There exists a tutorial how to use the RePhone http://wiki.seeed.cc/RePhone/ with Mac OS X, but its lacking some comfort, lets push this a little further, but not to the end :-(

Existing tutorial: https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/CodeLite_for_RePhone/wiki/building-RePhone-applications-on-Mac-OS-X

What is it missing?

  • IDE
  • Firmwareupdater
  • Pushtool for binary file to RePhone</ul> It's Arduino based, RePhone is 'similar' to Mediatek Linkit board - so if you find Mac OS X stuff for the Linkit board, it's the closest you could find.

    1. IDE

      Get the Arduino.app - there is a 1.6.0 version and the recent one while I was developing was 1.6.13 version - main difference is the handling of different board configurations. 1.6.0: you can just copy the file tree of a new board configuration inside the app, app gets it 1.6.13: you need a defined file with some checksums to get it listed and this is usually provided via download - the closest one I found is: http://download.labs.mediatek.com/package_mtk_linkit_index.json - but not working out of the box for RePhone - I will not describe how to get this done For the ease of my development I used 1.6.0 version: www.arduino.cc/en/Main/OldSoftwareReleases on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Download: https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php?f=/arduino-1.6.0-macosx-java-latest.zip

    2. IDE board definitions + compiler

      Get the https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/Arduino_IDE_for_RePhone for Windows - don't worry, we just take the java IDE files from it ;-) Download: https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/Arduino_IDE_for_RePhone/archive/master.zip Copy files from master.zip archive to IDE: cp -r hardware/arduino/mtk/ Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/

    3. Firmwareupdater

      - is not essential to start working, but good to know it is possible ;-) Is available, but needs some tweaking Get: http://labs.mediatek.com/site/global/developer_tools/mediatek_linkit/get-started/mac/get-hardware-software/ Download USB drivers: https://labs.mediatek.com/en/download/I2cGRHeR Download: http://download.labs.mediatek.com/mediatek_linkit_sdk_tool_osx-1.1.23.tar.gz Rename the folder inside the SDK: mv tools/mtk/firmware/LinkIt_ONE tools/mtk/firmware/LinkIt_ONE_disabled Move the firmware folder from the windows version in step 2) (from the master.zip) to the SDK: cp -r hardware/tools/mtk/firmware/LinkIt_Device/RePhone tools/mtk/firmware/LinkIt_ONE Now tools/mtk/FirmwareUpdater.app is able to flash the firmware to the RePhone And you can also put it to the Arduino.app cp -r tools/mtk Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools

    4. Pushtool

      - not jet solved... somehow it works with the simple 'blink' example, but fails with a more sophisticated one - no idea why - debugged on commandline....no clue Alternatives to compare to / try:
      • take the commands from the logfile and rerun them one by one in terminal: ~/Documents/Push_Tool_Logs
      • https://github.com/robarago/ArduinoGNULinux4RePhone - python uploader/firmware tool
      • original firmware updater/uploader, linux tools, montor: https://github.com/mandl/LinkIt_Assist_2502
      • Documentation, AT commands: https://github.com/loboris/RePhone_on_Linux/tree/master/Documents/Hardware
      • default RePhone software: https://github.com/WayenWeng/RePhone_Create_Kit_VXP/blob/master/RePhone%20Create%20Kit%20VXP/autostart.txt </ul> as long as it is not solved, use the workaround:

      • Get binary onto RePhone

        Just use the verify button to build your code for the RePhone target - you need to find the binary .vxp - which is in your temp folder - the IDE output gives you a hint - you can also just use 'find' to get it: find /var/folders/ -name *.vxp Put the RePhone in file mode, copy the file, e.g.: cp /var/folders/lx/hhfx0mgp21vm/T/build66115160777.tmp/RINGRING.cpp.vxp /Volumes/NO\ NAME/MRE/ You might need to change the autostart file: /Volumes/NO\ NAME/autostart.txt [autostart] App=C:\MRE\RINGRING.cpp.vxp Restart rephone...by pushing 'the button' </ol>