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Get Started

Work through these pages in order to go from a fresh computer to the out-of-box firmware ipro7ai_reef_demo running on an IPRO7AI Reef EVK V4.0, checked with reef selftest. Every procedure on this site is written for this board; applications for the IPRO7 EVB, IPRO7AI EVK, IPRO6S EVK and IPRO7 Arduino board need those boards — contact INTELPRO.

What you need

Item Notes Where to get it
IPRO7AI Reef EVK V4.0 silkscreen "IPRO7AI REEF EVK V4.0" INTELPRO
USB-C cable the board's only power input; use a data cable (some applications use the board's USB device port) your own
Console cable (one of) a 3.3 V USB-to-UART adapter with an SH1.0 6-pin plug for U6, or the IPRO Debug Probe with a pin-reversed cable to U6 adapter: your own; Debug Probe: INTELPRO
Host macOS or Linux (bash) runs every SDK command-line tool; Windows works through the installer, the VS Code Extension and build_freertos.ps1 —
RISC-V toolchain GCC 14 (GCC 13.1.1 on Windows), riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc macOS / Linux: INTELPRO; Windows: installed by Online Setup
IntelProCube 0.7.0.1 the flash tool: ipro_iot_tool_macos, ipro_iot_tool_linux, ipro_iot_tool.exe GitHub Release; on Windows Online Setup also installs it
SDK IPRO-SDK-V2.2.1.tar.gz GitHub Release
Optional OV5640 FLEX-24 camera module, microSD card, 8 Ω speaker (on J_SPK), headphones your own; they complete the camera, slot and speaker steps of the self-test

How to wire the console cable: IPRO7AI Reef EVK: Debug connector U6.

Graphical development environment

IPRO Workbench (macOS on Apple silicon, Windows 11) puts setting up the tools, building, flashing and the serial monitor in one window; see IPRO Workbench.

In this order

  • 1. Set Up Your Host

    Download and verify the SDK, install CMake, make, Python, the RISC-V toolchain and IntelProCube, and prove the setup with one build.

  • 2. Windows Setup & VS Code

    Windows only: install the SDK, the tools and the VS Code Extension with Online Setup in one go, then build and flash in VS Code or with build_freertos.ps1.

  • 3. First FreeRTOS Application

    Set the switches, wire the console, then build, flash and run ipro7ai_reef_demo and check the LED, speaker, SD slot and camera with reef selftest.

  • 4. Flashing & Serial Console

    Reference: the four ways into download mode, IntelProCube options and partition tables, boot2 and mfg data, the console and how to recognise ports.

  • 5. macOS / Linux Command Line

    Reference: make -C, DEFCONFIG=, build directories and outputs, and the actions, options and environment variables of build_freertos.sh.

Next steps

Once the board runs the out-of-box firmware, continue with three hands-on tutorials:

The full board reference (switches, pins, expansion header) is on IPRO7AI Reef EVK. The Zephyr boards in this release are the IPRO7 EVB and IPRO7AI EVK; there is no Reef board, see Zephyr RTOS.