Overview
Previously, we covered an overview of Kconfig in this article. We also covered, the process of launching the Kconfig GUI from the CLI. In this article, we will look at the process for launching the Kconfig GUI from MCUXpresso for VS Code.
Process
Before we can get started with the Kconfig GUI, we need to import a project into VS Code. For this article let's focus on the freertos_hello example as we did in the Kconfig article for the CLI.
To open the Kconfig GUI, navigate to the PROJECTS view. Right click on the freertos-hello project and select Configure > Open Kconfig GUI Configuration.
The Kconfig GUI should launch, you'll now be able to make changes/selections in the GUI.
For example, you can modify the project to use heap 3 rather than heap 4. After selecting the component, you'll see a brief overview and description of the component.
After completing changes with the Kconfig GUI, click the Save button. If your project requires it, make the changes to code in other parts of your project.
To verify that changes made from the Kconfig GUI were applied: navigate to the PROJECTS view, expand the project, expand the Project Files, expand the build configuration, and open the .config file. You can view this file directly in the workspace. Use Ctrl + F to find the components that you modify. The verification step is not required. Users are able to attempt a build as soon as they save their changes in the Kconfig GUI.
