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CMSIS-DAP Debug Probe for Robots and Pixhawk with KiCAD

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Erich Styger

Need to debug your robot or drone? In a HSLU university research project I’m using a Pixhawk and PX4 based drone hardware. Pixhawk and PX4 is an open standard for drone hardware and firmware and runs with NuttX RTOS. It is mainly used for drones, but is very capable for any other kind of mobile robots.

With the Pixhawk 6x-RT there is a powerful flight controller, using the NXP i.MX RT1176 dual-core processor. While this and other controller hardware do offer a hardware debug probe, it is not a simple task as there are different pin-outs and connectors, making debugging a mess with different cables and adapters. To simplify this, I have now a unified debug CMSIS-DAP debug probe using the NXP LPC55S69 as processor, with all the different headers and UART adapters included: the MCU-Link-MR (Mobule Robots) debug probe.

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Processor Expert Components: 24-Dec-2023 Release

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Erich Styger

The new year 2024 is coming, so time to close the current year with a new release: I’m pleased to announce a new release of the Processor Expert components, available on SourceForge and GitHub.

Processor Expert Components in Eclipse (KDS)

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Upgrading LPC4322-based Debug Probe Firmware on RT10xx

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Erich Styger

Going with the factory default can be fine. But an upgrade could give a performance boost plus added functionality. Many of the NXP i.MX RT evaluation boards have an LPC4322 based debug circuit on it. One example for this is the i.MX RT1010 board.

On such boards, one of the first steps I do is: upgrading the firmware and change it to a better option: improved speed, SWO support plus avoiding issues with the USB MSD device.

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MCUXpresso IDE 11.8.0

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Erich Styger

Don’t worry: despite all the things going on with VS Code, Eclipse is here to stay probably for many more years. The Eclipse foundation is pumping out releases, and so does NXP with their latest MCUXpresso IDE 11.8.0. Lets have a look…

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NXP MCUXpresso IDE 11.7.0

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Erich Styger

It is the exam and grading time at the university, and the same time I’m preparing the lectures and labs for the new semester starting mid of February. I’m always heading for using the latest and greatest tools in my labs. A few days ago, NXP released the new version of the MCUXpresso IDE, version 11.7.0. Time to check it out…

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McuOnEclipse Components: 29-Dec-2022 Release

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Erich Styger

I’m pleased to announce a new release of the McuOnEclipse Processor Expert components, available on SourceForge.

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MCUXpresso IDE 11.6.1

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Erich Styger

Last week I received the email notification, that NXP has released an update of the MCUXpresso IDE: the version 11.6.1. So I quickly checked it out:

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MCUXpresso IDE 11.6.0

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Erich Styger

With a steady release train, NXP has released last week a new and updated version of their flagship IDE: the version 11.6.0 of the MCUXpresso IDE.

And there are several new and cool features with that release, including a power & energy profiler and CMake support.

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MCUXpresso IDE 11.5.0

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Erich Styger

I’m now in the middle of the university fall semester exam season with writing exams and grading student work, and the same time the new semester courses need to be prepared. With the global silicon and board shortage, this will be again a challenge to equip all the labs with the needed infrastructure. The good thing is that there is no shortage on software and tools side of the infrastructure: NXP released last week their new flagship Eclipse based IDE: the MCUXpresso IDE 11.5.0. Time to check it out for the upcoming lectures and classes….

Spoiler Alert: It has a new view for FreeRTOS lovers, plus new features for energy/power measurements!

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McuOnEclipse Components: 26-Dec-2021 Release

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Erich Styger

I’m pleased to announce a new release of the McuOnEclipse components, available on SourceForge. This release includes several bug fixes, support for more devices, and updated components like FreeRTOS, MinINI, Percepio Tracealyzer and SEGGER SystemView.

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