topic Re: Entry level development tools in Kinetis Microcontrollers

Entry level development tools

chicagomike — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 19:47:47 GMT

Hello,

I have some experience developing firmware for a variety of ARM Cortex devices, but this is my first NXP project.

The target design is pretty simple - primarily an SPI bus, some GPIO, and some combinatorial logic. We've selected the MKE04Z8V series.

My question is about development tools. It seems to me that MCUXpresso IDE with an MCU Link probe should be more than sufficient for this project.

Am I on the right track? Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks for your help,

Mike

Re: Entry level development tools

ErichStyger — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 06:03:19 GMT

Hi Mike,

Am I on the right track?

Yes. Getting new to a vendor, I always recommend to use the vendor default tools and environment, which is MCUXpresso IDE & SDK. Sure you can do things on your own or differently, but that's more of an expert thing and if you already know the details.

I hope this helps,

Erich

Re: Entry level development tools

chicagomike — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:07:22 GMT

Hi Erich,

Thanks for your response!

Another question: can you point me to any template projects for the MKE04Z? I've found several example projects for this part used on a Freedom board, but nothing for custom target hardware.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again for your help,

Mike

Re: Entry level development tools

ErichStyger — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:37:03 GMT

Hi Mike,

I suggest you start with using the SDK examples for the FRDM board, they are mostly usable for your own custom hardware too. The SDK examples include things like using the GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, etc which are generic.

Erich