Base Project Creation And Configuration

Project Creation

  1. Plug-in your radio board + dev kit to your computer

  2. Open Simplicity Studio > File > New > Silicon Labs Project Wizard

  3. If your radio board was plugged in and GSDK installed, you should have all fields pre-filled.

    Otherwise just customize the project base settings accordsing to your needs

    Silicon Labs Project Wizard HW

    In this case we will be using a BRD4186C radio board

  4. On the subsequent screen select Empty C Project

    This will create a regular Silicon Labs SLCP based project with no RF support nor any hardware dependency

    It will bring in the minimum required to get started with a radio board

    Silicon Labs Project Wizard Sample App

    Click Next

  5. Rename your project as you whish, ours will be BRD4186_HFRCO_Calibration

    Silicon Labs Project Wizard Finish

    If you wish to, you can also set your project to copy all sources from the Gecko SDK locally upon configuration

    This allows for easier versioning but complexifies import/export

  6. Click Finish to proceed with project creation