So I came across this part because it has SW security. I got here because of the Raspberry Pi Pico, I tinkered and made some stuff with it. Now I want to use this device as the main and the Pico in support. The Pico is setup to be simple to "execute" grab a USB cable and write some python. Alot of the primitives are taken care of for interfaces and gpio.
Pico has one of these, another Pico can be made to be a Probe. Is this possible? Pico only use CLK and DIO, ground. Pico have USB as their main interface the SWD is extra goodness and not super necessary but helpful.
If I get the MCU link and not a dev board, can I just hook the SWD pins to pins and debug? Meaning I make my own board and provide the interface as the device seems to very easily stand alone. What are the necessary pins?
Is in MCU link the most likely way I can program an uninitialized device? I cannot use any of the current interfaces? I know there is some type of ROM that may have primordial flashing routines, as it is mentioned a UART interface can. I haven't looked hard for the SW user guide for the device which may answer some of this.
If I use the IDE and USB instead will anything happen(my guess is no as Pico has that boot as USB flash drive and a way to load a file that will allow interaction with python or c or whatever.)?
I did create an IDE for what I thought I would need as a bare board, but first thought I might by a dev board and then decided MCU link might be enough.
So the general question is, if I plop the device on a board and provide some pins/connections can I make it work with the IDE and some interface without the need for the dev board for my "training"?
