Getting Started with the MCU-Link

Install the latest version IAR available. The version must be at least, IAR Embedded Workbench IDE for Arm 8.40.2.

With your project workspace open, right mouse click on the project:

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2. When the Options for workspace open, select the Debugger tab, then select CMSIS-DAP Debugger from the Setup selection:
   
3. Click OK to close the dialog boxes. You can now use your MCU-Link as you would any other CMSIS-DAP probe.

1. With your project workspace open, click on the “Options for target” icon:

   
2. When the Options for Target dialog open, select the Debug tab, then select CMSIS-DAP ARMv8-M Debugger from the Use selection:
   
3. After selecting this probe option, click on Settings to open the CMSIS-DAP ARMv8-M Target Driver set up dialog. Select MCU-Link from the pulldown menu on the left:
   

4. You should now see settings similar to this:

   

5. Click OK to close the dialog boxes. You can now use your MCU-Link as you would any other CMSIS-DAP probe.

PuTTY is a popular terminal emulation application. This program can be used to display information sent from your NXP development platform's virtual serial port.

1. Download PuTTY using the button below. After the download, run the installer and then return to this webpage to continue.
Download
2. Launch PuTTY by either double-clicking on the *.exe file you downloaded or from the Start menu, depending on the type of download you selected.
3. Configure In the window that launches, select the Serial radio button and enter the COM port number that you determined from the Device Manager. Also enter the baud rate, in this case 115200.

4. Click Open to open the serial connection. Assuming the board is connected and you entered the correct COM port, the terminal window will open. If the configuration is not correct, PuTTY will alert you.

5. You're ready to go

Tera Term is a very popular open source terminal emulation application. This program can be used to display information sent from your NXP development platform's virtual serial port.

1. Download Tera Term from SourceForge. After the download, run the installer and then return to this webpage to continue.
Download
2. Launch Tera Term. The first time it launches, it will show you the following dialog. Select the serial option. Assuming your board is plugged in, there should be a COM port automatically populated in the list with the MCU-Link name

3. Configure the serial port settings (using the COM port number identified earlier) to 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. To do this, go to Setup -> Serial Port and change the settings.
4. Verify that the connection is open. If connected, Tera Term will show something like below in its title bar.

5. You're ready to go