Substite of LPC Link 2 for LPC4078

[ryan_jacky]

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unfortunately LPC Link 2 is obsolete and seems to be very hard to order and buy it somewhere.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

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)

[ErichStyger]

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/ 

[ryan_jacky]

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...

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