Need help with NXP IMX 1050evkb

[wadinyade]

I’ve done C Programming. Now, I’m trying to learn basics of embedded development. I just bought an NXP 1050 evaluation kit. But it does not align with the basic steps mentioned on the NXP Getting Started guide. - It doesn’t have an accelerometer project in built. I tried installing the driver but the Link takes me to build an SDK. And the guide says to install the SDK but I can’t find any installable files there. All the videos in there are too old.

Can somebody help?

[EdwinHz]

Hi @wadinyade,

What evaluation kit did you get? If you are using the EVKB, I recommend hopping over to the newer MCUXpresso for VS Code, for a more modern methodology of developing applications for our MCUs, as well as having the friendly VS Code environment. You can find the documentation about how to download and install the MCXpresso extension, obtain the repository (SDK) for the RT1050-EVKB, and import your first project here:

MCUXpresso Installer — MCUXpresso for VS Code 26.05 documentation

Explore Extension — MCUXpresso for VS Code 26.05 documentation

Import Repository — MCUXpresso for VS Code 26.05 documentation

Create Project — MCUXpresso for VS Code 26.05 documentation

If you are using the EVK (no B) version of the RT1050, you'll need the older MCUXpresso IDE, and the SDK for the RT1050-EVK. The SDK you downloaded does not have an installer in it. instead, to import it onto MCUXpresso IDE, you can drag and drop the zip file to the "Installed SDKs" panel on the bottom of the IDE, as mentioned on the MCUXpresso IDE User Guide on section "4.2.2 SDK part support via SDK Builder": https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=MCUXPRESSO-UG&appType=license

Let me know if you have any further inquiries about this topic!

BR,
Edwin.