topic Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool? in MCUXpresso IDE

Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

nick_schneider — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:32:46 GMT

I am using MCUXpresso v11.7.1

I am attempting to move away from CodeWarrior IDE and instead use MCUXpresso. There is a feature that I am looking for in MCUXpresso but have not been able to find so far. Is there a way to flash a HEX file through MCUXpresso using a P&E Micro programmer while powering the target with the same device?

I have tried using the GUI flash tool which does allow me to flash a hex file but I am not seeing a way to power the device like you could in CodeWarrior.

I see that powering a device is an option in the debug configuration, but I would like to avoid using a debug session for certain use cases.

Also a side question, is there a way to use the GUI flash tool without having a project open?

Any information or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

ZhangJennie — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:26:51 GMT

Hi @nick_schneider

Could you please let me know the part number? thus I will find the programming tool for your part.

Have a nice day,

Jun Zhang

Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

nick_schneider — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:04:18 GMT

I am trying to use the P&E Mirco Multilink Universal FX to program a MKL16Z128VFM4.

Please let me know if there is any other information that you need.

Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

ZhangJennie — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:26:34 GMT

Hi nick_schneider

NXP doesn't have standalone GUI Flash tool. P&E has but it is not free. See

https://www.pemicro.com/products/product_viewDetails.cfm?product_id=15320181

Hope this will help you.

Best Regards

Jun Zhang

Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

nick_schneider — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:15:28 GMT

Thank you for the link I will consider that option.

Just to confirm, is there no way to use MCUXpresso to power a MKL16 target using the PE Micro Multilink Universal FX like there is in CodeWarrior?

Re: Power & flash device and with P&E Micro using the MCUXpresso GUI flash tool?

ZhangJennie — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:20:44 GMT

HI nick_schneider

With MCUXpresso IDE GUI Flash Tool, hex files can be programmed with PEmicro probes but not binary files. Please have a try.

Have a nice day,

Jun Zhang