VS Code: Import Example from MCUXpresso Repository

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After having imported the repository with the SDK, it is now time to create a first project.

Blinky Example in VS Code with the SDK

We have previously imported the SDK repository with the examples. Here we are going to create a new project from the examples in the repository.

Import

From the extension, click on ‘Import Example from Repository‘:

Import Example from Repository

Next, you can configure what you want to import:

Import Example settings

Press ‘Create’ and it creates a project. The project then shows up under ‘Projects’ with extra information:

Project details

All the source files are visible with the Explorer view, which is usually used in VS Code to inspect the files:

Explorer in VS Code

There are following folders inside the project:

  • __repo__ conains files from the repository from where we copied the example, notably the device specific files, startup code and device drivers.
  • .vscode is a standard VS Code folder which contains configuration .json files
  • armgcc contains the CMake build files

Beside the source files in the top folder, there is a .mex file for the graphical configuration utility to set pin muxing and the like. The .xml file is used as a description of the project created.

There is currently no way to create a ‘new/empty’ project. An example is a good starting point, and I will cover to create a project from scratch in a later article.

With this, we have a project we can build and debug, which is a topic for yet another article.

Happy importing 🙂

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2 thoughts on “VS Code: Import Example from MCUXpresso Repository”

  1. Hello, thank you for your useful posts.
    I’m trying to import my own project and Vs is throwing the warning: The selected MCUXpresso IDE project contains linked files. currently they are not supported.
    Is there/will there be a fix to this problem?

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