• PC running Linux, Mac OS X or Windows
• Java Developer Kit 11 or newer
• Eclipse 3.8 or newer
• Microcontroller board (MPC555 / MPC5200B / MicroZed / Zybo / Colibri)

• Ensure that you've installed an up-to-date JDK.
  1. Download the JDK from the Oracle website.
  2. Install it by using the setup assistant
• Install Eclipse IDE for Java Developers.
  1. Get the newest version of Eclipse for Java Developers.
  2. Unzip it into C:\Program Files\eclipse or C:\Programme\eclipse, respectively.

• Ensure that you have installed an up-to-date JDK.
  • On ubuntu/debian based systems you can run sudo apt install default-jdk
• Install Eclipse for Java Developers:
  • Download it from here
  1. Extract it to a suitable place, such as /opt/deep/eclipse/
     1. mkdir -p /opt/deep/eclipse
     2. tar -C /opt/deep/eclipse -xvf eclipse-java-2020-09-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

• Install the deep Eclipse plugin from our Update Site.
  1. Start the Eclipse IDE (eclipse.exe)
  2. Open the plugin installation dialog: Help → Install New Software…
  3. Add a new plugin source: Add… → Name: NTB Plugins, Location: http://update.deepjava.org/eclipse/ → OK
  4. Add the plugin by checking deep Plugin for Eclipse from category „NTB“

• Install the deep runtime library by extracting the ZIP archive from http://update.deepjava.org/runtime-library/deep_runtime_library_1.6.0_2020_09_15.zip to C:\Programm Data\deep\trglib (Windows), /opt/deep/lib (Linux) or any other location.

If you use an ARM based target, i.e. the Zybo or MicroZed Board with a Zynq7000 processor, install the OpenOCD toolchain.

• Install OpenOCD, it is probably available through your distribution's package manager. E.g. sudo apt install openocd
• Download ostboards.rar and unpack it to suitable place, such as /opt/deep/openocd
  • Hint: You can use 7z (package p7zip) to extract .rar files on linux: 7z e ostboards.rar -o/opt/deep/openocd/
• Run OpenOCD with the correct config file:
  1. cd /opt/deep/openocd
  2. sudo openocd -f microzedboard.cfg or sudo openocd -f digilent_zyboboard.cfg

If you want to use deep with our MPC555 and the USB-BDI

• Install the LibusbJava. For Java 9 and later, make sure that you install the necessary plugin as follows:
  1. Start the Eclipse IDE (eclipse.exe)
  2. Open the plugin installation dialog: Help → Install New Software…
  3. Add a new plugin source: Add… → Name: NTB Plugins, Location: http://update.deepjava.org/eclipse/ → OK
  4. Add the plugin by checking LibusbJava plugin for eclipse from category „NTB“
• Install the plugin mpc555UsbBdi from the same update site and follow the instructions of the plugin installer
• On Windows, alternatively to step 1 and 2, you can use our NTB Windows Driver Package

When using a Abatron BDI2000/BDI3000 you must install the Abatron debugger plugin.