Entry level development tools

[chicagomike]

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

[ErichStyger]

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

[chicagomike]

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

[ErichStyger]

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