boards/nxp/frdm_mcxa577/doc/index.rst
.. zephyr:board:: frdm_mcxa577
Overview
FRDM-MCXA577 is a compact and scalable development board for rapid prototyping of MCX A577 MCUs. They offer industry standard headers for easy access to the MCUs input/output (I/O), integrated open-standard serial interfaces, external flash memory and an onboard MCU-Link debugger.
Hardware
For more information about the MCX-A577 SoC and FRDM-MCXA577 board, see:
MCX-A577 SoC Website_FRDM-MCXA577 Website_FRDM-MCXA577 User Guide_.. zephyr:board-supported-hw::
Some features in the table above are tested with Zephyr shields. These shields are tested on this board:
lcd_par_s035 - supports the Display interface. This board uses the
MIPI_DBI interface of the shield, connected to the FlexIO on-chip peripheral.The MCX-A577 SoC has 5 gpio controllers and has pinmux registers which can be used to configure the functionality of a pin.
+------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Name | Function | Usage | +============+=================+============================+ | PIO0_2 | UART | UART RX | +------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | PIO0_3 | UART | UART TX | +------------+-----------------+----------------------------+
The MCX-A577 SoC is configured to use FRO LF running at 12MHz as a source for the system clock.
The FRDM-MCXA577 SoC has 6 LPUART interfaces for serial communication. LPUART0 is configured as UART for the console.
Programming and Debugging
.. zephyr:board-supported-runners::
Build and flash applications as usual (see :ref:build_an_application and
:ref:application_run for more details).
A debug probe is used for both flashing and debugging the board. This board is configured by default to use the MCU-Link CMSIS-DAP Onboard Debug Probe.
Linkserver is the default runner for this board, and supports the factory
default MCU-Link firmware. Follow the instructions in
:ref:mcu-link-cmsis-onboard-debug-probe to reprogram the default MCU-Link
firmware. This only needs to be done if the default onboard debug circuit
firmware was changed. To put the board in ISP mode to program the firmware,
short jumper JP4.
There are two options. The onboard debug circuit can be updated with Segger
J-Link firmware by following the instructions in
:ref:mcu-link-jlink-onboard-debug-probe.
To be able to program the firmware, you need to put the board in ISP mode
by shortening the jumper JP4.
The second option is to attach a :ref:jlink-external-debug-probe to the
10-pin SWD connector (J11) of the board. Additionally, the jumper JP6 must
be shorted.
For both options use the -r jlink option with west to use the jlink runner.
.. code-block:: console
west flash -r jlink
Connect a USB cable from your PC to J13, and use the serial terminal of your choice (minicom, putty, etc.) with the following settings:
Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.
.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: frdm_mcxa577 :goals: flash
Open a serial terminal, reset the board (press the RESET button), and you should see the following message in the terminal:
.. code-block:: console
*** Booting Zephyr OS build v3.6.0-4478-ge6c3a42f5f52 *** Hello World! frdm_mcxa577/mcxa577
Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.
.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: frdm_mcxa577/mcxa577 :goals: debug
Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you should see the following message in the terminal:
.. code-block:: console
*** Booting Zephyr OS build v3.6.0-4478-ge6c3a42f5f52 *** Hello World! frdm_mcxa577/mcxa577
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.. _MCX-A577 SoC Website: https://www.nxp.com/products/MCX-A57X
.. _FRDM-MCXA577 Website: https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/development-boards-and-designs/FRDM-MCXA577
.. _FRDM-MCXA577 User Guide: https://www.nxp.com/document/guide/getting-started-with-frdm-mcxa577:GS-FRDM-MCXA577