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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ About NGX Technologies NGX Technologies is a premier supplier of development tools for the ARM7, ARM Cortex M0, M3 and M4 series of microcontrollers. NGX provides innovative and cost effective design solutions for embedded systems. We specialize in ARM MCU portfolio, which includes ARM7, Cortex-M0, M3 & M4 microcontrollers.
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 1.0 INTRODUCTION This document is the User Manual for LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++; a cost effective evaluation platform for NXP’s LPC1788 MCU. This document reflects its contents which include system setup, debugging, and software components. This document provides detailed information on the overall design and usage of the board from a systems perspective.
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 2.0 LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Development Tool Setup 2.1 ULINK2/ME and KEIL NGX’s MCU evaluation platforms are not coupled tightly with any one particular combination of IDE and debugger. The following sections will explain the setup for KEIL and ULINK2/ME as the IDE and debugger respectively.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 2: Click on Next. Fig.2 Step 3: To accept the agreement, click the check box and click Next. Fig.3 Page | 6...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 4: Provide the destination path and click on Next Fig.4 Step 5: Fill your personal information and click on Next Fig.5 Page | 7...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 6: Click on Next Fig.6 Step 7: Keil µVision 4.54 Setup is completed, click Finish. Fig.7 Page | 8...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 2.3 Configuration of ULINK2/ME Debugger The configuration flow of ULINK2/ME Debugger is explained below: Step 1: Open the KEIL blinky project downloaded from the website and click on the ‘Target Options’. Fig.8 Step 2: The window opens as shown in the following image. Next click on Debug and then select the ‘ULINK2/ME Cortex Debugger’...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.9 Step 3: Next click on the ‘Settings Option’, the ‘Cortex-M Target Driver Setup’ window opens then select SW port. After selection of the SW port the ULINK2/ME detected is as shown in the following image. Fig.10 Click OK to complete the ‘ULINK2/ME Debugger configuration’.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.11 Step 2: The window opens as shown in the following image, click on Utilities and select ‘ULINK2/ME Cortex Debugger’. Fig.12 Step 2: Select ‘Update Target before Debugging’ check box, click on ‘Settings Options’ and in ‘CortexM Target Driver setup’...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.13 Click OK to complete the ‘ULINK2/ME Debugger and Internal Flash configuration’. Page | 12...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 2.5 Setup for ULINK2/ME and LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Board Option A: With ULINK-ME debugger To run the KEIL examples you will need the following and the image shows the each components: • ULINK-ME • 10-pin ribbon cable •...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 2: Connect other end of 10-pin ribbon cable to ‘10-pin box header’ of the LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board as shown in the following image. Fig.16 Step 4: Connect one end of ‘USB AM to Micro B’ cable to LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board and other end to computer and connect one end of ‘USB AM to Micro B’...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 5: The setup is now ready to be used for development with KEIL IDE and ULINK-ME. Option B: With ULINK2 debugger The LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board has on board ‘10-pin SWD/JTAG box header’; ensure that the ULINK2/ME must have ‘10-pin SWD/JTAG’...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.19 Step 2: Connect other end of 10-pin ribbon cable to ‘10-pin box header’ of the LPC788-Xplorer++ board as shown in the following image. Fig.20 Step 3: Now connect the ‘ULINK2 20-pin’ cable to ‘20-pin to 10-pin adapter’ as shown in the following image.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.21 Step 4: Connect one end of ‘USB AM to Micro B’ cable to LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board and other end to computer, connect one end of ‘USB type B’ to ULINK2 and other end to computer as shown in the following image.
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 5: The setup is now ready to be used for development with KEIL IDE and ULINK2. 3.0 LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ firmware Development 3.1 Creating the sample (Blinky) project in KEIL Steps to create the sample (Blinky) project: Step 1: Open a KEIL IDE.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 3: Create a new folder in downloaded sample example folder and rename to Blinky_test and select Blinky_test folder click Open. Fig.25 Step 4: Give a project name, example: ‘Blinky_test’ and click Save. Page | 19...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.26 Step 5: Select the NXP (found by Philips) and search for the controller. Fig.27 Step 6: Select LPC1788 controller and click OK. Page | 20...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.28 Step 7: Click YES to copy startup file to project folder and add file to project. Fig.29 Page | 21...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 8: Rename the “Target1” to “Blinky_test” and “Source Group1” to “Startup”. Fig.30 Step 9: Double click on Startup. Page | 22...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.31 Step 10: Search ‘system_LPC177x_8x.c file’ (in the sample examples downloaded folder from NGX website), the file will be found at following path: ‘..\LPC1788Xplorer++_Rev AR2_Keil\CMSIS_LPC177x_8x\Core\Device\NXP\LPC177x_8x\ Source\Templates’ select ‘system_LPC177x_8x.c file’ and click Add as shown in the following image. Fig.32 Step 10: Right click on Blinky_test to add a new group.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.33 Step 11: Rename the ‘New Group’ to Drivers. Fig.34 Step 12: Double click on Drivers and search the driver files (in the sample examples downloaded folder from NGX website) the driver files will be found at following path: Page | 24...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ ‘..\CMSIS_LPC177x_8x\Drivers\source’ for blinky project we have to select lpc177x_8x_clkpwr.c, lpc177x_8x_gpio.c, lpc177x_8x _timer.c, lpc177x_8x_utils.c and lpc177x_8x_systick.c driver files and click Add. Fig.35 Step 13: Create another new group and rename it as Main. Step 14: Click on New to create an empty document. Fig.36 Page | 25...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 15: Implement the C instructions need to blink a LED on LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ and save it to main.c in ‘Blinky_test folder’ as shown in the following image. (Note: Please refer Downloaded ‘Blinky’ example) Fig.37 Step 16: Double click on Main Group, and select main.c and click on Add Page | 26...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.38 Step 17: Click ‘Target Options’, make following changes for ‘Internal SRAM’ as shown in the following image. Fig.39 For ‘Internal Flash’, make following changes as shown in the following image. Page | 27...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 19: Click ‘C/C++ option; click on ‘Include paths’ to include Drivers header file path as shown in the following image. Fig.42 Include all paths as shown in bellow image. Fig.43 Page | 29...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 20: In ‘Debug Option’, select ‘ULINK2/ME Cortex Debugger’ radio button and select ‘Load Application at Startup’ and ‘Run to main()’ check boxes, click on ‘Initialization File’: to select ‘Internal SRAM.ini file’, select ‘Internal SRAM.ini file’ and click Open as shown in the following image. Fig.44 Page | 30...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ ‘Internal Flash’, make following changes as shown in the following image. Fig.45 (Note: The ‘ini file’ will found at following path: ..\Blinky\Keil) Step 21: For Internal SRAM, in ‘Utilities Option’, select ‘Use External Tool for Flash Programming’. Fig.46 Page | 31...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ ‘Internal Flash programming’, select ‘Use Target Driver for Flash Programing’ as ‘ULINK2/ME Cortex Debugger’ and select ‘Update Target before Debugging’ check box then click ‘Setting Option’, remove the existing programing algorithm and click Add select ‘LPC17xx IAP 512 kB Flash algorithm’ as shown in the following image.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ ‘Internal Flash’, click on Edit... the ‘Flash.ini file’ will open in editor and OK. Fig.49 Step 23: Give the correct ‘.axf file’ path in ‘RAM.ini file’ and file name should be same as shown in the following image.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ ‘Internal Flash’, Give the correct ‘.axf file’ path in ‘Flash.ini file’ and file name should be same as shown in the following image. Fig.51 Step 24: Click on ‘Build (F7)’ to build a Blinky_test project, the build should be error free. Fig.52 Page | 34...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 25: Click on Debug -> ‘Start/Stop Debug Session’. Fig.53 Step 26: Click on ‘Run (F5)’, on LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board the LED5 and LED6 starts blinking. Fig.54 Page | 35...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ To load the code to the internal flash; Click on load as shown in the below image. Fig.55 Page | 36...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 3.2 Executing the sample project in KEIL Please note that the sample programs are available once the product is registered. Steps to execute the sample project in ‘Internal RAM’: Step 1: Open project folder. Step 2: Open project_name.uvproj file (Example: Blinky.uvproj.) Fig.56 Step 3: This launches the IDE and double click on ‘Main.c file’, click on build, build must error free.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 4: Click Run (F5) to execute from the ‘Internal SRAM’’ LED5 and LED6 on LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board starts blinking. Steps to execute the sample project in “Internal Flash”: Step 1: Select “FLASH” Option and click on build as shown in the following image. Fig.58 Step 2: The program can be debugged from the flash by clicking Debug ->...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.59 4.0 Creating bin file Follow the below steps to create bin file. Step1: Click on “Target Options”, Select “User” option, select Run #1 and type the format “fromelf --bin -o "$L@L.bin" "$L@L.axf" then click OK as shown in the following image. Fig.60 Page | 39...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Step 2: Build the program as shown in the following image. Fig.61 We can find the bin file in the FLASH folder of the project (Blinky\Keil\FLASH) Fig.62 5.0 LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Programming 5.1 Programming options LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ can be programmed using the Coflash and ColinkEx Page | 40...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 5.1.1 Programming LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ using Coflash and ColinkEx Connect one end of ‘USB AM to Micro B’ cable to LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ board and other end to computer and connect one end of ‘USB AM to Mini B’ to ColinkEx and other end to computer as shown in the following image.
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.64 Step 2: Click on Command, select the bin file you want to download as shown in the following image Fig.65 Step 3: Click on Program to load the bin file to the target board as shown in the following image Page | 42...
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User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig.66 Once the programming is completed, reset the board to run the code. Page | 43...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 6.0 Restoring LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ to Factory Defaults 6.1 ULINK2/ME and KEIL To restore the factory defaults for the LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++; User needs ULINK2/ME debugger to program the LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ to default firmware (i.e. All-In-One.uvproj). We can load the All-In-One.bin file using Coflash and ColinkEx, to load bin file using Coflash and ColinkEx follow the steps given in section Page | 44...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ 7.0 Schematic & Board Layout 7.1 Schematic This manual will be periodically updated, please check our website for the latest documents. The Board schematic and sample code are available after the product has been registered on our website. 7.2 Board layout Fig.67 Page | 45...
User Manual: LPC1788/LPC4088 Xplorer++ Fig. 68 8.0 CHANGE HISTORY 8.1 Change History Changes Date (dd/mm/yy) Initial release of the manual 26/04/2018 Vivek Aggarwal Page | 46...
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