Getting Started

This section of the docs will help with getting your machine set up to compete in the 2025 eCTF! The purpose of this competition is to help develop your skills in software, hardware, embedded systems, and security. Don’t worry if some of these are new to you; the point is to learn!

Tip

We recommend starting with reading Start Here to help your team get started off on the right foot.

Your team is responsible for developing the firmware to run on the MAX78000FTHR development board. To allow for standardization of builds, firmware compilation will be done utilizing Docker, a tool that creates reproducible build environments. Example code for this competition, as well as examples provided by Analog Devices, will be provided in C. Your team is welcome to use other pre-approved languages (see Allowed Programming Languages). Any languages outside of these will require approval from the organizers.

Information on getting your computer set up with Docker and other tools is provided in the sections below.

Contents:

• Machine Setup
• Reference Design Boot Walkthrough
• MAX78000_FTHR
• Docker
• OpenOCD

The section below is MacOS only:

• DAPLink