2 Building AT91Bootstrap Project Using MPLAB X

Open a console and execute the following command to clone at91bootstrap repository into a directory named at91bootstrap.X
```
git clone https://github.com/linux4sam/at91bootstrap at91bootstrap.X
```
Open at91bootstrap.X directory as project in MPLAB X

Configure Compiler

Open project properties window, and choose Makefile option to configure the compiler:
Default option is configured to use Arm gcc. To use xc32, replace all instances of arm-none-eabi- to xc32- as follows.

Note: For the build to be successful, the configured compiler should be available in the system path.

Configure Target

Open project properties window, and choose Kconfig option to configure the build target:
Click the Load button and navigate to the configs folder inside at91bootstrap.X directory. The user needs to choose the default configuration file(defconfig) based on what the user needs the at91boostrap to do.
Debug/Run application from within MPLAB X
- Load {evaluation_kit}_bkpt_none_defconfig. For example, on SAM9X75 Evaluation Board, select sam9x75eb_bkptnone_defconfig as the configuration file.
- Click Apply and OK buttons to configure the project
- The user can see that the MPU product is selected as SAM9X7 and the primary operation is selected as Configure and Stop
Load and Run application from an SD card
- Load {evaluation_kit}sd_uboot_defconfig. For example, on SAM9X75 Evaluation Kit, select sam9x75ebsd_uboot_defconfig as the configuration file.
- Click Apply and OK buttons to configure the project
- The user can see that the MPU product is selected as SAM9X7 and the primary operation is selected as Load and launch next software
- Edit the Option Next Software Image File Name from u-boot.bin to harmony.bin

Build Target

Once the target configuration is applied in the properties window, the user can build the at91boostrap just as any other MPLAB X project. After the build is complete, the user can find the generated binary files under build/binaries directory.