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Need help porting PX4-Autopilot to custom STM32H743VIT6 hardware (PX4 FMU-V6C clone)

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    I’m working on a project to adapt the PX4-Autopilot firmware to my custom flight controller hardware, which uses the STM32H743VIT6 chip. I chose the existing PX4 FMU-V6C board as my base and cloned its configuration for my port.

    However, after adding my customized files to the repository (https://github.com/mkeyno/pixeagle), the new hardware target is failing to compile.

    I am getting the following error when attempting to build,
    Has anyone successfully ported PX4 to this specific microcontroller or encountered a similar compilation issue when cloning a board configuration? I would be grateful for any advice!

    ~/PX4/PX4-Autopilot$ make px4_pixeagle_default menuconfig
    [0/1] Re-running CMake…
    – PX4_GIT_TAG: v1.16.0-rc1-783-g0c8f5ebc32
    – PX4 config file: /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/default.px4board
    – PLATFORM nuttx
    – TOOLCHAIN arm-none-eabi
    – ARCHITECTURE cortex-m7
    – ROMFSROOT px4fmu_common
    – CONSTRAINED_FLASH y
    – SERIAL_GPS1 /dev/ttyS2
    – SERIAL_TEL1 /dev/ttyS0
    – SERIAL_TEL2 /dev/ttyS3
    – SERIAL_TEL3 /dev/ttyS1
    – SERIAL_TEL4 /dev/ttyS4
    – ROOT_PATH /fs/microsd
    – PARAM_FILE /fs/mtd_params
    – PWM_FREQ 400
    – PX4 config: px4_pixeagle_default
    – PX4 platform: nuttx
    make[2]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:267: include/arch/board] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:606: olddefconfig] Error 2
    – cmake build type: MinSizeRel
    – ccache enabled (export CCACHE_DISABLE=1 to disable)
    – NuttX Stack Checking (CONFIG_ARMV7M_STACKCHECK) enabled
    – ROMFS: ROMFS/px4fmu_common
    – ROMFS: Adding boards/px4/pixeagle/init/rc.board_defaults → /etc/init.d/rc.board_defaults
    – ROMFS: Adding boards/px4/pixeagle/init/rc.board_sensors → /etc/init.d/rc.board_sensors
    – Configuring done
    – Generating done
    – Build files have been written to: /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default
    [1/3] Generating ../../../platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config
    FAILED: ../../platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config
    cd /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx/Make.defs /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/Make.defs && cat /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/extra_config_options > /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/defconfig && /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/tools/px4_nuttx_make_olddefconfig.sh > /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx_olddefconfig.log && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx/.config
    make[2]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:267: include/arch/board] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:606: olddefconfig] Error 2
    ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
    make: *** [Makefile:222: px4_pixeagle_default] Error 1

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    • M mkeyno

      I’m working on a project to adapt the PX4-Autopilot firmware to my custom flight controller hardware, which uses the STM32H743VIT6 chip. I chose the existing PX4 FMU-V6C board as my base and cloned its configuration for my port.

      However, after adding my customized files to the repository (https://github.com/mkeyno/pixeagle), the new hardware target is failing to compile.

      I am getting the following error when attempting to build,
      Has anyone successfully ported PX4 to this specific microcontroller or encountered a similar compilation issue when cloning a board configuration? I would be grateful for any advice!

      ~/PX4/PX4-Autopilot$ make px4_pixeagle_default menuconfig
      [0/1] Re-running CMake…
      – PX4_GIT_TAG: v1.16.0-rc1-783-g0c8f5ebc32
      – PX4 config file: /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/default.px4board
      – PLATFORM nuttx
      – TOOLCHAIN arm-none-eabi
      – ARCHITECTURE cortex-m7
      – ROMFSROOT px4fmu_common
      – CONSTRAINED_FLASH y
      – SERIAL_GPS1 /dev/ttyS2
      – SERIAL_TEL1 /dev/ttyS0
      – SERIAL_TEL2 /dev/ttyS3
      – SERIAL_TEL3 /dev/ttyS1
      – SERIAL_TEL4 /dev/ttyS4
      – ROOT_PATH /fs/microsd
      – PARAM_FILE /fs/mtd_params
      – PWM_FREQ 400
      – PX4 config: px4_pixeagle_default
      – PX4 platform: nuttx
      make[2]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:267: include/arch/board] Error 1
      make[1]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:606: olddefconfig] Error 2
      – cmake build type: MinSizeRel
      – ccache enabled (export CCACHE_DISABLE=1 to disable)
      – NuttX Stack Checking (CONFIG_ARMV7M_STACKCHECK) enabled
      – ROMFS: ROMFS/px4fmu_common
      – ROMFS: Adding boards/px4/pixeagle/init/rc.board_defaults → /etc/init.d/rc.board_defaults
      – ROMFS: Adding boards/px4/pixeagle/init/rc.board_sensors → /etc/init.d/rc.board_sensors
      – Configuring done
      – Generating done
      – Build files have been written to: /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default
      [1/3] Generating ../../../platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config
      FAILED: ../../platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config
      cd /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx/Make.defs /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/Make.defs && cat /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/extra_config_options > /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/boards/px4/pixeagle/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/defconfig && /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/tools/px4_nuttx_make_olddefconfig.sh > /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx_olddefconfig.log && /usr/bin/cmake -E copy_if_different /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/nuttx/.config /home/mehrdad/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_pixeagle_default/NuttX/nuttx/.config
      make[2]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:267: include/arch/board] Error 1
      make[1]: *** [tools/Unix.mk:606: olddefconfig] Error 2
      ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
      make: *** [Makefile:222: px4_pixeagle_default] Error 1

      Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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      ModalAI Team
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @mkeyno You need to work with the PX4 community on this project, not ModalAI.

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