Compile your code

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There are many ways to compile code for kilobots. This guide presents two of them.

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Compiling your code - the easy way

The kilobotics website provides a simple online editor to write code for kilobots.

Once logged in with your Dropbox account, you can access the editor, create new programs and save them.

To compile your program, just click the green compile button. A .hex file with the same name as your .c file should appear in the KiloEdit directory of your dropbox.

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Compiling your code - the less-easy way

If the kilobotics' online editor doesn't work or doesn't suit your needs, you can still go for the tough method : compiling the code manually. The goal of this tutorial is to get you a simple command-line utility to easily compile your different programs.

Step 1 : install AVR compilator

For Linux using apt

Run the following command in the terminal :

sudo apt-get install avr-libc gcc-avr avrdude

For MacOS using homebrew

Run the following command in the terminal :

brew tap osx-cross/avr
brew install avr-gcc

Step 2 : download the template code

To get the task simpler, download this file.

It contains a shell script that will take care of library dependencies and allow us to compile code with just one command.

Step 3 : place your files inside the template directory

Place your files inside the 'TemplateForCompiling' directory. They should now be in the same directory as compileCode.sh.

Step 4 : compile with one command

Open a terminal window and navigate inside the 'TemplateForCompiling' directory with the cd command.

Type the following command :

./compileCode.sh your-file

We are done !

The .hex file corresponding to your program should now appear inside the 'TemplateForCompiling/build/' directory.

If anything went wrong, refer to the error message returned by the compileCode.sh script. If your code contains syntaxical errors, they will be listed there.

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