| .. zephyr:board:: frdm_mcxa156 |
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| Overview |
| ******** |
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| FRDM-MCXA156 are compact and scalable development boards for rapid prototyping of |
| MCX A15X MCUs. They offer industry standard headers for easy access to the |
| MCUs I/Os, integrated open-standard serial interfaces, external flash memory and |
| an on-board MCU-Link debugger. MCX N Series are high-performance, low-power |
| microcontrollers with intelligent peripherals and accelerators providing multi-tasking |
| capabilities and performance efficiency. |
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| Hardware |
| ******** |
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| - MCX-A156 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller running at 96 MHz |
| - 1MB dual-bank on chip Flash |
| - 128 KB RAM |
| - USB high-speed (Host/Device) with on-chip HS PHY. HS USB Type-C connectors |
| - 2x FlexCAN with FD, 2x I3Cs, 2x SAI |
| - On-board MCU-Link debugger with CMSIS-DAP |
| - Arduino Header, FlexIO/LCD Header, SmartDMA/Camera Header, mikroBUS |
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| For more information about the MCX-A156 SoC and FRDM-MCXA156 board, see: |
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| - `MCX-A156 SoC Website`_ |
| - `MCX-A156 Datasheet`_ |
| - `MCX-A156 Reference Manual`_ |
| - `FRDM-MCXA156 Website`_ |
| - `FRDM-MCXA156 User Guide`_ |
| - `FRDM-MCXA156 Board User Manual`_ |
| - `FRDM-MCXA156 Schematics`_ |
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| Supported Features |
| ================== |
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| The FRDM-MCXA156 board configuration supports the following hardware features: |
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| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | Interface | Controller | Driver/Component | |
| +===========+============+=====================================+ |
| | NVIC | on-chip | nested vector interrupt controller | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | SYSTICK | on-chip | systick | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | PINMUX | on-chip | pinmux | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | GPIO | on-chip | gpio | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | UART | on-chip | serial port-polling; | |
| | | | serial port-interrupt | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | CLOCK | on-chip | clock_control | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | FLASH | on-chip | soc flash | |
| +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+ |
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| Targets available |
| ================== |
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| The default configuration file |
| :zephyr_file:`boards/nxp/frdm_mcxa156/frdm_mcxa156_defconfig` |
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| Other hardware features are not currently supported by the port. |
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| Connections and IOs |
| =================== |
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| The MCX-A156 SoC has 5 gpio controllers and has pinmux registers which |
| can be used to configure the functionality of a pin. |
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| +------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ |
| | Name | Function | Usage | |
| +============+=================+============================+ |
| | PIO0_2 | UART | UART RX | |
| +------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ |
| | PIO0_3 | UART | UART TX | |
| +------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ |
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| System Clock |
| ============ |
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| The MCX-A156 SoC is configured to use FRO running at 96MHz as a source for |
| the system clock. |
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| Serial Port |
| =========== |
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| The FRDM-MCXA156 SoC has 5 LPUART interfaces for serial communication. |
| LPUART 0 is configured as UART for the console. |
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| Programming and Debugging |
| ************************* |
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| Build and flash applications as usual (see :ref:`build_an_application` and |
| :ref:`application_run` for more details). |
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| Configuring a Debug Probe |
| ========================= |
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| 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. |
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| Using LinkServer |
| ---------------- |
| |
| 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 ``DFU mode`` to program the firmware, |
| short jumper JP5. |
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| Using J-Link |
| ------------ |
| |
| 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 ``DFU mode`` |
| by shortening the jumper JP5. |
| The second option is to attach a :ref:`jlink-external-debug-probe` to the |
| 10-pin SWD connector (J24) of the board. Additionally, the jumper JP7 must |
| be shortened. |
| For both options use the ``-r jlink`` option with west to use the jlink runner. |
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| .. code-block:: console |
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| west flash -r jlink |
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| Configuring a Console |
| ===================== |
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| Connect a USB cable from your PC to J21, and use the serial terminal of your choice |
| (minicom, putty, etc.) with the following settings: |
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| - Speed: 115200 |
| - Data: 8 bits |
| - Parity: None |
| - Stop bits: 1 |
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| Flashing |
| ======== |
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| Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:`hello_world` application. |
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| .. zephyr-app-commands:: |
| :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world |
| :board: frdm_mcxa156 |
| :goals: flash |
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| Open a serial terminal, reset the board (press the RESET button), and you should |
| see the following message in the terminal: |
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| .. code-block:: console |
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| *** Booting Zephyr OS build v3.6.0-4478-ge6c3a42f5f52 *** |
| Hello World! frdm_mcxa156/mcxa156 |
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| Debugging |
| ========= |
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| Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:`hello_world` application. |
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| .. zephyr-app-commands:: |
| :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world |
| :board: frdm_mcxa156/mcxa156 |
| :goals: debug |
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| Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you |
| should see the following message in the terminal: |
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| .. code-block:: console |
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| *** Booting Zephyr OS build v3.6.0-4478-ge6c3a42f5f52 *** |
| Hello World! frdm_mcxa156/mcxa156 |
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| Troubleshooting |
| =============== |
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| .. include:: ../../common/segger-ecc-systemview.rst |
| :start-after: segger-ecc-systemview |
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| .. _MCX-A156 SoC Website: |
| https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/mcx-arm-cortex-m/mcx-a-series-microcontrollers/mcx-a13x-14x-15x-mcus-with-arm-cortex-m33-scalable-device-options-low-power-and-intelligent-peripherals:MCX-A13X-A14X-A15X |
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| .. _MCX-A156 Datasheet: |
| https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MCXAP100M96FS6.pdf |
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| .. _MCX-A156 Reference Manual: |
| https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=MCXAP100M96FS6RM |
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| .. _FRDM-MCXA156 Website: |
| https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/development-boards-and-designs/general-purpose-mcus/frdm-development-board-for-mcx-a144-5-6-a154-5-6-mcus:FRDM-MCXA156 |
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| .. _FRDM-MCXA156 User Guide: |
| https://www.nxp.com/document/guide/getting-started-with-frdm-mcxa156:GS-FRDM-MCXA156 |
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| .. _FRDM-MCXA156 Board User Manual: |
| https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-manual/UM12121.pdf |
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| .. _FRDM-MCXA156 Schematics: |
| https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=SPF-90841 |