FSP Board pack installation on Renesas e² studio

Renesas e2 studio installer

• Download the e2 studio Linux AppImage from the Renesas Github repository. For example, e2 studio installer for FSP version 5.6.0 can be downloaded here: setup_fsp_v5_6_0_e2s_v2024-10.xz.run
• Perform a Quick Install, this will automatically include the latest FSP and GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain versions.

Manual FSP Update

• Download the latest FSP packs as zip file from the Renesas Github repository. For example, version 4.4.0 can be downloaded here: FSP_Packs_v4.4.0.zip

Install Renesas FSP packs

1. Open Renesas e² studio and go to Help -> CMSIS Packs Management -> Renesas RA.
2. Here you will see the internal packs folder.

1. Extract the downloaded packs on the FSP folder path: unzip FSP_Packs_v4.4.0.zip -d /home/username/.eclipse/com.renesas.platform_1177272026/.

2. Now check on e² studio that the packs were detected and installed successfully:

Note: Check the permissions on this folder, Renesas e² studio will need to write on this directory.

Install GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

1. Download and extract the latest version from ARM Developer site. micro-ROS demos are tested with this version: gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2 .

2. Open e² studio and go to Help -> Add Renesas Toolchains -> Add....

3. Click on Browse and select the compiler extracted folder, the compiler should be detected automatically: