Attached MCUXpresso IDE fact sheet gives an overview about the IDE and its capabilities. More information is available on MCUXpresso IDE|NXP .

This document contains a history of the releases of MCUXpresso IDE, with links to the announcement blog for each release.   Receive email notification for new releases If you would like to receive notifications when a new version of MCUXpresso IDE is released, please make sure to follow this document.   Release History   January 2024 MCUXpresso IDE v11.9.0 October 2023 MCUXpresso IDE v11.8.1 August 2023 MCUXpresso IDE v11.8.0  March 2023 MCUXpresso IDE v11.7.1  January 2023 MCUXpresso IDE v11.7.0  October 2022 MCUXpresso IDE v11.6.1  July 2022 MCUXpresso IDE v11.6.0  April 2022 MCUXpresso IDE v11.5.1  January 2022 MCUXpresso IDE v11.5.0  September 2021 MCUXpresso IDE v11.4.1  August 2021 MCUXpresso IDE v11.4.0 b6224 replaced by b6237 to fix an eclipse updater issue. July 2021 MCUXpresso IDE v11.4.0  April 2021 MCUXpresso IDE v11.3.1  January 2021 MCUXpresso IDE v11.3.0  October 2020 MCUXpresso IDE v11.2.1  July 2020 MCUXpresso IDE v11.2.0   March 2020 MCUXpresso IDE v11.1.1  December 2019 MCUXpresso IDE v11.1.0  MCUXpresso IDE v11.1.0 SDK Handling Hotfix (January 2020) September 2019 MCUXpresso IDE v11.0.1 MCUXpresso IDE v11.0.1 Segger-LPC Debug Hotfix (September 2019) MCUXpresso IDE v11.0.1 LPC55xx Debug Hotfix (October 2019) June 2019 MCUXpresso IDE v11.0.0 February 2019 MCUXpresso IDE v10.3.1 December 2018 MCUXpresso IDE v10.3.0 July 2018 MCUXpresso IDE v10.2.1 May 2018 MCUXpresso IDE v10.2.0 January 2018 MCUXpresso IDE v10.1.1 November 2017 MCUXpresso IDE v10.1.0 July 2017 MCUXpresso IDE v10.0.2 March 2017 MCUXpresso IDE v10.0.0

For the previous KDS or CodeWarrior users, they may not create and use static library under MCUXpresso IDE without a hitch, because the methods are not exactly same. MCUXpresso IDE supports adding static library in user project with “Smart Update” wizard. This feature is derived from LPCXpresso IDE.  However, “Smart Update” wizard is only available for natively supported LPC products in MCUXpresso 10.1.0 and lower versions.  It will support all LPC and Kinetis product in MCUXpresso IDE future release. For MCUXpresso natively supported LPC product, using “Smart Update” to add library is very convenient. User can learn its usage from this article: Creating and Linking to Library Projectshttps://community.nxp.com/message/630594 For Kinetis product, the only way to add library to project is by hand. This article will take an example with MK64F demo, illustrating how to create and use static library under MCUXpresso IDE step by step.  It will also be good for all LPC and Kinetis users to understand how user project works with external static libraries under MCUXpresso.  If user needs demo code of this article, please send me community internal message. Thanks for the suggestion from LPCX support        

Checking disassemble code is often needed for programmers when developing a project. This article will introduce two methods of generating disassemble file with GNU utility objdump under MCUXpresso IDE 10.1.0. If user needs demo code, please send me community internal message.

[中文翻译版] 见附件 原文链接： https://community.nxp.com/community/mcuxpresso/mcuxpresso-ide/blog/2019/06/12/using-lpc55s69-sdk-trustzone-examples-with-mcuxpresso-ide-v1100

As part of my university engagement, I have posted an overview article about the new MCUXpresso IDE: (external link): MCUXPresso IDE: Unified Eclipse IDE for NXPs ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers | MCU on Eclipse  I hope you find it useful, Erich

This exercise demonstrates how to port a project using MCUXpresso IDE and SDK from one RT MCU to another.  The exercise starts with an SDK demo project for the MIMXRT1060-EVK board, and ports to the IMXRT1050-EVKB board.   The "MCUXpresso IDE User Guide" installed with the IDE gives this warning: changing a project’s associated MCU should not be undertaken unless you have a total grasp of the consequence of this change.  Therefore rather than changing a project’s associated MCU, it is strongly recommended that instead a new project is generated for the desired MCU and this new project is edited as required.  However, on occasion it may be expedient to reset a project’s MCU (and associated SDK)   I also recommend using a SDK project intended for the final MCU, and just port the application source files to it.  But here are the steps to port the project.  Also note, these two boards use different flash types by default.  In this example, the IMXRT1050-EVKB was reworked to use the QSPI flash on the board following Appnote AN12108.  Once the RT1050 EVK is modified to use the QSPI flash, it is the same flash used on the RT1060 EVK.   Resources used in this exercise: IMXRT1050-EVKB board RevA1 MIMXRT1060-EVK board RevA2 MCUXpresso IDE v11.2.0 MCUXpresso SDK from Welcome | MCUXpresso SDK Builder  EVKB-IMXRT1050_SDK_2.8.2 EVK-MIMXRT1060_SDK_2.8.2   Attached to this post are two projects: Starting_evkmimxrt1060_iled_blinky.zip was the original SDK example running on the RT1060 EVK evkbmimxrt1050_iled_blinky_ported.zip is the final ported project, running from QSPI and RT1050     Following the "MCUXpresso IDE User Guide" section "Changing the MCU (and associated SDK)", changed the MCU to MIMXRT1052xxxxB.  Also changed the flash driver to MIMXRT1050_SFDP_QSPI.cfx.  If using Segger JLink, see https://wiki.segger.com/i.MXRT1050 to change the flash algorithm to QSPI.   And then changed the package/part number to MIMXRT1052DVL6B.   Changed the project name to evkbmimxrt1050_iled_blinky_ported Changed the C Compiler Preprocessor definitions to the SDK device CPU_MIMXRT1052DVL6B   Replaced the files from the SDK package EVKB-IMXRT1050_SDK_2.8.2 (Note: MCUXpresso IDE supports "SDK Project Component Management", which could also be used for updating some of these files.  See section "SDK Project Component Management" of the IDE user guide.  But I replaced the files manually myself from the RT1050 SDK package): device folder with the SDK files from EVKB-IMXRT1050_SDK_2.8.2.zip\devices\MIMXRT1052.  startup file from \EVKB-IMXRT1050_SDK_2.8.2.zip\devices\MIMXRT1052\mcuxpresso\ drivers files from \EVKB-IMXRT1050_SDK_2.8.2.zip\devices\MIMXRT1052\drivers\ board files, can use an SDK example for the ported device, or generate the clock_config and pin_mux files from the MCUXpresso Config tools xip files would also need to be updated if flash configuration changes.  In this example, both boards are using the same QSPI flash, and these files are the same.   Delete the .launch debug configuration file in the project.  MCUXpresso IDE will regenerate it.   With these changes, the ported project runs on the RT1050 EVK.

MCUXpresso IDE combines the best features of the LPCXpresso IDE and Kinetis Design Studio. For users more familiar with KDS, here’s a high level overview of some of the things that are different in basic interactions with this new tool.   Quickstart Panel. One of the biggest and most useful changes is the Quickstart panel in the lower left hand corner of the IDE. This is where users import MCUXpresso SDK projects, build projects, debug projects, and modify some project settings.   Importing SDK Example Projects This is now done via the Quickstart Panel, and by default will create a unique copy of the project inside the workspace directory with all the necessary source files for the board, drivers, and source so it can be easily shared.   Debugging SDK Projects This is also now done via the Quickstart Panel, and is straightforward. One important thing to note though is that if you want to change the debugger protocol (ie move from CMSIS-DAP to Segger JLink) you need to delete both the .launch files in the project so that the debugger settings will reset.   Semihosting If default options are kept when importing in SDK projects, semihosting is used for printf commands. See this Community post for details on how to use the UART for printf instead (which is connected to the OpenSDA circuit on development boards), as well as how to switch between the two options.   Importing SDKs New device support is added to MCUXpresso IDE by importing SDK packages. There’s an XML file inside the SDK packages that tell it all the information the IDE needs to know. Reference this Community post for some of the options you have in how to import an SDK into the IDE, and also refer to Section 4 of the MCUXpresso User Guide or this in-depth training video.   MCUXpresso SDK This is just a re-branding of Kinetis SDK 2.x now that it supports more than just Kinetis devices, so there are no significant differences with this new name change.   Porting a KDS project to MCUXpresso There is no automatic tool to take a KDS project and convert it to a MCUXpresso project, so there is some manual work involved in porting a KDS project to MCUXpresso IDE. The recommended path would be to import/create the closest MCUXpresso SDK project, and then copy in the custom source code and other modifications. Minimal code re-write should be required since the drivers are the same. They are also both Eclipse/GCC based IDEs so predefines should be straight forward to port over. 

This tip will show you how to re-trigger a full probe discovery.  The feature is very useful for the customer who may use multiple debug probes. The first time you debug a project, MCUXpresso IDE will perform a probe discovery operation and display the discovered Debug Probes for selection. This will show all Supported Probes that are attached to your computer. (Here you can see the default P&E Micro OpenSDA of FRDM-KL25Z board was found.) For any future debug sessions, the stored probe selection will be automatically used to match the project being debugged with the previously used debug probe. This greatly simplifies the case where multiple debug probes are being used. However, if a debug operation is performed and the previously remembered debug probe cannot be found, then a debug probe discovery operation will be performed from within the same family e.g. MCUXpresso IDE LinkServer, P&E Micro or SEGGER J-Link. (Here you can see there are two Probe search options: Search for PEMicroDBB97E74 again and Search for other attached PE Micro probes.) But if you want to use a different debug probe(for example: debug FRDM-KL25Z board with SEGGER JLink), click this blue debug icon will meet problem. Supported Probes dialog only show P&E Micro probes, it will not search other family of debug probes e.g. MCUXpresso IDE LinkServer or SEGGER J-Link.   Once a launch configuration file has been created, it will be used for the projects future debug operations. If you wish to use the project with a different debug probe, then simply delete the existing launch configuration and allow a new one to be automatically used on the next debug operation. Now click blue debug icon re-trigger a full probe discovery, and it show all Supported Probes that are attached to your computer again.

This document provides some sample codes and steps for relocating Code and Data into RAM/FLASH. Please look at them with projects in attachment. It is based on “MCUXpresso_IDE_User_Guide.pdf”, so about the understanding of some macros, you can check on that document. This document is based on FRDM-K64, MCUXpressoIDE_10.0.2_411. You can use it on other chips too.   1. Introduce the “Memory configuration editor” 2.1. Relocating Data into RAM 2.1 Relocating Code into RAM 2.3 Relocating Code into Flash 3.Reference  

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Dear Community, The purpose of this document is to show how to integrate projects from the file system to MCUXpresso IDE. It is actually not that complicated as you might have imagined.  Let's begin... The import project(s) from file system option is included in the Quickstart Panel, which is located in the lower left corner of the IDE. Type / Paste the location of the folder (either zipped or unpacked). Then, click Next button. Finally, select all the project folders / examples you want to be imported. Now, they will be accessible and available from the Project explorer. Happy development! Best regards, Ivan R.

MCUXpresso SDK packages are downloaded as .zip files. If you are using a 3 rd party IDE such as IAR or Keil, then the package must be unzipped in order to access the project files. Also an unzipped SDK folder must be available for the MCUXpresso Config Tools. This is why the default recommendation is to go ahead and unzip a downloaded SDK package.   However if using MCUXpresso IDE, then either the zipped or unzipped SDK can be imported into the MCUXpresso IDE. A zipped SDK will save disk space and can be imported into the IDE more quickly than an unzipped SDK folder. MCUXpresso’s IDE part support is extended by importing MCUXpresso SDKs into the IDE, so this can save some time if you need to add a new device. Also note that your SDK package must support MCUXpresso, and thus must have been recently created in the SDK Builder (after March 24th) with explicit support for MCUXpresso in the package, else you will get an error when trying to import it.  When an MCUXpresso SDK zip package or folder is drag-and-dropped into the IDE, a copy of that zip/folder is made and put into the C:\Users\<user_name>\mcuxpresso\SDKPackages directory. Thus you can delete the original copy that was downloaded to save disk space.     If the imported SDK was zipped, then when creating or importing example projects, the SDK source files are always copied into the workspace. If the imported SDK was unzipped, then you are given the option to either copy the SDK source files into the workspace (which is the default), or the SDK files can be referenced directly as linked references.   If an SDK is imported as a zipped file, it can be later unzipped from inside the MCUXpresso IDE. This unzipping has been optimized so it’s much faster than unzipping it via a program like WinZip. When unzipping inside the MCUXpresso IDE, the zip file that was in the MCUXpresso SDKPackages folder will automatically be deleted from the hard drive once its finished unzipping. You can then use this unzipped folder for that SDK location when using the MCUXpresso Config tools.       You can also add MCUXpresso SDKs by placing an SDK package (zipped or unzipped) into that default SDKPackages directory (C:\Users\<user_name>\mcuxpresso\SDKPackage) and restarting the MCUXpresso IDE.    Finally you can also specify additional directories that MCUXpresso IDE should search for SDK files (both zipped or unzipped) by going to Window -> Preferences -> MCUXpresso IDE -> SDK Options. This can be useful for keeping a repository of SDKs in a special location on your hard drive. For SDKs stored outside the default location though, the "Delete SDK" function is disabled inside the IDE, and the extra search paths are only saved per workspace, so if you choose another workspace, it won't know about the new SDK folders until you re-add the path. If multiple SDKs are found for the same device in different locations, the IDE select the package to use by priority on the list (top has priority).    More detailed information on pre-installed part support and importing SDKs can be found in Section 4 of the MCUXpresso IDE User's Guide, as well as in this informative training video.