Clone and edit Betaflight locally on your platform. This image will take it from there and turn your code into a binary which you then can flash to your flight controller with the Betaflight Configurator.
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Docker runs on a VirtualBox VM which by default only shares the user directory from the underlying guest OS. On Windows that is c:/Users/<user> and on Mac it's /Users/<user>. Hence, you need to clone the Betaflight repository to your user directory. If you want to place it outside the user directory you need to adjust the VirtualBox VM sharing settings accordingly.
Start Docker and change into the Betaflight source directory (in the Docker console).
First you need to set your working directory in Docker:
For Windows -
cd /c/users/<user name>
Next, Clone the Betaflight repository. (Note the below link is for the main Betaflight project. If Cloning a workign Fork, you will need to get the link from the GitHub website.)
To Clone a Github repository
git clone https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight.git
To view Branches within a repository
git branch -a
To checkout a branch
git checkout <branch name>
To pull the branch to your local PC
git pull
Then run:
docker run --rm -ti -v `pwd`:/opt/betaflight betaflight/betaflight-build
Depending on the performance of your system it takes 1-3min until the compilation finishes. The first time you run this it takes longer because Docker needs to download the image and create a container.
Note for Windows users
(Docker on) Windows handles paths slightly differently. You need to specify the full path to the Betaflight directory in the command and you need to add an extra forward slash (/) to the Windows path. The command thus becomes (c equals C drive i.e. c:):
docker run --rm -it -v //c/Users/<user>/<betaflight>:/opt/betaflight betaflight/betaflight-build
If the Windows path contains spaces it would have to be wrapped in quotes as usual on Windows.
docker run --rm -it -v "//c/Users/joe blogs/<betaflight>":/opt/betaflight betaflight/betaflight-build
The firmware file (.bin or .hex) is created in the obj subfolder of your betaflight source directory.
You can pass optional parameters to the Docker build like so:
docker run -e "<parameter>=value" --rm -it -v `pwd`:/opt/betaflight betaflight/betaflight-build
For Windows:
docker run -e "PLATFORM=<target name>" --rm -it -v //c/Users/<user>/<any sub-directory names>/betaflight:/opt/betaflight betaflight/betaflight-build
These parameters are supported:
PLATFORM=<target name>The platform (target) to build. UseALLto build for all platforms. (default:NAZE) e.g.:PLATFORM=SPRACINGF3OPTIONS=<options>specify build options to be used as defines during the build
Use the Betaflight Configurator Chrome app to flash and configure your firmware.
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