Connectivity Tool Suite

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Connectivity tools are a collection of applications that communicate with the NXP development boards via a serial interface. They help in the development and testing process of either 802.15.4 MAC, Simple MAC (SMAC), Thread, Bluetooth® Low Energy, Matter or Zigbee 3.0 based applications.

Over-the-Air Programming

Over-the-air Programming (OTAP) is an application that helps the user to perform an over-the-air (OTA) firmware update of an NXP development board. It operates with different protocols, such as 802.15.4 MAC, Thread, Bluetooth® Low Energy, Matter and Zigbee. OTAP offers basic demonstrative steps to guide the user through an update scenario. OTAP supports Motorola S-record (.srec) files and binary files (.bin) and manages the OTA firmware transfer among two or more NXP development boards.

Kinetis Protocol Analyzer Adapter

Kinetis Protocol Analyzer Adapter is an application that helps to monitor the over-the-air communication among two or more devices supporting either IEEE 802.15.4 radio or Bluetooth® Low Energy. It requires a sniffer device that supports one of these two protocols, or both, and Wireshark as an interface where the traffic can be observed.

Firmware Loader

Firmware Loader is an application designed to download new firmware onto the flash memory of NXP development boards. Additionally, the application allows the flash memory of a board to be read, erased or saved as a binary file. Firmware Loader supports Motorola S-record (.srec) files and binary files (.bin) and can use the onboard OpenSDA port so no additional hardware is required except for the communication cable or a SEGGER J-Link debugger device in some cases.

NXP Test Tool

NXP Test Tool is a Windows® based graphical interface utility that communicates via a serial interface to the NXP development boards and is made up of a set of different applications:

  • Command Console used to send various commands to an NXP board.
  • Firmware Loader that can download new firmware onto an NXP board. It is removed from Test Tool versions above 12.9.2.2.
  • Over-the-air (OTA) MAC, Thread and Bluetooth® Low Energy that can wirelessly update the firmware of an NXP board supporting either one of the three protocols.
  • Zigbee® Gateway Graphical User Interface (ZGWUI) is an application developed to allow an easy setup of a ZigBee network and run without need of any special knowledge.

Connectivity Tools Launcher

Connectivity Tools Launcher is an application that aggregates all the NXP connectivity tools available on the system. It provides a minimalist interface that helps the user to better visualize all the NXP connectivity tools that are already installed on the system and launch, uninstall, update or open help documentation.

Features

Over-the-Air Programming

  • Download new firmware wirelessly onto the flash memory of NXP development boards
  • Quickly switch between 802.15.4 MAC, Thread, Bluetooth Low Energy, Matter and Zigbee protocols
  • Follow the OTAP demo steps for the preferred protocol
  • Easily set up and run a ZigBee or Thread network from the OTAP interface
  • Save the OTA file (including the OTA header) as binary
  • Drag and drop the Motorola S-record (.srec) files or binary files (.bin)
  • Have the last 10 browsed images at hand to use them again quickly
  • Filter detected binaries either by processor name or by a custom filter
  • Easily configure serial settings and connect to the OTA server device
  • Get live transfer details about the OTA transfer
  • Quickly open firmware Loader from a shortcut button to download OTAP server/client firmware

Kinetis Protocol Analyzer Adapter

  • Bluetooth® Low Energy and IEEE 802.15.4 radio packets sniffing
  • Start sniffing in one click
  • Choose any combination of Bluetooth® Low Energy primary advertising channels on which to start sniffing
  • Filter Bluetooth® Low Energy traffic by the advertiser and/or initiator addresses of a specific connection
  • Easily choose the filtering addresses from a list of autodetected addresses
  • Follow secured Bluetooth® Low Energy connections
  • Live edit the LTK key of a specific connection to decrypt packets
  • Add any number of predefined LTK keys (to use them now or store them for later)
  • Easy to ignore specific COM ports by adding them to a list
  • Open Wireshark on a preselected virtual interface in just one click

Firmware Loader

  • New, updated and improved user interface
  • Download new firmware onto the flash memory of NXP development boards
  • Rewrite the whole flash memory
  • Easily write a combo of an application and a bootloader (or any other combo)
  • Save the combo as one binary for future use
  • Use Motorola S-record (.srec) files and binary files (.bin)
  • Select a checkbox to mark a file as bootloader and the rest is handled
  • Easily change the writing start address of each file selected
  • Have the last 10 browsed images at hand to use them again quickly
  • Erase the flash memory in one click
  • Read the whole flash memory or just a specific section
  • View the read data in the application or save it as .bin, .txt or .log
  • Reset the board in just one click

NXP Test Tool – Command Console

  • Send and receive IEEE 802.15.4, Thread, Bluetooth® Low Energy and ZigBee 3.0 commands to and from an NXP development board
  • Easily configure the serial connection settings for a selected COM port
  • Quickly open Device manager in one click
  • Send data to devices that are in low-power mode
  • Select a device connected to a remote PC using a TCP/IP connection
  • Send commands to the board in just a double-click
  • Easily switch among different sets of commands depending on the preferred protocol
  • Add shortcut to commands
  • Save two or more commands as a macro script to send them as a group now or later
  • Customize the colors of the text and background or filter of the RX/TX log entries

NXP Test Tool – Firmware Loader

  • Download new firmware onto the flash memory of NXP development boards
  • Rewrite the whole flash memory
  • Easily write a combo of an application and a bootloader
  • Use Motorola S-record (.srec) files and binary files (.bin)

NXP Test Tool – OTA Updates for MAC, Thread and Bluetooth® Low Energy

  • Download new firmware onto the flash memory of NXP Kinetis development boards
  • Over-the-airs (OTA) update of firmware
  • Use Motorola S-record (.srec) files and binary files (.bin)
  • Easily connect to the OTA server device
  • Get live updates about the transfer between the server and the client

NXP Test Tool – Zigbee® Gateway Graphical User Interface (ZGWUI)

  • Set up and run a Zigbee network easily using NXP ZigBee 3.0 IoT Control Bridge
  • Easily configure and open a new serial connection
  • Configure the nodes and join them to the network using a classic join or NFC
  • Send commands to control the devices
  • Receive live responses from devices
  • Add devices into groups and use group commands
  • Associate a scene with a group and send scene commands
  • Send over-the-air (OTA) upgrades to clients

Connectivity Tools Launcher

  • Easily manage all the connectivity tools installed on the system
  • Download any connectivity tool from the NXP website
  • Minimalist interface
  • Quickly launch any connectivity application
  • Open documentation
  • Update the application
  • Open the license
  • Uninstall the application
  • Open the containing folder of the application

Supported Devices

  • KW45: KW45: 32-Bit Bluetooth® 5.3 Long-Range MCUs with CAN FD and LIN Bus Options, Arm® Cortex®-M33 Core
  • K32W148: Secure and Ultra-Low-Power MCU for Matter Over Thread™ and Bluetooth® LE 5.3
  • MCX-W72X: MCX W72x Secure and Ultra-Low-Power MCUs for Matter, Thread, Zigbee and Bluetooth LE

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