We recommend using the Msys2 environment to install most of the required tools. We support Windows 7 and up. Once Msys2 has been installed, launch the Msys2 terminal application, and enter the following commands
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb make mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 mingw-w64-x86_64-libjpeg-turbo mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng mingw-w64-x86_64-imagemagick mingw-w64-x86_64-librsvg mingw-w64-x86_64-inkscape mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pip
echo "export PATH=/mingw64/bin:$PATH" >> .bashrc
pip3 install lz4 pypng stringcase
Last but not least, download and install the latest GCC toolchain from ARM. When prompted for an install location, choose C:\msys64\home\User\gcc-arm\. You’ll then need to add this folder to your $PATH in Msys2 by running this command: echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/gcc-arm/bin" >> .bashrc and restarting Msys2.
We recommend using Homebrew to install all dependencies. Once you have installed Homebrew, install all the dependencies with the following command:
brew install numworks/tap/epsilon-sdk
Most of the required tools are available as apt packages:
apt-get install build-essential git imagemagick libx11-dev libxext-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev pkg-config python3 python3-pip
pip3 install lz4 pypng stringcase
You’ll also need to install the latest version of GCC and make it available in your $PATH:
gcc-arm-none-eabi-x-linux.tar.bz2 file.tar xvfj gcc-arm-none-eabi-*-linux.tar.bz2echo "export PATH=\$PATH:`find $(pwd)/gcc-arm-none-eabi-*-update/bin -type d`" >> ~/.bashrc should do what you need (you’ll need to restart your terminal afterwards).Alternatively, on Debian 10 and later you can directly install a sufficiently modern cross-toolchain:
apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi binutils-arm-none-eabi
The code is hosted on GitHub. You can retrieve it using the following command in your terminal (Msys2, Terminal.app, xterm…).
git clone https://github.com/numworks/epsilon.git
Once the SDK has been installed, just open your terminal, navigate to the epsilon folder and type the following commands:
make PLATFORM=simulator clean
make PLATFORM=simulator epsilon_run
You can also update your NumWorks calculator easily. Please note that after a reset, your calculator will exclusively run an offical NumWorks software.
You’ll first need to plug your calculator to the computer via USB, and check that there is a message “The calculator is connected” displayed on the calculator screen.
Then open your terminal, navigate to the epsilon folder and type the following commands:
make clean
if [ "$(python3 build/device/dfu.py -l | grep '0x90000000')" ]; then make userland.A.dfu; python3 build/device/dfu.py -s 0x90010000:leave -D output/release/device/n0110/userland/userland.A.dfu; else make userland.B.dfu; python3 build/device/dfu.py -s 0x90410000:leave -D output/release/device/n0110/userland/userland.B.dfu; fi;
Congratulations, you’re running your very own version of Epsilon!
If you encounter an error when flashing the device (python3 build/device/dfu.py -s 0x90010000:leave -D ...), make sure you’ve closed all web pages that could interact with the calculator (such as https://my.numworks.com/).
If your device is not detected (python3 build/device/dfu.py -l failing), try with another cable and another port of your computer.