Using LPCxpresso and Flash Magic with LPCxpress43S37

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by riccardoventrella on Mon Mar 16 08:28:45 MST 2015

Hello,
I'm evaluating the LPC43S37 MCU to become my new reference MCU to be used for my future works ( if any ).
Actually I've installed a free LPCxpresso IDE version, which compiles happily no matter the code size, but of course
doesn't let me to flash apps > 256Kb.
Even trying with the simplest TCP server, the stripped code overflow the 400Kb, meaning I should buy a Pro version.
I'm not avoiding it a priori, for the future, but now I'd need something to test the MCU without investing to much money.

I'm not scared to avoid debugging, since I usually work in Windows with OutputDebugString and printf under Linux, so
having a working it's not mandatory to me.

So, I see you can use flash magic to upload the code LPCxpresso in building, directly using UART with ISP.

Now the point ( sorry if too noob ): I've seen the LPCxpress43S37 eval board has a FTDI UART connector.
Is this theoretically possible to use it to flash my code with Flash Magic?

Are there better or more standard ways to do it?

Thanks for your support.

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by riccardoventrella on Thu Mar 19 12:57:40 MST 2015

Thanks,
I was already LPCxpresso in free, since I've already donwloaded it and I'm building sample projects
form LPCOpen lib, just to try it. Unfortunately, the size of compiled executables exceeds actually the 256Kb
size threshold, so before to buy eventually the Pro version I'd like to test the MCU flashing directly without
being able to debug it.

Thanks, I will give then a chance to LPCScrypt using it to flash a LPCxpresso4337 eval board.

Regards

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by lpcxpresso-support on Thu Mar 19 00:25:49 MST 2015
Yes - LPCXpresso Free Edition is free to use, you just need to activate it.

Yes - LPCScrypt is free to use. You just download it from the page mc pointed you at.

Yes - You can use LPCScrypt to program flash in an LPC4300 system over USB.

Regards,
LPCXpresso Support

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by riccardoventrella on Wed Mar 18 12:35:45 MST 2015

Thank for your answer, I will analyse it.

Of course: is the base version free? Since I'm just evaluate the board and the MCU, I'd like to use LPCxpresso to build and
something else to flash the FW, since I should buy the Pro version due to quite big executables.

So, if this is comes for free, I could use it for sure. So, if I've understood correctly, I could use directly the USB
to flash the code, instead of UART, correct?

Thanks

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by mc on Tue Mar 17 18:08:00 MST 2015
Hi,
At this point of time you can not use FTDI connector to download code in LPCXpresso4337 board( version Vrs3 Rev A) .

Please use LPCScrypt. See here
http://www.lpcware.com/LPCScrypt