Linux is the only supported environment. Development is possible on a variety of distros. It is recommended to use the latest Pop!_OS or Ubuntu release.
The build server uses Ubuntu 20.04.
Any editor that has support for EditorConfig may be used.
No specific IDE or editor is required or recommended.
EC development depends on using distro-provided packages for the most of the toolset.
A complete list of dependencies can be seen in scripts/deps.sh.
rustup manages the Rust toolchain, which includes cargo. Cargo is required for building the tools. It is the only part of the development toolset that is not installed through distro packages.
GNU Make is used to automate the build process. It also provides targets for using ecflash (for flashing) and ectool (for console).
SDCC is the only practical open source toolset on Linux for targeting the 8051 architecture (among others). It contains a collection of tools comparable to what you would expect from GCC for other development targets.
SDCC contains language extensions to support the 8051 architecture. Refer to the SDCC manual for more information.
Version 4.0.0 or newer should be used.
Note: Fedora installs SDCC binaries to a non-standard location. Ensure that
PATH includes /usr/libexec/sdcc.