Getting Started With the LPCXpresso860-MAX Evaluation Board

Import the MCUXpresso SDK

1. Open the MCUXpresso IDE and close the welcome page
2. Switch to the Installed SDKs view within the MCUXpresso IDE window
3. Drag and drop the LPCXpresso860MAX SDK(zipped) file into the Installed SDKs view
4. You will get the following pop-up. Click on OK to continue the import:
5. The installed SDK will appear in the Installed SDKs view as shown below:

Build an Example Application

The following steps will guide you through opening the hello_world example.

1. Find the Quickstart Panel in the lower left-hand corner
2. Then click on import SDK example(s)...
3. Click on the LPCXpresso860MAX board to select that you want to import an example that can run on that board, and then click on Next
4. Use the arrow button to expand the demo_apps category, and then click the checkbox next to hello_world to select that project. To use the UART for printing(instead of the default semihosting), Select UART as the SDK Debug Console checkbox under the project options. Then, click on Finish
5. Now build the project by clicking on the project name and then in the Quickstart Panel click on Build or press "Ctrl + b"
6. You can see the status of the build in the Console tab

Run an Example Application

1. Now that the project has been compiled, you can now flash it to the board and run it
2. Make sure the LPCXpresso860MAX board is plugged in and click on Debug in the Quickstart Panel
3. MCUXpresso IDE will probe for connected boards and should find the CMSIS-DAP debug probe that is part of the integrated DAPLink circuit on the LPCXpresso860MAX. Click on OK to continue
4. The firmware will be downloaded to the board, and the debugger started
5. Open a terminal program and connect to the COM port the board enumerated as. Configure the terminal with these settings
   1. 9600 baud rate
   2. No parity
   3. 8 data bits
   4. 1 stop bit
6. Start the application by clicking the "Resume" button
7. The hello_world application is now running, and a banner is displayed on the terminal. If this is not the case, check you terminal settings and connections
8. Use the controls in the menu bar to pause, step into, and step over instructions, and then stop the debugging session by click on the Terminate icon:

Build an Example Application

The following steps will guide you through opening the hello_world application. These steps may change slightly for other example applications as some of these applications may have additional layers of folders in their path.

1. First unzip the previously downloaded SDK

2. If not already done, open the desired example application workspace. Most example application workspace files can be located using the following path:

   <install_dir>/boards/<sdk_board_name>/<example_type>/<application_name>/iar

   Using the hello_world demo as an example, the path is:

   <install_dir>/boards/lpcxpresso860max/demo_apps/hello_world/iar

3. Select the desired build target from the drop-down. For this example, select the “hello_world - Debug” target
4. To build the application, click the “Make” button, highlighted in red below
5. The build will complete without errors

Run an Example Application

The LPCXpresso860-MAX EVK board comes loaded with the CMSIS-DAP debug interface from the factory.

1. Connect the development platform to your PC via USB cable to J4
2. Open the terminal application on the PC (such as PuTTY or Tera Term) and connect to the debug COM port you determined earlier. Configure the terminal with these settings:
   • 9600 baud rate
   • No parity
   • 8 data bits
   • 1 stop bit
3. Click the "Download and Debug" button to download the application to the target
4. The application is then downloaded to the target and automatically runs to the main () function
5. Run the code by clicking the "Go" button to start the application
6. The hello_world application is now running, and a banner is displayed on the terminal. If this is not the case, check your terminal settings and connections

1. Install CMSIS device pack
2. After the MDK tools are installed, Cortex^® Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS) device packs must be installed to fully support the device from a debug perspective. These packs include things such as memory map information, register definitions and flash programming algorithms. Follow these steps to install the appropriate CMSIS pack
   1. Open the MDK IDE, which is called µVision. In the IDE, select the "Pack Installer" icon
   2. In the Pack Installer window, search for “LPC86” to bring up the LPC86x family. Click on the LPC865 name, and then in the right-hand side you'll see the NXP::LPC865DFP pack. Click on the “Install” button next to the pack. This process requires an internet connection to successfully complete.![keilpackinstallcheck](.\picture\keil_packinstallcheck.png)
   3. After the installation finishes, close the Pack Installer window and return to the µVision IDE

Build the Example Application

The following steps will guide you through opening the hello_world application. These steps may change slightly for other example applications as some of these applications may have additional layers of folders in their path.

1. If not already done, open the desired demo application workspace in:

   <install_dir>/boards/<sdk_board_name>/<example_type>/<application_name>/mdk

   The workspace file is named <application_name>.uvmpw, so for this specific example, the actual path is:

   <install_dir>/boards/LPCXpresso55S06/demo_apps/hello_world/mdk/hello_world.uvmpw

2. To build the demo project, select the "Rebuild" button, highlighted in red
3. The build will complete without errors

Run an Example Application

The LPCXpresso860-MAX EVK board comes loaded with the CMSIS-DAP debug interface from the factory

1. Connect the development platform to your PC via USB cable to J4
2. Open the terminal application on the PC (such as PuTTY or Tera Term) and connect to the debug COM port you determined earlier. Configure the terminal with these settings:
   • 9600 baud rate
   • No parity
   • 8 data bits
   • 1 stop bit
3. After the application is properly built, click the "Download" button to download the application to the target
4. Click on “Start/Stop Debug Session” to open the debug view
5. Run the code by clicking the "Run" button to start the application
6. The hello_world application is now running, and a banner is displayed on the terminal. If this is not the case, check your terminal settings and connec

Build an Example Application

The following steps will guide you through opening the FlexTimer PWM duty cycle change example. The example sets up a PWM signal and periodically updates the signals duty cycle.

1. Find the Quickstart Panel in the lower left-hand corner
2. Then click on Import MCUXpresso SDK Examples.(s)…
3. Click on the LPCXpresso860-MAX board to select that you want to import an example that can run on that board, and then click on Next
4. Use the arrow button to expand the driver examples category, then expand the FTM(FlexTimer) examples, click on the checkbox next to ftm_simple_pwm to select it. To use the UART for printing (instead of the default semihosting), Select UART as the SDK Debug Console checkbox under the project options. Then, click on Finish
5. Click on the “lpcxpresso860max_ftm_simple_pwm” project in the Project Explorer View and build, compile and run the demo as described previously

6. You could see the change of the duty cycle using an oscilloscope through port J1_7

   

   Note: On “Use Pin Tool” tutorial, you will learn to change the FlexTimer output pin to another connector(J5_5) of the board.

7. Terminate the debug session

The following steps will guide you through opening the FlexTimer PWM duty cycle change(ftmsimplepwm) example. The example sets up a PWM signal and periodically updates the signals duty cycle.

1. Open the MCUXpresso Config Tool
2. In the wizard that comes up, select the “Create a new configuration based on an SDK example or hello word project” radio button and click on Next
3. On the next screen, select the location of the MCUXpresso SDK that you had unzipped earlier. Then select the IDE that is being used. Note that only IDEs that were selected in the online SDK builder when the SDK was built will be available and click on clone select example
4. Then select the project to clone. For this example, we want to use the SCTimer PWM project. You can filter for this by typing “ftm” in the filter box and then selecting the “sctimerpwmwithdutycyclechange” example project. You can then also specify where to clone the project and the name. Then click on Finish
5. After cloning go to the directory you selected and open the project for your IDE. Import, compile and run the project as done in previous sections

6. You could see the change of the duty cycle using an oscilloscope through port J1_7

   

   Note: On “Use Pin Tool” tutorial, you will learn to change the FlexTimer output pin to another connector(J5_5) of the board.

7. Terminate the debug session

Note: Previously, you had to clone an SDK project like in the previous step.

To open pin tools in MCUXpresso IDE

1. Open the pins tool by right-clicking on the “lpcxpresso860max_ftm_simple_pwm” project, and selecting “MCUXpresso Config Tools” and then “Open Pins”

   

   The pins tool should now display the pin configuration for the PWM project.

   

To open pin tools in MCUXpresso Config tools

1. Open the MCUXpresso Config Tool
2. In the wizard that comes up, select the “Open existing configuration” radio button, then select the project that you had clone and click on Next
3. Open the pins tool by selecting Tools->Pins from the toolbar
4. The pins tool should now display the pin configuration for the FlexTimer PWM project

Use the pins tools to modify the GPIO routed pin

1. We'll use MCUXpresso IDE for the rest of the instructions, but the same steps can be done in MCUXpresso Config tools for third-party IDEs. In the Pins view deselect the “Show not routed pins” checkbox to see only the routed pins, you also going to see the pins that are routed by default. Routed pins have a check in a green box next to the pin name. The functions selected for each routed pin are highlighted in green
2. In the current configuration, PIO0_17 is routed as a FTM0 Channel0. Let's disable, PIO0_17, and change the mux setting of PIO1_1 to use its FlexTimer functionality to output PWM waveform.
3. Disable, PIO0_17 as an FlexTimer by clicking the “FTM0:CH,0” field under the FTM column. The pin will then be disabled (pin will no longer have check in box) and therefore disappear from the list
4. Now, route PIO1_1 as an FTM0 Chanel 0. First, select the “Show not routed pins” so that all the pins are displayed again. Then, search PIO1_1 in the pins view. Finally, click the box under the FTM column “FTM0:CH,0”. The box will highlight in green, and a check will appear next to the pin
5. Now it's time to implement these changes into the project by exporting the new updated pinmux.c and pinmux.h files that are generated by the Pins tool. Click on Update Project in the menu bar
6. The screen that pops up will show the files that are changing and you can click on “diff” to see the difference between the current file and the new file generated by the Pins tool. Click on “OK” to overwrite the new files into your project
7. Now inside the IDE, open the pinmux.c file, you will found FTM0:CH,0 set to "kSWMFTM_Selection1"
8. Build and download the project as done in the previous section
9. Run the application. You could see the change of the duty cycle using an oscilloscope through port J5_5
10. Terminate the debug session

Note: Previously, you had to clone an SDK project like in the past step.

To Open Clock Tools in MCUXpresso IDE

1. Open the Clock tool by right-clicking on the “lpcxpresso860maxftmsimple_pwm” project and selecting “MCUXpresso Config Tools” and then “Open Clocks”
2. The clock tool should now display the clock configuration for the project

To Open Clock Tools in MCUXpresso Config Tools

1. In the wizard that comes up, select the “Open existing configuration” radio button, then select the project that you had clone and click on Next
2. Open the clocks tool by selecting Tools → clocks from the toolbar
3. The clock tool should now display the clock configuration for the PWM project

Use the Clock Tools to Modify the System Clock

1. We'll use MCUXpresso IDE for the rest of the instructions, but the same steps can be done in MCUXpresso Config tools for third-party IDEs. Switch to the Clocks Diagram view by clicking the tab in the upper left corner
2. Make sure that you are in the functional group called "BOARD_BootClockFROH60M"
3. Change the core clock frequency by clicking in the Systems Clock field and typing “4”. You'll see all the other clock values automatically change as well to adjust to this slower speed. It will look like this when done
4. Now it's time to implement these changes into the project by exporting the new updated clockmux.c and clockmux.h files that are generated by the Pins tool. Click on Update Project in the menu bar

5. The screen that pops up will show the files that are changing, and you can click on “diff” to see the difference between the current file and the new file generated by the Clock tool. Click on “OK” to overwrite the new files into your project

   Note: The Pins files may also be tagged as being updated since the header has been changed.

   
6. Build and download the project as done in the previous section
7. Run the application. You could see the change of the duty cycle become much slower
8. Terminate the debug session