NanoXplore Tools installation Guide

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Last updated: 09 Mar, 2023 by Fabrice NSONGO
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Requirements

System requirements

Below the requirements before installing Impulse

Minimum

2 GHz dual-core processor

4Go Memory

2Go HDD

Recommended

3Ghz quad-core processor

8Go memory

2Go SSD

Operating system

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

- CentOS 7

- CentOS 8

If Linux 64-bits machine is not available, you can install VirtualBox with CentOS 7 or CentOS 8 in order to use Impulse tools.

Software

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

 

Download

Below the main steps to download and unpack each NanoXplore tools

1. Download NanoXplore tools from NanoXplore Support

o NXLMD => NXLMD-2.2-linux.tar.gz

o Impulse => nxdesignsuite-X.X.X.X.tar.gz

o NxBase2 => NxBase2-X.X.X.tar.gz

2. Place Impulse tools into ~/Downloads or another folder.

3. Create new folder named NanoXplore in /opt folder. 4. Unpack each NanoXplore tool directly into /opt/NanoXplore.

Nx License Daemon

For NXLMD download and installation, please refer to the document License Daemon

Impulse

To directly unpack NxBase2 tool once downloaded into /opt/NanoXplore, create first folder named NxBase2- 2.5.3 with the following command:

$> sudo mkdir NxBase2-X.X.X

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

$> sudo tar xzf NxBase2-X.X.X.tar.bz2 -C ./NxBase2-X.X.X

 

Installation

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

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

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

$> source ~/.bashrc”

3. Restart the machine

 

Impulse

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

$> which python3

If Pyhton3 is installed you will get the following line:

$> /usr/bin/python3

If Python3 is not installed, run the following command:

$> sudo yum install python3

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

export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/nxdesignsuite-X.X.X.X/bin:$PATH

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

$> source ~/.bashrc

Check that Impulse is installed with below commands:

$> which impulse

The result of this command must be the following

$> /opt/NanoXplore/nxdesignsuite-X.X.X.X/bin/impulse

Check that Impulse works correctly with the following command:

$> impulse --version

The result of this command must be the following

| Impulse v22.3.0.2 | Build date and time: 2022-12-15 22:05:00 | Internal revision: branch HEAD - hash 29ac44463... | Copyright (C) 2010-2022, NanoXplore, All rights reserved | | This computer program contains unpublished proprietary information | and is protected by copyright law. It may not be disclosed to third | or copied or duplicated in any form without the written consent of | NanoXplore.

NxBase2

To install NxBase2 tool, update ~/.bashrc file with below instruction:

export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/NxBase2-X.X.X/install_cst/centos6/nxbase2_cli:$PATH

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

$> which nxbase2_cli $> nxbase2_cli --version

To use NxBase2 without using “sudo”, create file named “99-nanoxbase.rules”. Add the following lines in “99-nanoxbase.rules”:

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"

Copy this file into /etc/udev/rules.d directory with below command:

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

Reload the udev rules with the following command:

$> udevadm control --reload-rules

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

$> lsusb

The result of this command must be the following

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 584e:424e

Note: NxBase2 should be installed only once Impulse has been installed and works correctly.

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