MCU on Eclipse

Error for ‘implicit function declaration’ Warning in C

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:37:05 GMT

“A young man is smoking one cigarette after each other without a pause. An elderly woman observes that and says: “Young man, you are smoking like crazy! Don’t you know that there is a warning on each cigarette package that … Continue reading →

Tutorial: GNU Coverage with MCUXpresso IDE

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:31:03 GMT

If you are developing Linux or desktop applications with GNU tools, you very likely are familiar with gcov: the GNU coverage tool. It collects data what parts of the code gets executed and represents that in different formats, great to … Continue reading →

NXP published MCUXpresso SDK 2.9.0 on GitHub

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:36:21 GMT

There are many different aspects of Open Source projects: It is not only about the fact if the sources are available (‘open’). It is about the licensing terms (how permissible is it, what can I do with it), maintenance and … Continue reading →

assert(), FILE, Path and other cool GNU gcc Tricks to be aware of

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:37:09 GMT

It is always good to have a close look what ends up in a microcontroller FLASH memory. For example using EHEP Eclipse plugin to inspect the binary file: Obviously it has path and source file information in it. Why is … Continue reading →

Hey Google: Find ‘Error from StubMonSemihost: "monitor” command not supported by this ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:29:06 GMT

Something what I say quite often is: “Google is your friend”. It means that the answer to many questions can be found with an internet search engine. And I have to admit that I have to ‘google’ my own articles … Continue reading →

MCUXpresso IDE V11.3.0 for 2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:54:52 GMT

I’m in the middle of the university exam season: means writing exams and do grading. The same time the new semester is approaching too and I need to prepare the new course material. For the classes using NXP parts I’m … Continue reading →

Eclipse Indexer Debug Tips

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 07:32:16 GMT

Eclipse includes a background parser called ‘Indexer’ which is used to assist the developer with various kind of information, for example jumping to a variable declaration or definition. Basically it is a parser running in the background collecting information about … Continue reading →

3D Printed Mounting Bridge for Feller Smart Light Control for Philips Hue

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:56:46 GMT

The company Feller sells a wall mountable ‘Smart Light Control’: this provides 4 push buttons compatible with the Philips Hue system (on, off, dimming, etc). Unlike many other remote controls and buttons it is a great design and available in … Continue reading →

MetaClockClock V4 for the Year 2021

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:34:42 GMT

I had a few of PCBs left over from the V3 MetaClockClock, and originally I planned to finish a build with them by the end of 2020. But as always: things took a bit longer than expected, so I finally … Continue reading →

Eclipse CODAN (Static Code Analysis) for C/C++

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:08:57 GMT

The Eclipse CODAN (Code Analysis) plugin is part of CDT and is a powerful static analysis tool finding all kind of possible bugs and issues. Still to my surprise not many C/C++ developers take advantage of it maybe because they … Continue reading →

New MetaClockClock V3 finished with 60 Clocks

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 13:35:11 GMT

The holiday break at the end of the year is always a good time to finish projects started during the year. This one is about my ‘MetaClockClock’ Version 3. It is named ‘MetaClockClock’ because many ‘analog clock’ modules are used … Continue reading →

OpenOCD with MCU-Link

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:46:50 GMT

The NXP MCU-Link is a powerful $10 debug probe for ARM Cortex-M devices and works with the NXP LinkServer for debugging. The LinkServer does not an implement a gdb server, so it limits its usage e.g. for scripting or command … Continue reading →

Just before the Snow

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 06:12:46 GMT

It has been snowing down to the lower areas in Switzerland the past days: Winter finally arrived in my area. So I consider last weekend the ‘weekend before winter’, at least in a meteorological sense. And because it was a … Continue reading →

Standalone and Command Line Programmer with MCUXpresso

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 12:57:13 GMT

The MCU-Link is a $10 CMSIS-DAP capable debug probe which works out-of-the box with the MCUXpresso Eclipse based IDE. This is great for development, but how can I programming with the push of a button or a script? The answer … Continue reading →

Configure hidden and internal Shortcuts in Eclipse

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:46:02 GMT

A very useful feature in Eclipse is Ctrl+Shift+L which lists all the available shortcuts: Pressing Ctrl+Shift-L again will open up a dialog where I can configure them. But what if the shortcut or action is not listed there? The thing … Continue reading →

Getting a 96bit Unique ID for each Kinetis Device using MCUXpresso SDK

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:12:41 GMT

The NXP Kinetis devices implement a UID (Unique ID) for each device, using the ‘Unique Identification Register) which is part of the SIM (System Integration Module): While this number should be unique, I was wondering last week why students in … Continue reading →

New MCU-Link Debug Probe from NXP

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:51:54 GMT

The NXP MCUXpressso IDE Release V11.2.1 gave a hint about a coming new debug probe, the MCU-Link which is available now: The new MCU-Link is listed on Mouser.com (search for ‘MCU-Link’) for price around $10/€10/CHF11. I two from Mouser but … Continue reading →

Laser Cut Advent Calendar 2020

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:29:20 GMT

Tomorrow is the 1st Advent, and right on time I was able to finish a special version of an Advent calendar for the Christmas 2020: I have put the design on GitHub, so if you are looking for a last … Continue reading →

RTOS Trace: TraceX with Microsoft Azure RTOS (aka ThreadX)

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:34:44 GMT

Having visibility and insights into a running system is highly valuable or critical: not only for optimizations but as well to verify the system design and behavior. In Getting Started with Microsoft Azure RTOS (aka ThreadX) I showed how to … Continue reading →

Dark or Light: What is your Preference?

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:01:20 GMT

Most of my students seems to prefer the ‘Dark’ desktop and tool theme. So this is getting popular, and I was reluctant to use it. But tools support is getting better (see MCUXpresso IDE) and I switched do the ‘dark’ … Continue reading →