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Useful Software
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To work with the BPS, download the following software: 

* `Kicad PCB Editor <https://kicad-pcb.org/>`_ - View :abbr:`SCH (Circuit Schematic File)` and :term:`PCBs <Printed  Circuit Board>`
* `Keil MDK <https://www.keil.com/demo/eval/arm.htm>`_ - IDE to program the STM32F413 microcontroller. Only needed for legacy code.
* `STM32F413 Drivers <https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stsw-link009.html>`_ - Used to program the BPS
* `PuTTY <https://www.putty.org/>`_ - Debug the BPS
* `Ubuntu <https://ubuntu.com/#download>`_ - Windows Subsystem for Linux to compile code and use github
* `VsCode <https://code.visualstudio.com/>`_ - Text Editor used to edit our code base. Used in conjunction with WSL(Ubuntu) to compile and debug our system.
* `Virtual Box <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads>`_ - Allows for USB support so you can debug code using gdb. `Setup Instructions <https://brb.nci.nih.gov/seqtools/installUbuntu.html>`_.
  * `Guest Box Additions Help <https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36500_01/E36502/html/qs-guest-additions.html>`_ - Sometimes when using the guest OS on virtual box, the screen size is smaller so you need this in order to use the full screen.