MCSDK Release Notes#

Multicore SDK (MCSDK) Release Notes#

These are the release notes for the NXP Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK).

Item	Value
MCSDK version	26.03.00
Scope	Multicore middleware components and examples
Location in MCUXpresso SDK	`<MCUXpressoSDK_install_dir>/middleware/multicore/`

The MCSDK is combined with the MCUXpresso SDK to provide a framework for developing multicore applications on NXP devices.

Review detailed changes per component:

Boards with enabled multicore example coverage in this release:

Multicore examples
LPCXpresso55S69 FRDM-K32L3A6 MIMXRT1170-EVKB MIMXRT1160-EVK MIMXRT1180-EVK MCX-N5XX-EVK MCX-N9XX-EVK FRDM-MCXN947 MIMXRT700-EVK KW47-EVK KW47-LOC FRDM-MCXW72 MCX-W72-EVK FRDM-IMXRT1186

The MCSDK is compiled and tested with the toolchains described in the MCUXpresso SDK documentation:

This table describes the release contents. Not all MCUXpresso SDK packages contain the full set of these components.

Deliverable	Location
Multicore SDK location (`<MCSDK_dir>`)	`<MCUXpressoSDK_install_dir>/middleware/multicore/`
Documentation	`<MCSDK_dir>/mcuxsdk-doc/`
Embedded Remote Procedure Call (eRPC)	`<MCSDK_dir>/erpc/`
Multicore Manager (MCMGR)	`<MCSDK_dir>/mcmgr/`
RPMSG-Lite	`<MCSDK_dir>/rpmsg-lite/`
Multicore demo applications	`<MCUXpressoSDK_install_dir>/examples/multicore_examples/`

Together, the MCSDK and the MCUXpresso SDK form a framework for developing software for NXP multicore devices. The MCSDK release includes:

The MCSDK also includes documentation and demo applications for multicore communication.

The demo applications demonstrate MCSDK component usage on supported development boards.

Examples are located under:

Multicore examples
`freertos_message_buffers` `hello_world` `multicore_manager` `rpmsg_lite_pingpong` `rpmsg_lite_pingpong_rtos` `rpmsg_lite_pingpong_dsp` `rpmsg_lite_pingpong_tzm`