System requirements

The host software is written in Java and uses usb4java for USB communication. The ZTEX SDK includes native libraries for the following Operation Systems:

• Linux, X86, 32 Bit and 64 Bit (tested)
• Windows, X86, 32 Bit and 64 Bit (tested)
• Linux, ARM (not tested)
• OSX, X86, 32 Bit and 64 Bit (not tested)

In order to run the examples or other packages build with the SDK the following requirements must be satisfied:

• Java JRE 7 or later
• Windows only: libusb-1.0 driver for Windows, see USB driver for Windows

The system requirements for the compilation of the firmware and the host software are

• Java JDK 7 or later
• for FX2 firmware: SDCC
• for FX3 firmware: Cypress EZ-USB FX3 SDK
• Windows Only: GNU environment, e.g. MSys2 or MSys with these additional packages:
  • make (required): MSys2: pacman -S msys/make; MSys: already included
  • mc (Midnight commander, recommended) : MSys2: pacman -S msys/make; MSys: not available