everest-core

This is the main part of EVerest containing the actual charge controller logic included in a large set of modules.

All documentation and the issue tracking can be found in our main repository here: https://github.com/EVerest/everest

Prerequisites

Hardware recommendations

It is recommended to have at least 4GB of RAM available to build EVerest. More CPU cores will optionally boost the build process while requiring more RAM accordingly.

Note

EVerest can also run on much lower hardware specifications if needed. The reason for this is that the module configuration is very much defining the RAM requirements. About 128 MB flash / RAM should be seen as an absolute minimum requirement.

Besides these recommendations, a typical EVerest should meet the following minimum requirements:

• Linux
• CPU recommendation:
  • Single core ARM 1 GHz for ISO 15118
  • resp. dual/quad core for display
• RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
• Flash: 4-8 GB eMMC or similar
• Ethernet port for cable network connection
• WiFi and Bluetooth module
• Public station: 4G/5G module?
• CAN or RS485 for power board connection
• PLC GreenPhy
• RFID

Ubuntu 22.04

Warning

Ubuntu 20.04 is not supported anymore. Please use Ubuntu 22.04 or newer.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3-pip python3-venv git rsync wget cmake doxygen \
  graphviz build-essential clang-tidy cppcheck openjdk-17-jdk npm docker \
  docker-compose libboost-all-dev nodejs libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev \
  clang-format curl rfkill libpcap-dev libevent-dev pkg-config libcap-dev

OpenSuse

zypper update && zypper install -y sudo shadow
zypper install -y --type pattern devel_basis
zypper install -y git rsync wget cmake doxygen graphviz clang-tools cppcheck \
  boost-devel libboost_filesystem-devel libboost_log-devel \
  libboost_program_options-devel libboost_system-devel libboost_thread-devel \
  java-17-openjdk java-17-openjdk-devel nodejs nodejs-devel npm python3-pip \
  gcc-c++ libopenssl-devel sqlite3-devel libpcap-devel libevent-devel \
  libcap-devel

Fedora 38, 39 & 40

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel python3-pip \
  python3-devel git rsync wget cmake doxygen graphviz clang-tools-extra \
  cppcheck java-17-openjdk java-17-openjdk-devel boost-devel nodejs \
  nodejs-devel npm openssl openssl-devel libsqlite3x-devel curl rfkill \
  libpcap-devel libevent-devel libcap-devel

Build & Install

It is required that you have uploaded your public ssh key to github.

To install the Everest Dependency Manager, follow these steps:

Install required python packages:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel jstyleson jsonschema

Get EDM source files and change to the directory:

git clone git@github.com:EVerest/everest-dev-environment.git
cd everest-dev-environment/dependency_manager

Install EDM:

python3 -m pip install .

We need to add /home/USER/.local/bin and CPM_SOURCE_CACHE to $PATH:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/$(whoami)/.local/bin
export CPM_SOURCE_CACHE=$HOME/.cache/CPM

Now setup EVerest workspace:

cd everest-dev-environment/dependency_manager
edm init --workspace ~/checkout/everest-workspace

This sets up a workspace based on the most recent EVerest release. If you want to check out the most recent main you can use the following command:

cd everest-dev-environment/dependency_manager
edm init main --workspace ~/checkout/everest-workspace

Install ev-cli:

Change the directory and install ev-cli:

cd ~/checkout/everest-workspace/everest-utils/ev-dev-tools
python3 -m pip install .

Change the directory and install the required packages for ISO15118 communication:

cd ~/checkout/everest-workspace/Josev
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

For ISO15118 communication including Plug&Charge you need to install the required CA certificates inside config/certs/ca and client certificates, private keys and password files inside config/certs/client. For a more seamless development experience, these are automatically generated for you, but you can set the ISO15118_2_GENERATE_AND_INSTALL_CERTIFICATES cmake option to OFF to disable this auto-generation for production use.

Now we can build EVerest!

mkdir -p ~/checkout/everest-workspace/everest-core/build
cd ~/checkout/everest-workspace/everest-core/build
cmake ..
make install

Tip

In case you have more than one CPU core and more RAM available you can use the following command to significantly speed up the build process:

make -j$(nproc) install

$(nproc) puts out the core count of your machine, so it uses all available CPU cores! You can also specify any number of CPU cores you like.

Done!

Simulation

In order to test your build of Everest you can simulate the code on your local machine! Check out the different configuration files to run EVerest and the corresponding nodered flows in the config folder.

Check out this guide for using EVerest SIL

Troubleshoot

1. Problem: "make install" fails with complaining about missing header files.

Cause: Most probably your clang-format version is older than 11 and ev-cli is not able to generate the header files during the build process.

Solution: Install a newer clang-format version and make Ubuntu using the new version e.g.:

sudo apt install clang-format-12
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang-format clang-format /usr/bin/clang-format-12 100

Verify clang-format version:

clang-format --version
Ubuntu clang-format version 12.0.0-3ubuntu1~20.04.4

To retry building EVerest delete the entire everest-core/build folder and recreate it. Start building EVerest using cmake .. and make install again.

2. Problem: Build speed is very slow.

Cause: cmake and make are only utilizing one CPU core.

Solution: use

cmake -j$(nproc) .. 

and

make -j$(nproc) install

to use all available CPU cores. Be aware that this will need roughly an additional 1-2GB of RAM per core. Alternatively, you can also use any number between 2 and your maximum core count instead of $(nproc).