LPC Xpresso examples not maintained ?

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by Rob65 on Fri Nov 07 03:26:10 MST 2014
Are the examples in the lpcxpresso/Examples folder maintained at all?

I had a hard time getting an example to use the SCT as a simple PWM timer. The examples that are delived with the lpcxpresso release for the lpc8xx are too complex for a simple PWM.

The LPCOpen download page contains much better examples for the LPC8xx lpcxpresso and MAX boards.

Also, not all parts have proper packages for the CMSIS. Some have a separate .zip with CMSIS packages whereas others only have the CMSIS embedded in some examples.

So the main question is what the use of the examples in the LPCXpresso is - apart from using up disk space ...

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by lpcxpresso-support on Fri Nov 07 04:40:09 MST 2014
The simple answer is that the \examples\NXP folder is now legacy only (we are actually slowly removing items from it).

To quote the LPCXpresso 7.5.0 User Guide, section 4.1, Software drivers and examples...

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LPCOpen is now the preferred software platform for most NXP Cortex-M based MCUs, replacing the various CMSIS / Peripheral Driver Library / code bundle software packages
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CMSIS / Peripheral Driver Library / code bundle software packages are still available, both within your LPCXpresso IDE install directory \lpcxpresso\Examples\NXP and also downloadable from NXP LPCware website. But generally these should only be used for existing development work. When starting a new evaluation or product development, we would recommend the use of LPCOpen.

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We are also now including copies of the LPCOpen packages available at the time of building each new LPCXpresso release in the \examples\LPCOpen directory - but would always advise checking the web for the latest versions.

Regards,
LPCXpresso Support