MCUXpresso for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) provides an optimized embedded developer experience for code editing and development. The extension enables NXP developers to use one of the most popular embedded editor tools and provides an easy and fast way to create, build and debug applications based on MCUXpresso SDK or Zephyr projects.
Install it following the next steps:
Download Visual Studio Code from Microsoft Store or visual studio code web page Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows
Access to vscode for MCUX wiki and download MCUXpresso Installer Dependency Installation · nxp-mcuxpresso/vscode-for-mcux Wiki · GitHub
Run MCUXpresso Installer and for MCXW72 Hands On install at least
- MCUXpresso SDK Developer
- Matter Developer
- Arm GNU Toolchain
- Standalone Toolchain Add ons
- Linkserver
- PEmicro
Installing the FRDM-MCX SDK
Each MCU has its own SDK that includes driver, examples, middleware, docs and other components. To get and build the demo, let’s install the SDK into VS Code.
Install the NXP’s GitHub SDK:
- Once MCUXpresso for Visual Studio Code is installed, open VS Code.
- Go to MCUXpresso for VS Code extension that is on the tools column at the left.
- Look for INSTALLED REPOSITORIES option and press ‘+’ (Detail steps are described in wiki page. Working with MCUXpresso SDK · nxp-mcuxpresso/vscode-for-mcux Wiki · GitHub).
- Search for the remote option of the Import Repository window.
- Select the MCUXpresso SDK in the repository option to download the GitHub SDK, then in the Revision tab you can select either the “main” revision or to select a specific version), optionally you can change the repository name and location.
- Finally click on the “Import” button.
