Today we announced the new LPC8N04, NFC-enabled MCU. We will be demonstrating the board at ARM Techcon in San Jose, and the lucky first 100 visitors to the NXP booth can exchange their business card for a free board!

You may be interested to know that we recently released a new set of debug firmware and Windows 7 drivers for our boards that feature the LPC11U3x MCU as a debug probe (so all the "MAX" boards). The new firmware can be found under the Software & Tools tab of the board page you are using  http://www.nxp.com/demoboard/omxxxxx (where xxxxx is the board part number, such as om13071, om13097, etc.

MCUXpresso IDE v10.0.2 (build 411) is now available.

Win a S32K144 or MPC5744P Development Kits. Do you want to know how ? Follow this topic for the next weeks and you'll find out more details.

Let us start by giving you a few hints:

- it is big event

- it has to do with Model Based Design

- it is something we build from scratch for that event based on S32K and MPC5744P

For the low pin count and small memory footprint LPC800 family, NXP offers free LPCOpen Driver Code and Example Code Bundles. 

The LPCOpen Driver Code for LPC81x/82x/83x series, is an Application Programming Interface (API) base. For users who are not too concerned with overall code size, LPCOpen provides the ease of use without diving into details of each peripheral registers, and it is easy to migrate from LPC8xx to LPC11xx family. 

The link below is a step-by-step tuturial how to use the LPC800-DIP board with the MCUXpresso IDE

The MCUXpresso IDE has flexible ways how to use 'disconnect' and 'terminate'. Read more about this in

MCUXpresso IDE: Terminate and Disconnect a Debug Session | MCU on Eclipse 

Nice project from Kevin Townsend showing off capabilities of LPC824 with it's state configurable timer to drive Neopixel and IR distance application.

I love seeing how our LPC community uses our microcontrollers ... keep sharing what you create and let's continue to support and invest in each other.  

Hi LPC fans,

We have very good news to share with you today.

As you know, one of the major roadmap for LPC this year is the LPC546xx release.

And it will be coming soon~~~, as you all expected.

For this new and hot product, the LPC SE team has prepared a serial of training slides covering almost every peripheral and aspects of LPC546xx.

I have completed an article (external link) describing how existing Kinetis Design Studio projects can be imported and used in the MCUXpresso IDE

The following article (external link) shows how to install the Eclipse Market Client into the MCUXpresso IDE

The following article (external link) shows how to genereate S-Records (.s19), Intel Hex (.hex) and Binary (.bin) files:

MCUXpresso IDE: S-Record, Intel Hex and Binary Files | MCU on Eclipse 

Enjoy!

Erich

If you have already Kinetis Design Studio v3.x installed on Linux, then you might run into a P&E driver installation problem while installing MCUXpresso IDE v10.0.0 build 344.

The following blog post gives a tour through some of the features in the NXP MCUXpresso IDE:

MCUXpresso IDE: Unified Eclipse IDE for NXPs ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers | MCU on Eclipse 

I am humbled and energized after spending a week with 30,000+ engineers at this year’s Embedded World!

Amazing.  That’s the only way to describe the passion and enormity of our LPC FANS across Europe.  LPC is deep-rooted in the hearts of many and I am lucky to be a part of this inspired, tightknit community.    Embedded World has a strong place in the heart of LPC. 

My personal highlights from the event .... LPC FANS, What's Popular, MCUXpresso & Geoff.

We gave out 200 of our LPC800 DIP breakout board (with an LPC824 installed) at Embedded World last week ... they were snapped up pretty fast! For those lucky folks who grabbed one, here is the schematic. Pretty simple stuff, probably actually easier to read on the packaging!

Some days before, there is a great post about LPC dual-core, LPC key feature_DualCore 

This time, we show a LPC5411x based dual-core example. It shows all aspects about dual-core development, startup, communicate, sync, mutex. Enjoy it:)

After extracted the attachement, it locates at "boards\lpcxpresso54114\multicore_examples\blinky\mdk\blinky.uvmpw"

The year when two titans came together forming what is now the #1 supplier to the broad based MCU market.  To the industry, it was the year of the merger, clouded in uncertainty.

Our global ecosystem - from NXP field engineers to distributors and partners are training up on LPC and now more specifically, the newest LPC546xx family.  

But we also want to make sure the engineers actually using our MCUs in their application receive the same information directly from us ... we will continue to keep you updated & informed.

ARM just released some new, very thorough tutorials on how to use the LPCXpresso54114 board with MDK. Thanks to Bob Boys for this great work! Check them out at http://www.keil.com/appnotes/docs/apnt_294.asp

MCUXpresso IDE is now recommended for all LPC Cortex-M based MCUs. This tool is free to use and does not have any application code size limits. The following blog is provided for informational purposes only.

Links to material being referenced:

LPCXpresso IDE Download

In case you missed it, we extended our low cost LPC800 series, back in September with the addition of the LPC83x family. The LPC83x family introduces new functionality to our streamlined LPC800 series, which includes LPC81x and now LPC83x.  If more functionality is needed, our extremely popular superset LPC82x family is likely the one you need.

The LPC800 series is great 8- and 16-bit alternative for use in various systems, such as end node connectivity, gesture sensing for HMI, basic motor control, power line communication, battery power management … applications are endless from IoT smart home to building control, industrial automation, children’s toys, and more.

So I am getting ready for Electronica and brought a bunch of boards home.  I was testing and packing everything when my daughter got her hands on one of the demos ... this is what happened.

Our first software development kit (SDK) based leveraging the nice touch display   ... it may look simple, but the board is alive and working well! 

If you haven't heard, our LPC54000 power-efficient platform is expanding to address what our 10,000+ customers have been waiting for patiently ... an extension to some of our most popular devices in the market, including LPC1700.

The time has come ... lead customers are developing on the LPCXpresso54608 board now!

Hi!  we love staying connected with all of our LPC customers, which is why it would be great if you could follow our LPC MCU community by clicking on the link from the main forum page.  This allows us to stay better connected and ensure you always receive the latest information direct from the product line.   Portfolio updates, announcements and more will be shared, so stay tuned.  By the way, we have a few design challenges planned and definitely want to make sure you hear the latest details as they are shared.  You can stop following at any time.

Whooohooo  ... LPCXpresso54608 boards have arrived! ... development teams are hard at work finishing our release and preparing demos, lead customers have them in hand and we're looking good for our full market launch!  I can't wait for all of you to get a board in the coming months, so you can start developing and sharing what you have using the latest LPC MCU

The newly assembled LPC team has been working hard since day one and now, we are ready to unveil our official plans!

As we approach our relaunch, which starts this November, we will be sharing all of the details on this forum with our 10,000+ customers.  First up, the 2017 product roadmap ... followed by regular updates on LPC5460x, our upcoming launch, which kicks-off our busy year of product announcements and launches.

Dear LPC and Kinetis customers, partners and enthusiasts,

It has been roughly 9 months since LPC and Kinetis merged under the new NXP. Both LPC and Kinetis teams are now under the same business line. Everyone has been working diligently to make sure the basic infrastructures are not broken and customers using either LPC or Kinetis are well supported.

We hope word has gotten out that both product families are doing well.  We have you to thank.