topic Re: Substite of LPC Link 2 for LPC4078 in LPC Microcontrollers

Substite of LPC Link 2 for LPC4078

ryan_jacky — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:19:30 GMT

Hey NXP-experts,

unfortunately LPC Link 2 is obsolete and seems to be very hard to order and buy it somewhere.

Official substitute is MCU Link, but as far as I see it doesn't support our LPC4078?

https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/software/development-software/mcuxpresso-software-and-tools-/mcu-link-debug-probe:MCU-LINK

Next question: Is it possible to debug with MCU Link in LPCXpresso IDE?

If both question get a "no", what would you suggest to continue to develop our LPC4078 product?

Is there another (third-party) compatible debugger available?

Are there some remainder of stock of LPC Link 2 at a distributor available?

Or do we really need to port our source code to MCUXPresso and choose another µC and change our complete hardware layout / pcb? (I'd really like to avoid this)

Re: Substite of LPC Link 2 for LPC4078

ErichStyger — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:26:44 GMT

To my understanding, the MCU-Link (and MCU-Link Pro) do support all the devices which are supported by the LPCLink2.

I don't have any LPC4078, and I'm using the MCU-Link with LinkServer (Eclipse/MCUXpresso/VS Code) and it shows it as supported deice:

C:\NXP\LinkServer_1.4.85>LinkServer.exe devices Family Device Board Cores ------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------ 88MW32X device_88MW320_xx_xxxx RDMW320-R0 cm4 JN518x JN5189 JN5189DK6 cm4 K2x MK21DN512Axxx5 TWR-K21D50M cm4 K2x MK21FN1M0Axxx12 TWR-K21F120M cm4 K2x MK22FN512xxx12 FRDM-K22F cm4 ... LPC407x_8x LPC4074 cm4 LPC407x_8x LPC4076 cm4 LPC407x_8x LPC4078 cm4 LPC407x_8x LPC4088 cm4 LPC43xx LPC4310 cm4, [cm0] LPC43xx LPC4312 cm4, [cm0] LPC43xx LPC4313 cm4, [cm0] LPC43xx LPC4315 cm4, [cm0] LPC43xx LPC4317 cm4, [cm0] ....

I hope this helps,

Erich

PS: https://mcuoneclipse.com/2023/05/14/linkserver-for-microcontrollers/

Re: Substite of LPC Link 2 for LPC4078

ryan_jacky — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:32:07 GMT

Hi @ErichStyger ,

yes this helps. But why is LPC407x not listed as device on this website?

https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/software/development-software/mcuxpresso-software-and-tools-/mcu-link-debug-probe:MCU-LINK

I only find the section LPC55xx or LPC11xx.

Is there a manual of MCU Link which provides a complete list of supported devices?

In this manual there isn't a list: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-manual/UM11931.pdf

Would you say linkserver is the reference and when it prints LPC4078 as device this is correct or does it only print what linkserver supports but doesn't know what the debugger hardware really supports?

Regards,

Daniel