Using KEIL for Automation Scripts

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Using KEIL for Automation Scripts

1 Source of Demand

Some companies with restrictions on the development process separate development from compilation (the code version after submission) and require minimal human involvement in the compilation process, necessitating the implementation of automated code compilation in the program. This script was developed based on this requirement. Using KEIL for Automation Scripts

2 Introduction

This is an automated compilation script for KEIL, which can be called by other scripts or programs, receiving parameters and compiling KEIL projects according to those parameters without needing to open the KEIL software, achieving automation in the program. The main functionalities include:

  1. Automatically search for all KEIL projects in the directory where the script is located

  • If multiple KEIL projects are found and none is specified, the last found KEIL project is selected by default

  • Relative and absolute paths are supported when specifying the KEIL project

  • Choose Keil_v4 or Keil_v5 for compilation

    • If empty, Keil_v5 is used by default; to specify Keil_v4, input 4

    • Fuzzy input is supported, such as: K4, Keil4, Keilv4, Keil_4, etc.

    • Support specifying the path of different KEIL software, such as: C:\Keil_v5\UV4\UV4.exe

    • If the installation path of KEIL differs from D:\Keil_v5\UV4\UV4.exe as in this example, the path of the KEIL software must be specified unless the code is modified and recompiled into a new .exe

  • Select project target

    • If empty, the last selected project target of the KEIL project is used by default

    • Supports illegal character recognition and error reporting

  • After compilation, automatically copy .bin and .hex files to the same directory as the script

    • Only copy the .bin and .hex files generated by the selected KEIL project

    3 Parameters

    Index Description Typical Values Required
    1 KEIL version or absolute path of KEIL UV4.exe 1. KEIL path matches this script: 4 or 5 2. KEIL path does not match this script: C:\Keil_v5\UV4\UV4.exe (example) No
    2 KEIL project target release (example) No
    3 Specify the relative or absolute path of the KEIL project Starts with .\

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