# Introduction

The Qualcomm^®^ Intelligent Robotics Product (QIRP) SDK 2.0 is a collection of components that enable you to develop robotic features on Qualcomm platforms. This SDK is applicable to the Qualcomm Linux releases.

The QIRP SDK provides the following:

- Reference code in Robot Operating System (ROS) packages to develop robotic applications.
- E2E scenario samples to evaluate robotic platforms.
- Integrated cross-compile toolchain, which includes common build tools, such as `aarch64-oe-linux-gcc`, `make`, `cmake`, and ROS core.
- Tools and scripts to speed up the development.

This document guides you through developing your first sample application. It explains how to:

- Generate the QIRP SDK
- Install the QIRP SDK
- Run sample applications

## Supported platform

| Hardware | Quick start |
| --- | --- |
| RB3 Gen2 Vision Development Kit | [Qualcomm^®^ RB3 Gen2 Development Kit Quick Start Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70017-253) |
| IQ-9 Beta Evaluation Kit | [Qualcomm^®^ IQ-9 Beta EVK Quick Start Guide](https://www.qualcomm.com/search#q=80-70015-263&tab=documents) [1] |

[1]

Available to registered organization users only.

Note

For information about the latest release of QIRP SDK, including new features and release tags, see [Qualcomm^®^ Linux Intelligent Robotics Product SDK (QIRP SDK) 2.0 Release Notes](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70017-260).

For Qualcomm Linux GA1.3 release, sample applications are supported for Qualcomm^®^ RB3 Gen2 Vision Development Kit only.

## QIRP SDK workflows

Depending on your user profile, you need to follow different workflows to use the QIRP SDK. For more information about the unregistered users and registered users, see the [Qualcomm^®^ Linux Build Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70017-254).

| QIRP user profile | Account | Workflows | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unregistered user | No account | <ul><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('quick-start_3.html')"><span class="doc">Quick start</span></a>   (RB3 Gen2 only, using the prebuilt package)</p></li><br><li><p><strong>Build and install</strong>:</p><br><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('build-with-github-binaries.html#build-with-github-binaries')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with GitHub</span></a></p><br></li><br><li><p><strong>Use samples</strong> (RB3 Gen2 only):</p><ul class="simple"><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('open-source-samples_5_2.html#open-source-samples-5-2')"><span class="std std-ref">Open-source samples</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('proprietary-samples_5_3.html#proprietary-samples-5-3')"><span class="std std-ref">Proprietary samples</span></a> (out-of-the-box samples ONLY)</p></li><br></ul><br></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('develop-your-first-application_6.html#develop-your-first-application-6')"><span class="std std-ref">Develop a robotic application</span></a></p></li><br></ul> | **QIRP SDK**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Prebuilt QIRP SDK + Robotics image</p></li><br><li><p>QIRP SDK basic layers</p></li><br></ul><br><br>**Qualcomm Linux**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Qualcomm Linux basic layers</p></li><br></ul> |
| Registered user | Any email account | <ul class="simple"><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('quick-start_3.html')"><span class="doc">Quick start</span></a> (RB3 Gen2 only, using the prebuilt package)</p></li><br><li><p><strong>Build and install</strong>:</p><ul><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('build-with-the-qcs-launcher.html#build-with-the-qcs-launcher')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with QSC Launcher</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('using-qsc-cli_3_1.html#using-qsc-cli-3-1')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with QSC-CLI</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('build-with-github-binaries.html#build-with-github-binaries')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with GitHub</span></a></p></li><br></ul><br></li><br><li><p><strong>Use samples</strong> (RB3 Gen2 only):</p><ul><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('open-source-samples_5_2.html#open-source-samples-5-2')"><span class="std std-ref">Open-source samples</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('proprietary-samples_5_3.html#proprietary-samples-5-3')"><span class="std std-ref">Proprietary samples</span></a> (out-of-the-box samples ONLY)</p></li><br></ul><br></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('develop-your-first-application_6.html#develop-your-first-application-6')"><span class="std std-ref">Develop a robotic application</span></a></p></li><br></ul> | **QIRP SDK**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Prebuilt QIRP SDK + Robotics image</p></li><br><li><p>QIRP SDK basic layers</p></li><br></ul><br><br>**Qualcomm Linux**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Qualcomm Linux basic layers</p></li><br></ul> |
| Registered user | Organization account with a license | <ul class="simple"><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('quick-start_3.html')"><span class="doc">Quick start</span></a> (RB3 Gen2 only, using the prebuilt package)</p></li><br><li><p><strong>Build and install</strong>:</p><ul><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('build-with-the-qcs-launcher.html#build-with-the-qcs-launcher')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with QSC Launcher</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('using-qsc-cli_3_1.html#using-qsc-cli-3-1')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with QSC-CLI</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('build-with-github-binaries.html#build-with-github-binaries')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with GitHub</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('using-detailed-instructions_3_2.html#using-detailed-instructions-3-2')"><span class="std std-ref">Build with Github (firmware and extras)</span></a></p></li><br></ul><br></li><br><li><p><strong>Use samples</strong> (RB3 Gen2 only):</p><ul><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('open-source-samples_5_2.html#open-source-samples-5-2')"><span class="std std-ref">Open-source samples</span></a></p></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('proprietary-samples_5_3.html#proprietary-samples-5-3')"><span class="std std-ref">Proprietary samples</span></a></p><ul><br><li><p>Run out-of-the-box samples</p></li><br><li><p>Build and run samples</p></li><br></ul><br></li><br></ul><br></li><br><li><p><a class="xref cursorpointer" onclick="Window.BookmapComponent.navigateFile('develop-your-first-application_6.html#develop-your-first-application-6')"><span class="std std-ref">Develop a robotic application</span></a></p></li><br></ul> | **QIRP SDK**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Prebuilt QIRP SDK + Robotics image</p></li><br><li><p>QIRP SDK basic and extra layers</p></li><br></ul><br><br>**Qualcomm Linux**<br><ul class="simple"><br><li><p>Qualcomm Linux basic and extra layers</p></li><br><li><p>Qualcomm Linux firmware sources</p></li><br></ul> |

Last Published: Dec 30, 2024

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