Before flashing the demo image onto the NXP board, ensure that the MCUXpresso IDE is installed. For instruction, see the Getting started on NXP page.

This page uses QUL_ROOT and QUL_TOOLS in command line examples as if they were set as environment variables. For example:

export QUL_ROOT=$HOME/Qt/QtMCUs/2.3
export QUL_TOOLS=$HOME/Qt/Tools/QtMCUs

set QUL_ROOT=C:\Qt\QtMCUs\2.3
set QUL_TOOLS=C:\Qt\Tools\QtMCUs

For convenience, you can set an environment variable that points to the Redlink tool, which is part of the MCUXpresso IDE.

export REDLINK=$MCUXPRESSO_IDE_PATH/ide/binaries/crt_emu_cm_redlink

set REDLINK=%MCUXPRESSO_IDE_PATH%\ide\binaries\crt_emu_cm_redlink

Where, MCUXPRESSO_IDE_PATH is an environment variable pointing to the MCUXpresso IDE installation directory.

To flash the NXP board, connect a USB cable to it, open a terminal window and run these following command:

%REDLINK% --flash-load-exec "<PATH_TO_BINARY>\your_binary.elf" -p <PACKAGE_NAME> --ConnectScript <CONNECTION_SCRIPT_NAME> --flash-driver= -x %QUL_ROOT%\platform\boards\nxp\%BOARD_NAME%\cmake

If your board requires a reset script, additional argument is needed in the command.

%REDLINK% --flash-load-exec "<PATH_TO_BINARY>\your_binary.elf" -p <PACKAGE_NAME> --ConnectScript <CONNECTION_SCRIPT_NAME> --resetscript <RESET_SCRIPT_NAME> --flash-driver= -x %QUL_ROOT%\platform\boards\nxp\%BOARD_NAME%\cmake

Where, the values for <PACKAGE_NAME>, <CONNECTION_SCRIPT_NAME>, <BOARD_NAME> and <RESET_SCRIPT_NAME>, varies depending on the hardware used. The following table lists the different board-specific values:

Must set -load-base or --area with binary file