Added LoRa Thing Plus Variant

Author: Daniel Dobre

boards.txt

@@ -314,3 +314,40 @@ sfe_artemis_module.menu.loader.option_asb.build.ldscript={runtime.platform.path}
 
 sfe_artemis_module.menu.loader.option_svl.upload.tool=svl
 sfe_artemis_module.menu.loader.option_svl.build.ldscript={runtime.platform.path}/tools/uploaders/svl/0x10000.ld
+
+###############################################################
+
+lora_thing_plus.name=LoRa Thing Plus expLoRaBLE
+lora_thing_plus.build.variant=expLoRaBLE
+lora_thing_plus.build.board=expLoRaBLE
+lora_thing_plus.upload.maximum_size=960000
+lora_thing_plus.upload.sbl_baud=115200
+lora_thing_plus.build.arch=APOLLO3
+lora_thing_plus.build.mcu=cortex-m4
+lora_thing_plus.build.f_cpu=48000000L
+lora_thing_plus.build.core=arduino
+lora_thing_plus.build.includes="-I{build.variant.path}/config" "-I{build.variant.path}/bsp"
+lora_thing_plus.build.extra_flags=-DPART_apollo3 -DAM_PACKAGE_BGA -DAM_PART_APOLLO3 
+lora_thing_plus.build.ldscript={build.variant.path}/linker_scripts/gcc/artemis_sbl_svl_app.ld
+lora_thing_plus.build.preferred_export_format=bin
+lora_thing_plus.build.defs=
+lora_thing_plus.build.libs=
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.921600=921600
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.460800=460800
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.230400=230400
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.115200=115200
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.57600=57600
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.sparkfun_svl=SparkFun Variable Loader (Recommended)
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.ambiq_sbl=Ambiq Secure Bootloader (Advanced)
+
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.57600.upload.svl_baud=57600
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.115200.upload.svl_baud=115200
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.230400.upload.svl_baud=230400
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.460800.upload.svl_baud=460800
+lora_thing_plus.menu.svl_baud.921600.upload.svl_baud=921600
+
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.ambiq_sbl.upload.tool=ambiq_bin2board
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.ambiq_sbl.build.ldscript={build.variant.path}/linker_scripts/gcc/ambiq_sbl_app.ld
+
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.sparkfun_svl.upload.tool=artemis_svl
+lora_thing_plus.menu.loader.sparkfun_svl.build.ldscript={build.variant.path}/linker_scripts/gcc/artemis_sbl_svl_app.ld

variants/expLoRaBLE/bsp/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Variant BSP
+The Board Support Package (BSP) is a feature of the AmbiqSuite SDK that allows you to:
+- define names and default configurations for pins
+- write globally-accessible routines for common functions
+
+These features are potentially useful when:
+- designing an Apollo3-based board for a custom purpose where pin functions will be mainly static
+- using AmbiqSuite examples within Arduino
+
+For an example of a BSP see the AmbiqSuite release 2.1.0 SDK under 'SDK/boards/Apollo3_EVB/bsp'
+
+To include BSP files (i.e. am_bsp.h, am_bsp.c, am_bsp_pins.h, am_bsp_pins.c, as well as 
+bsp_pins.src and pinconfig.py) add " -I{build.variant.path}/bsp" to the board definition in 
+boards.txt as part of the board.build.includes parameter.
+