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How to add drivers and some code at MCUXpresso for VSC v.26.2

KNagai-Private — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:02:41 GMT

Hello,

I'm using MCUXpresso for VSC v.26.2.

I want to add drivers and some application code but I could not find any useful document at NXP's web site.

Could you tell me any documents and/or tutorial, please?

Best regards,

Toshi

Re: How to add drivers and some code at MCUXpresso for VSC v.26.2

Harry_Zhang — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:05:15 GMT

Hi @KNagai-Private

I think you can refer to this document.

MCUXpresso SDK Projects with NXP CMake Format — MCUXpresso SDK Documentation

Harry

Re: How to add drivers and some code at MCUXpresso for VSC v.26.2

ErichStyger — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:15:52 GMT

The way proposed in MCUXpresso SDK Projects with NXP CMake Format — MCUXpresso SDK Documentation has several disadvantages: it depends on custom/proprietary NXP CMake extension, and you only can add files one by one, plus it it ignores the standard CMake way of doing things, e.g. global options are not honored.

A much easier way and what is using standard CMake files and rules is what I prefer, and what I'm using.

For example:

- create in the project root directory a folder for your sources, e.g. name it 'src'

- place all your .c and .h files into that src folder.

- Add the attached CMakeLists.txt into that src folder. It will build a library with all the sources name 'srcLib'

- in your SDK root CMakeLists.txt, you have to add the following line to reference the CMakeLists.txt:

add_subdirectory(./src src)

- add the following lines to the root CMakeLists.txt to link with your library:

target_link_libraries(

${MCUX_SDK_PROJECT_NAME}

PUBLIC

srcLib # library of src folder

)

That's it: that way you add your own source files to the SDK, and have full control over it with standard CMake features, and do not depend on any CMake extensions.

I hope this helps,

Erich

Re: How to add drivers and some code at MCUXpresso for VSC v.26.2

KNagai-Private — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:48 GMT

Hi @ErichStyger and @Harry_Zhang ,

Thank you very much for your advice!

It helps me so much.

I hope it would be good if the documentation on the web will be updated to reflect the most useful content.

Best regards,

Toshi