MCUXpresso SDK Documentation

utick_example

utick_example#

Overview#

The utick project is a simple demonstration program of the SDK utick driver. It sets up the utick hardware block to trigger a periodic interrupt after every 1 second. When the utick interrupt is triggered a message a printed on the UART terminal.

Supported Boards#

EVK-MIMXRT595
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • EVK-MIMXRT595 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J40) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the hello world demo in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
EVK-MIMXRT685
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • EVK-MIMXRT685 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J5) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
FRDM-MCXA153
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA153 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a Type-C USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link port(J15) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA156
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA156 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA346
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA346 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXL255
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXL255 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J16) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The following lines are printed to the serial terminal when the demo program is executed.

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXN236
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXN236 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a type-c USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J10) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXN947
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXN947 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a type-c USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J17) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXN947T
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXN947T board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a type-c USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J17) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXW23
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXW23 Board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the FRDM board J10.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-RW612
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • FRDM-RW612 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the MCU-Link USB port (J10) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
LPCXpresso55S36
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • LPCXpresso55S36 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the LPC-Link USB port (J1) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
MCX-N5XX-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MCX-N5XX-EVK board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J5) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
MCX-N9XX-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MCX-N9XX-EVK board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port (J5) on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
MIMXRT685-AUD-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMXRT685-AUD-EVK board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J5) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
MIMXRT700-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMXRT700-EVK board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J54) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
FRDM-IMXRT700
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-IMXRT700 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J54) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
RD-RW612-BGA
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • RD-RW612-BGA board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the MCU-Link USB port (J7) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the utick example in the terminal window:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
.
.
.
MCXW23-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • MCXW23-EVK Board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the EVK board J33.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA174
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA174 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA344
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA344 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA266
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA266 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA366
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA366 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA577
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA577 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...
FRDM-MCXA287
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXA287 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB Type-C cable between the host PC and the MCU-Link USB port on the target board.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, the log would be seen on the terminal like:

Utick example start...
UTICK delay 1 second...
UTICK delay 1 second...