silabs-dbg-adapter

Debug adapter for Silicon Labs Mini Simplicity targets


OVERVIEW

- 2x10 100mil pitch IDC socket for Segger J-Link debuggers and the like
- 2x5 50mil pitch IDC header for Silicon Labs Mini Simplicity targets
- 2x5 50mil pitch IDC header for general ARM Cortex targets
- Voltage regulator and on/off switch for powering targets with the debugger
- Target reset push-button


DEPENDENCIES

- KiCad version 5.1.6 for macOS.  Results with previous or subsequent versions
  will likely vary.
- kipy (https://git.alt-tek.com/alt-tek/kipy) is useful to simplify executing
  scripts with KiCad's Python environment.  It is required to generate board
  plots with plot.py for releases.
- tea (https://gitea.com/gitea/tea) is required to generate releases.  Install
  and write your API token to ~/.config/git.alt-tek.com/api-token.  Restrict
  access to your API token by setting its file permissions accordingly
  (i.e. 'chmod 600 ~/.config/git.alt-tek.com/api-token').
- In order to generate releases, SSH must be configured for git.alt-tek.com
  such that SSH Git commands can be executed without explicitly specifying an
  SSH identity or private key


RELEASING

1. See above dependencies
2. Create an annotated Git tag for the release commit using
   "git tag -a v<version> -m 'Version <version>' <commit>" where version is the
   board version in X.Y.Z form and <commit> is the commit hash
   (e.g. "git tag -a v1.2.3 -m 'Version 1.2.3' d15c0cafe")
3. Push the tag upstream (i.e. 'git push origin tags/v<version>')
4. Use the release script to build the release and upload it as a draft
   (i.e. './release <version>')
5. Review the release draft.  If it is ready for pre-release or production,
   publish it.