Get Started with the TWR-K80F150M

Last Modified: 2023-04-29 10:03:00Supports TWR-K80F150M | K80

Contents of this document

  • 1

    Plug It In

  • 2

    Get Software

  • 3

    Build, Run

  • 4

    Create

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    Contents of this document

    Plug It In

    Let's take your TWR-K80F150M for a test drive! You have the choice of watching the sequence in a short video or following the detailed actions list below.

    1.1 Attach the USB Cable

    1.2 Run the Out-of-Box Demo

    Your TWR-K80F150M comes loaded with a "bubble level" demo that leverages the on-board accelerometer. When the board is flat, the RGB LED is turned off, and when the board is tilted, the green or blue LEDs gradually illuminate based on the degree of tilt on the X- and Y-axis.

    NextGet Software

    Get Software

    Installing software for the TWR-K80F150M

    2.1 Kinetis Software Development Kit (SDK)

    The Kinetis Software Development Kit (SDK) is complimentary and includes full source code under a permissive open-source license for all hardware abstraction and peripheral driver software.

    Click below to download the K80 SDK package.

    Get SDK

    2.2 Install Your Toolchain

    NXP offers a complimentary toolchain called Kinetis Design Studio (KDS)



    Get Kinetis Design Studio

    Want to use a different toolchain?

    No problem! The Kinetis SDK includes support for other tools such as IAR (https://www.iar.com/products/architectures/arm/iar-embedded-workbench-for-arm/), Keil (http://www2.keil.com/NXP/) and command-line GCC (https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded).

    2.3 PC Configuration

    Many of the example applications output data over the MCU UART so you'll want to make sure that the driver for the board's virtual COM port is installed. Before you run the driver installer, you MUST have the board plugged in to your PC.



    Download Driver

    With the serial port driver installed, run your favorite terminal application to view the serial output from the MCU's UART. Configure the terminal to 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. To determine the port number of the TWR-K80F150M's virtual COM port, open the device manager and look under the "Ports" group.

    Not sure how to use a terminal application? Try one of these tutorials:

    Tera Term Tutorial
    PuTTY Tutorial

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    Build, Run

    Build and Run SDK Demos on the TWR-K80F150M

    3.1 Explore the SDK Example Code

    The Kinetis SDK comes with a long list of example applications code. To see what's available, browse to the SDK boards folder of your SDK installation and select your board, the TWR-K80F150M (/boards/twrk80f150m).

    To learn more about specific example code, open the readme.txt file in an example’s directory.

    3.2 Build, Run and Debug SDK Examples

    If one or more of the example applications sound interesting, you're probably wanting to know how you can build and debug yourself. The Getting Started with Kinetis SDK guide provides easy, step-by-step instructions on how to configure, build, and debug SDK example code for all supported toolchains.

    Use the guide below to learn how to open, build and debug an example application using the Kinetis Design Studio (KDS) IDE.

    Using a different toolchain?

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    NextCreate

    Create

    Create an Application for the TWR-K80F150M

    4.1 Get SDK Project Generator

    Let's create our own project and make a simple SDK-based application. NXP provides an intuitive, simple project generation utility that allows creation of custom projects based on the Kinetis SDK.

    Get Project Generator

    4.2 Run the SDK Project Generator

    After extracting the ZIP file, open the utility by clicking on the KSDK_Project_Generator executable for your computer's operating system. Point the tool to your SDK installation path, name your project, and select the board that it uses as a reference. Click on the Quick Generate button to finish.

    4.3 Open Your Project

    Your new project will be located in /boards/twrk80f150m/user_apps. Open the project in your toolchain of choice by using the same process described in section 3.2.

    4.4 Write Some Code

    Now, let's make our new project do something other than spin in an infinite loop. The SDK examples provide board support (BSP) macros to do various things specific to the board, including macros and definitions for items such as LEDs, switches and peripheral instances. To keep things simple, lets make the LED blink using the BSP macros.

    Update the main() function in your project's main.c file with the following code:

    volatile uint32_t delay;

    BOARD_InitPins();

    BOARD_BootClockRUN();

    BOARD_InitDebugConsole();

    PRINTF("myProject project\n\r");

    // Enable the clock to the PORT module that the LED is on.

    CLOCK_EnableClock(kCLOCK_PortD);

    // Set the PORT configuration - from DISABLED -> GPIO.

    PORT_SetPinMux(BOARD_LED_GREEN_GPIO_PORT,

        BOARD_LED_GREEN_GPIO_PIN,
        kPORT_MuxAsGpio); // Initialize the green LED.

    LED_GREEN_INIT(LOGIC_LED_OFF);

    for (;;)
    {
    LED_GREEN_TOGGLE();

    delay = 5000000;

    while(delay--);

    }

    4.5 Build, Download, Run

    With the changes made to your main() function, build your application. Once the build is complete, download the application to your board.

    If you need help figuring out how to build, download or run an application, reference your tool-specific guide from section 3.2.

    4.6 Success!

    With the application downloaded, you will see the TWR-K80F150M's red LED blinking. You can also view terminal output using PRINTF.

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