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UM11673
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UM11673
MCU-Link Pro standalone debug probe
Rev. 1.2 — June 26, 2023
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MCU-Link Pro, MCU-Link, MCU-LINK-PRO
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MCU-Link Pro user manual
All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.
Rev. 1.2 — 26 June 2023
UM11673
MCU-Link Pro
User manual
© NXP B.V. 2021. All rights reserved.
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- Page 1 UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro M CU-L i n k Pro UM 1 1 6 7 3 UM11673 MCU-Link Pro standalone debug probe Rev. 1.2 — June 26, 2023 User manual Document information Info Content Keywords MCU-Link Pro, MCU-Link, MCU-LINK-PRO...
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Page 2: Contact Information
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro MCU-Link Pro Revision history Date Description 20210831 First release. 20230410 Update for secondary VCOM and new supporting software. 20230623 Additional information added about UART level shifters. Update to FreeMASTER compatibility. Contact information For more inf ormation, please visit: http://www.nxp.com... - Page 3 UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro UM11673 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © NXP B.V. 2021. All rights reserved. UM11673 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © NXP B.V. 2021. All rights reserved.
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Page 4: Introduction
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro Introduction Jointly developed by NXP and Embedded Artists, MCU-Link Pro is a powerf ul and cost ef f ective debug probe that can be used seamlessly with MCUXpresso IDE, and is also compatible with 3rd party IDEs that support CMSIS-DAP protocol. MCU-Link Pro... - Page 5 UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro • SWO prof iling and I/O f eatures • CMSIS-SWO support • USB SPI and I2C bridges f or programming/provisioning and host-based application development • Option to power target system at up to 350mA (at 1.8V or 3.3V) •...
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Page 6: Board Layout And Settings
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro Board layout and Settings The connectors and jumpers on the MCU-Link Pro are shown in Figure 1 and descriptions of these are shown in Table 1. Table 1 Indicators, jumpers, buttons and connectors Circuit ref Description... -
Page 7: Host Driver And Utility Installation
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 3.1 Host driver and utility installation A step-by-step installation guide f or MCU-Link Pro is provided at the board web page on nxp.com (https://www.nxp.com/demoboard/MCU-LINK-PRO.) The rest of this section explains the same steps as can be f ound on that page. -
Page 8: Setup For Use With Development Tools
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro Table 2 Firmware features and MCUXpresso IDE compatibility MCU-Link f irmware version CMSIS- FreeMASTER support MCUXpresso IDE driver via … versions supported type support SWD / JTAG bridge V1.xxx and V2.xxx MCUXpresso 11.3 onwards V3.xxx up to and including... -
Page 9: Use With Mcuxpresso Ide
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 3.3.1 Use with MCUXpresso IDE MCUXpresso IDE will recognize any type of MCU-Link probe, either with CMSIS-DAP or J-Link f irmware, and will show the probe types and unique identif iers of all probes it f inds in the probe discovery dialog when starting a debug session. -
Page 10: Feature Descriptions
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 4. Feature descriptions This section describes the various f eatures of MCU-Link Pro. The USB bridging, VCOM port, power measurement and analog trace f eatures all utilize the Digital I/O Connector (J19), f or which an accompanying cable is provided with the MCU-Link Pro. The table below shows the connections f or J19. -
Page 11: Powering The Target
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro connector and set the level shif ter target-side voltage appropriately (see schematic page The Target SWD interf ace can be disabled by installed jumper J13 but note that the MCU-Link sof tware only checks this jumper at boot up time. -
Page 12: Energy Measurement
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro sof tware behaves since it is only checked at power up. It is not necessary to disable the VCOM f unction when not in use, although this can save some USB bandwidth. The VCOM device is conf igurable via the host computer (e.g. Device Manager in Windows), with the f ollow parameters: •... -
Page 13: Measurement Range Configuration
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 4.4.1 Measurement range configuration As mentioned above, MCU-Link Pro has two maximum current range measurement conf igurations, with the lower range providing better resolution at very low currents. If the target current exceeds the maximum current f or the selected range then the measurement... -
Page 14: Analog Probe
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 4.6 Analog probe MCU-Link Pro includes an analog signal input that can be used with MCUXpresso IDE to provide a basic signal tracing f eature. As at version 11.4 of MCUXpresso IDE this f eature is included with the energy measurement dialogs. -
Page 15: Using Mcu-Link Pro With Freemaster
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro 4.8 Using MCU-Link Pro with FreeMASTER NXP’s FreeMASTER debug tool (https://nxp.com/freemaster) is f ully compatible with MCU-Link Pro and can be used in conjunction with the VCOM and/or SPI and I2C bridges. NOTE: At the time of writing this user guide, FreeMASTER is only compatible with USB HID based SWD/JTAG interfaces and hence only version V2.xxx of the MCU-... -
Page 16: Lpc55S69 Debug Connector
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro Table 6 LPC804 Connector for demo signals (J12) Interface signals TXD (PIO0_1) RXD (PIO_7) SDA (PIO0_10) SCL (PIO0_11) SPI SSEL (PIO0_14) SPI MOSI (PIO0_15) SPI MISO (PIO0_16) SPI SCK (PIO0_17) GPIO (PIO0_8) GPIO (PO0_9) GPIO (same as Green user LED) (PIO0_13) 4.10 LPC55S69 debug connector... -
Page 17: Legal Information
Suitability for use — NXP Semiconductors products are not designed, authorized or warranted to be suitable for use in life support, life-critical or safety-critical systems or equipment, nor in applications where failure or malfunction of an NXP Semiconductors product can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death or severe property or environmental damage. -
Page 18: Table Of Contents
UM11673 NXP Semiconductors MCU-Link Pro MCU-Link Pro 6. Contents Contact information ............................. 2 Introduction............................4 Board layout and Settings ........................6 Installation and f irmware options ......................6 Host driver and utility installation ....................7 Updating MCU-Link Pro f irmware ....................7 Setup f or use with development tools ....................
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