Requirements

System requirements

Below the requirements before Before installing Impulse, please ensure you system meets the following specifications:

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2 GHz dual-core processor

4Go Memory

2Go HDD

Recommended

3Ghz quad-core processor

8Go memory

2Go SSD

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Operating System

Our software requires a RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-bits machine bit distribution such as one of the below operating systems:-

• CentOS 7

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• CentOS 8

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Software

Our tool Running Impulse requires to have Python 3.6 installed on a Linux 64-bits machinebit machine.

Download NanoXplore Tools

Below Follow the main steps below to download and unpack each NanoXplore tools

1. Download NanoXplore tools from NanoXplore-download

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1. Visit Support NanoXplore and sign-in or register to download:

   • NXLMD => NXLMD-2.

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1. • 2-linux.tar.gz

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1. • Impulse =>

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1. • nxdesignsuite-version-.tar.gz

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1. • NxBase2 => NxBase2-2.5.3.

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1. • tar.bz2

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1. Save Impulse tools

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1. to your ~/Downloads

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1. folder or a location of your choice

2. Create a New Folder named NanoXplore in the /opt

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1. directory

2. Unpack your downloaded NanoXplore tool directly

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1. to /opt/

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1. NanoXplore

2. Repeat this process for each NanoXplore tool

NX License Daemon

For NXLMD To download and installationinstall the NanoXplore License Manager Daemon (NXLMD), please refer to the document License Daemon

NXbase2 archive extraction

To directly unpack NxBase2 tool once downloaded into /opt/NanoXplore, create first folder named NXbase2- 2.3.1 with the following command:

$> sudo mkdir NxBase2-2.3.1 

After above step, to unpack NxBase2 from ~/Downloads folder, use below command:

 $> sudo tar xjf NxBase2-2.3.1.tar.bz2 -C ./NxBase2-2.3.1

instructions in the License Daemon guide.

Installation

Below the main steps to setup and install each NanoXplore tool: 1.

1. Update ~/.bashrc file for each NanoXplore tool

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1. Verify that the ~/.bashrc

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1. update has been taken into account

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1. using the below command:

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   $> source ~/.bashrc”

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1. Restart

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1. your machine

Install Impulse

Follow the steps below to install Impulse:

1. Before install Impulse, check that Python 3.6 is installed with below command:

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   $> which python3

   If Pyhton3 is installed you will

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1. see the following line:

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   $> /usr/bin/python3

2. If Python3 is not installed, run the following command:

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   $> sudo yum install python3

3. To install Impulse, update ~/.bashrc file with below instruction:

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   export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/impulse-/bin:$PATH

   Check that ~/.bashrc updating has been taken into account with below command:

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   $> source ~/.bashrc”

4. Check that Impulse is installed with below commands:

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   $> which impulse

   The result of this command must be the following

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   $> /opt/NanoXplore/impulse-version/bin/impulse

5. Check

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1. Impulse is working as expected by running the following command:

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   $> impulse --version

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The result of this command must be the following

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NxBase2

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The result should display as follows:

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How to Install NxBase2

1. Navigate to the NanoXplore tools directory:

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   $> cd /opt/NanoXplore

2. Create a new folder named NxBase2-2.5.3:

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   $> sudo mkdir NxBase2-2.5.3

3. Extract the NxBase2 TAR archive to the /opt/NanoXplore folder:

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   $> sudo tar xvf NxBase2-2.5.3.tar.bz2 -C ./NxBase2-2.5.3

Make NxBase2 Available

After you install NxBase2, you should do the following to enable direct access to nxbase2_cli from any directory:

1. Update the ~/.bashrc file using the following instruction:

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   export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/NxBase2-2.5.3

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1. /install_cst/

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1. other_os/nxbase2_cli:$PATH

2. Check that NxBase2 has been installed and works correctly with below commands:

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   $> which nxbase2_cli $> nxbase2_cli --version

Install ANGIE

1. Plug your ANGIE device to your system using the USB cable provided

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1. Check the board is detected using the below command:

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   $> lsusb

The result should look like the screenshot below:

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Configure ANGIE Access Rights

To grant ANGIE access rights to the User:

1. Create a file named 99-nanoxbase.rules

2. Add the following lines to 99-nanoxbase.rules:

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   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="8613", ATTRS{idProduct}=="584e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="424e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4242", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4342", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4a55", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="58c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="804e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"

3. Copy

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1. the 99-nanoxbase.rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d directory

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1. using the command below

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   $> sudo cp 99-nanoxbase.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

2. Reload the udev rules with the following command:

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   $> sudo udevadm control –reload-rules

Restart machine after above command. Check that the board is detected with below command:

$> lsusb

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1. Disconnect and reconnect the USB plug from your ANGIE adapter