  CXX      src/data/file.o
  CXX      src/data/hex_file.o
  CXX      src/data/read_target.o
  CXX      src/data/progress_watcher.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_253x_254x.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_251x_111x.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_243x.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_programmer.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_unit_driver.o
  CXX      src/programmer/cc_unit_info.o
  CXXLD    cc-tool

./cc-tool --help
Texas Instruments 8051-based System-On-Chip device programmer
 Version: 0.26

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Jpsy commented Nov 20, 2021 •
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The solution of @antman2 worked for me on macOS Big Sur 11.6 with Homebrew.
Also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/69141888/430742

@macfr76
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macfr76 commented Nov 21, 2021

Thanks a lot @imakahn for the macport setup, it works perfectly !

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psychowood commented Dec 25, 2021 •
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Was anyone able to program with a usb-c only Mac? When I plug the CC debugger the led goes red, and as soon as I connect the CC2531 to the Mac the LED turns off.

EDIT: It looks like cable direction matters :) The downloader cable waas plugged reversed into the cc2531.

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kidpixo commented Dec 30, 2021

@psychowood not using mac anymore, but my biggest trouble was the GND.
It worked only using same ground for everything : debugger, 3v3/5v power , usb hub (=extra protection to avoid the magic smoke in my laptop).

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Thanks @antman2, your solution also worked on my M1 Mac with Big Sur, only needed to change CXXFLAGS env var to add arch:
CXXFLAGS="-std=c++0x -arch x86_64"

(boost installed via homebrew)

@saschaludwig
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Thanks @antman2 - your solution worked here on macOS Monterey 12.2.1 with i7 CPU

@poenneby
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poenneby commented Nov 6, 2022

Thanks for posting this, it gave me a great head start. On a Homebrew-only system running macOS Catalina 10.15.7 I needed to modify a few things, though:

  • clang and clang++ paths were different
  • pkg_config couldn't find libusb-1.0.0 so I had to add LIBUSB_CFLAGS and LIBUSB_LIBS variables
  • when linking Boost it was complaining Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64

Here is what worked for me...

CC=/usr/bin/clang \
CXX=/usr/bin/clang++ \
CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
LDFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
 ./bootstrap

CC=/usr/bin/clang \
CXX=/usr/bin/clang++ \
CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
CXXFLAGS="-std=c++0x" \
LDFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -lboost_system" \
LIBUSB_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0 \
LIBUSB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0" \
 ./configure

make clean ; make

Thanks @antman2, works on Intel Mac with Monterey 🙏

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heartinstaller commented Mar 12, 2023 •
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Thank you @eizemazal @kidpixo

why this doesn't work

cc-tool-master % which boost
boost not found
cc-tool-master % which cc-tool
cc-tool not found

@eizemazal
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eizemazal commented Mar 13, 2023 •
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why this doesn't work
cc-tool-master % which boost boost not found

because boost is a set of C++ libraries, there is no 'boost' binary in this package AFAIK. which is a tool to show path to binary that will be executed on given command, but there is no binary named boost

cc-tool-master % which cc-tool cc-tool not found

you have to put cc-tool in your path by adding directory with it to your PATH environment variable, or you can just create a symlink to it in a directory that is present in PATH:

sudo ln -s /path/to/your/cc-tool /usr/local/bin/cc-tool

@heartinstaller
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Thank you @eizemazal,
my CC2541 board is not getting recognized by ccdebugger(status led = RED) after i compiled using this following command and flashed(code was simple led blink). What do you think? i'm guessing i have accidentally erased the bootloader routine due to incorrect command. Please comment.
MacBook-Air Application code % sdcc -mmcs51 --code-loc 0x0000 --data-loc 0x0000 --iram-size 256 -I /usr/local/share/sdcc/include -I . -o ledblink.hex main.c

@eizemazal
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@gaurav3015 sorry I do not know. In fact I have no experience with CC2541 except for compiling tool for it, so you may better ask someone else about it)

@heartinstaller
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Thanks @eizemazal

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vkrzt commented Dec 28, 2023

Hi guys, trying now on Sonoma 14.0 and getting that error, any suggestions? Thanks

checking for the toolset name used by Boost for /usr/bin/clang++... xgcc42 -xgcc
checking for boost/program_options.hpp... yes
checking for the Boost program_options library... no
configure: error: cannot find the flags to link with Boost program_options

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mdczaplicki commented Jan 23, 2024 •
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I'm on Sonoma 14.3 and get this error:

error: cannot find Boost headers version >= 1.74.0

I have to run bootstrap & configure with sudo to get here.

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