LPCXpresso IDE v8.2.2

LPCXPRESSO

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The LPCXpresso integrated development environment (IDE) gives developers a low-cost way to create high-quality applications for LPC microcontroller units (MCUs). Based on the Eclipse platform, it has many enhancements to simplify application development and debugging. It features the industry-standard GNU toolchain with a choice of libraries: a proprietary, optimized C library or the standard GNU Newlib library. The LPCXpresso IDE can be used to build an executable of any size with full code optimization.

Features

Complete integrated development environment

  • Eclipse-based with many NXP-specific ease-of-use enhancements
  • Device-specific support for low pin count (LPC) Arm® Cortex-M®, Arm7 and Arm9 MCUs
  • Quickstart Panel provides easy access to most commonly used functions
  • Can be extended with many Eclipse plug-ins
  • Built-in concurrent versions system (CVS) source control support; other source control system plug-ins available including global information tracker (GIT), Subversion (SVN), team foundation server (TFS) and more
  • Free and pro editions available
  • Part of a complete development platform that includes development boards for each LPC microcontroller series

Powerful project creation and build facilities

  • Industry-standard GNU toolchain, including:
    • C and C++ compilers, assemblers and linker
    • Converters for SREC, HEX and binary output files
  • Advanced project wizards
    • Enable simple creation of pre-configured applications for specific MCUs
    • Facilitate easy creation and configuration of applications for specific MCUs
    • Automatic generation of MCU-specific startup code
    • No assembler required with Cortex-M MCUs
  • Can build an executable of any size with full code optimization
  • Headless build mechanism and command-line tools for flexible integration into build, test and production systems

Powerful linker and memory configuration capabilities

  • MCU-specific linker scripts automatically generated for correct placement of code and data into Flash and RAM
    • Memory configuration editor allows simple changes to memory map
    • Powerful template mechanism allows application-specific code and data layouts to be easily produced

Library support

  • Creation of applications using NXP LPCOpen libraries (stacks, drivers, middleware, etc.)
  • Redlib: an optimized, small-footprint embedded C library unique to the LPCXpresso IDE
  • Newlib: standard open source C and C++ library; plus a code-size optimized version, Newlib-Nano

Full-featured debugger supporting SWD and JTAG connections

  • Optimized for use with LPC-Link2; compatible with many other CMSIS-DAP debug probes
  • Support for multiple devices on JTAG scan-chain
  • Supports use of SEGGER J-Link (using third-party plug-ins)
  • Unlimited debug image size (pro edition); up to 256 KB (free edition)
  • Built-in high-speed Flash programming
    • Appropriate Flash driver automatically selected for internal MCU Flash
    • Generic Quad serial peripheral interface (SPI) Flash driver detects many common external Flash devices; source provided to allow addition of more devices
    • Allows multiple flash drivers to be specified, supporting use of both internal and external flash memory by a project
  • Automatic debug configuration for target MCU
  • High-level and instruction-level debug
  • Views of CPU registers and on-chip peripherals

Trace and profiling

  • Instruction trace via embedded trace buffer (ETB) (LPC43xx and LPC18xx devices) and micro trace buffer (MTB) (Cortex-M0+ MCUs)
  • Supports Arm Cortex SWO trace on Cortex-M3/M4 MCUs via LPC-Link2 with functionality including:
    • Application profiling
    • Interrupt trace, including timeline graphing (pro edition)
    • Data watch: one (free edition), up to four (pro edition)
    • Performance counter monitoring
    • Printf over instrumentation trace macrocell (ITM) trace channel

Advanced multi-core support

  • Provision for creating linked projects for each core in multi-core MCUs
  • Debug multi-core projects within a single IDE instance with ability to link various debug views to specific cores

Power measurement tool

  • Sample power usage at adjustable rates of up to 200 ksps; average power usage display option
  • Explore detailed plots of collected data in IDE
  • Export data for analysis with other tools

Red State: state machine designer and code generator for state configurable timers (SCTs)

  • Design state machines graphically
  • Generates standard C code
  • Configures state configurable timer/pulse width modulation (SCTimer/PWM)
  • Can be used to create software state machine

GCC (including binutils and Newlib)

MSYS (MSYS sources are not modified by NXP Semiconductors)

Eclipse (Eclipse sources are not modified by NXP Semiconductors)

  • Downloads
    • LPCXpresso 6 is based on Eclipse Juno (SR2) release
    • LPCXpresso 7 is based on Eclipse Kepler (SR1) release
    • LPCXpresso 7.4 is based on Eclipse Luna (SR1) release

DFU-UTIL (DFU-UTIL is not modified by NXP Semiconductors)

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