CodeWarrior Development Studio

for Microcontrollers V11.x Quick Start

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Hardware Windows® OS: PC with 1.8 GHz Intel® Pentium®
compatible processor
2GB of RAM
DVD-ROM drive
Depending on host-target connection: Parallel
Port, 9-pin Serial Port, or USB Port

Operating System Microsoft® Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit

(Professional Edition),
Microsoft Windows Vista® 32-bit and 64-bit (Home
Premium Edition and Business Edition), or
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit (Home
Premium Edition and Professional Edition)
Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit (Home
Premium Edition and Professional Edition)
Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit and 64-bit (Home
Premium Edition and Professional Edition)
Microsoft Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit (Home
Premium Edition and Professional Edition)

Disk Space 20GB (When installing full product or updates for

all architectures)
1GB on Windows system disk

This Quick Start explains how to download and install the CodeWarrior
Development Studio for Microcontrollers V11.x from the online/offline
installer, or install it from the DVD software on a Windows operating
system. Additionally, it describes how to use the CodeWarrior IDE to
create, build, and debug a project. The Quick Start is organized as the
following.
• Section A: Download and Install CodeWarrior Software with
Online Installer
• Section B: Download and Install CodeWarrior Software with
Offline Installer
• Section C: Install CodeWarrior Software from DVD
• Section D: Creating and Building a Project

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 • Section E: Debugging your Application
The CodeWarrior Development Studio for Microcontrollers V11.x is
available in the following editions. You can select the download that meets
your requirements.

NOTE Special Edition: The Special Edition license is automatically

installed with your product and you do not need to register it.
This license allows you to develop projects with unlimited
assembly code; up to 64KB of C code for ColdFire+, ColdFire
V1, Kinetis L series, RS08, S08, S12Z derivatives; up to 128KB
of C code for Kinetis K series and ColdFire V2-V4 derivatives
and up to 512KB for Qorivva derivatives. DSC family is fully
supported with unlimited assembly code, C code, and C++
code.

NOTE Evaluation Edition: The Evaluation Edition license is

automatically installed with your product and you do not need
to register it. This license allows you to develop projects as
Professional Edition within the 30-day evaluation period. After
30 days, the license works as Special Edition license (free
permanent, but feature limited) which supports unlimited
assembly code; up to 64KB of C code for ColdFire+, ColdFire
V1, Kinetis L series, RS08, S08, S12Z derivatives; up to 128KB
of C code for Kinetis K Series and ColdFire V2-V4 derivatives
and up to 512KB for Qorivva derivatives. DSC family is fully
supported with unlimited assembly code, C code, and C++
code.

NOTE CodeWarrior Eclipse usage on a Microsoft® Windows

Vista®, Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 8
system:
Administrator rights are required to install CodeWarrior
software on Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7,
and Microsoft Windows 8 systems, since the installer copies
files into the System folder.

Your project workspace needs to be setup in any folder that

you can fully access.

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 Section A: Download and Install CodeWarrior Software with
Online Installer

This section describes the steps to:

• Download the online installer, refer step 1.
• Install the online installer, refer step 2.
1. To download the online installer, perform the following steps.
a. Go to www.nxp.com/cwmcu11 — the CodeWarrior for
Microcontrollers v11.x Product Summary page appears.
b. Click the Downloads tab.
c. Click the CodeWarrior MCU v11.x Evaluation Edition hyperlink - a
page appears displaying separate online and offline downloads for the
Windows operating system.
d. Click the hyperlink corresponding to online installer. You will be directed
to the Freescale log-in page if you are not logged in already.

NOTE You only have to log-in to download the Evaluation Edition. The
Special Edition does not require a log-in.

e. Enter your user name and password and click Log in.

NOTE If you are not a registered user, click Register Now and follow
the on-screen instructions.

f. A dialog box appears asking you to save the installer file. The extension
of the installer file is .exe for Windows.
g. Specify the location where you want to save the installer file.

NOTE The installer image contains the CW MCU v11.x core tools.
During the installation process the core tools are installed and
you are prompted to select the Freescale architecture support
you want to install. The installer will automatically access the
Internet, download the necessary archives, and install them in

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 the CodeWarrior installation directory.

To install a new architecture later, you can use Install New

Software and use the online update site. The link for the update
site is http://nxp.com/lgfiles/updates/Eclipse/MCU11_0/
updatesite.

NOTE The archives downloaded during the installation will be kept in

the CodeWarrior installation folder, under the Archives folder.

NOTE When installing from an online update site the latest version of
the features are installed. Any updates released to date
automatically form a part of the installation.

2. To install the CodeWarrior online installer downloaded from the Web,

perform the following steps.
a. When the download finishes on the Windows host computer, navigate to
the CodeWarrior installer EXE file you have downloaded, double-click the
EXE file — the install wizard appears.
b. Follow the wizard instructions to install the CodeWarrior software.
When software installation is finished, wizard displays the installation
complete page.
c. Check the Display Documentation checkbox and click Finish to close
the wizard - the documentation page appears in your default browser.
The page gives you information about the different documents, such as
getting started, user guides, application notes, and cheat sheets available
in the product.

NOTE When accessing the network Internet Explorer settings will be

used. You will have the possibility to configure the proxy if
necessary. If the installer cannot connect to the Internet you
can install the Core setup and then add the Freescale
architecture support via the Install New Software feature.

NOTE When installing from an online update site latest version of the
features are installed. Any updates released to date
automatically form a part of the installation.

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 Section B: Download and Install CodeWarrior Software with
Offline Installer

This section describes the steps to:

• Download the offline installer, refer step 1.
• Install the offline installer, refer step 2.

NOTE This image contains the complete CW MCU v11.x tool suite
and an installer, which assumes your computer does NOT
have internet access. All data needed by the installer will be
downloaded now and no other download will be performed.

1. To download the offline installer, perform these steps.

a. Go to www.nxp.com/cwmcu11 - the CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers
v11.x Product Summary page appears.
b. Click the Downloads tab.
c. Click the CodeWarrior MCU v11.x Evaluation Edition hyperlink - a
page appears displaying separate online and offline downloads for the
Windows operating system.
d. Click the hyperlink corresponding to offline installer. You will be directed
to the Freescale log-in page if you are not logged in already.

NOTE You only have to log-in to download the Evaluation Edition. A

log-in is not required for the Special Edition.

e. Enter your user name and password and click Log in.

NOTE If you are not a registered user, click Register Now and follow
the on-screen instructions.

f. A dialog box appears asking you to save the offline installer - self-
extracting package. The extension of the file is .exe for Windows.
g. Specify the location where you want to save the self-extracting package.
This will be the location where the folder containing the setup files will be
automatically extracted.

2. To install CodeWarrior offline installer downloaded from the Web,

perform these steps.

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 a. When the download finishes on the Windows host computer, navigate to
the CodeWarrior offline installer EXE file you have downloaded, double-
click the EXE file - the self-extracting wizard appears.
b. A folder called CW MCU11.x will be created and here the setup files will
be extracted.
c. When the extracting finishes the CodeWarrior installer will start
automatically - the install wizard appears.
d. Follow the wizard instructions to install the CodeWarrior software.
When software installation is finished, wizard displays the installation
complete page.
e. Check the Display Documentation checkbox and click Finish to close
the wizard - the documentation page appears in your default browser.
The page gives you information about the different documents, such as
getting started, user guides, application notes, and cheat sheets available
in the product.

NOTE The installer and the architecture packages will remain on the
computer after installation completes.

NOTE Any updates to the installation can be done using Install New
Software, from the CodeWarrior MCU v11.x update site link or
offline, by selecting the needed architecture package from
{download_location}\CW MCUv11.x folder.

Section C: Install CodeWarrior Software from DVD

To install the CodeWarrior software from the DVD, perform these steps.

1. Insert CodeWarrior Development Studio DVD into DVD-ROM drive —

CW Auto Install begins.

NOTE If Auto Install does not start, navigate to the CodeWarrior

installer EXE file, double-click the EXE file — the install wizard
appears.

2. Follow the wizard instructions to install the CodeWarrior software.

3. Restart your computer — operating system reboots which ensures
that CodeWarrior IDE finds newly installed drivers.
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 Section D: Creating and Building a Project

To create and build a project, perform these steps.

1. Start CodeWarrior IDE

a. For Windows, select Start > All Programs > Freescale CodeWarrior >
CW for MCU v11.x > CodeWarrior — the Workspace Launcher dialog
box appears.
Workspace Launcher Dialog Box

NOTE If you want to store your projects in the default location, click
OK and proceed to step 2, otherwise follow the steps given
below.

b. Click Browse — the Select Workspace Directory dialog box appears.

Select Workspace Directory Dialog Box

c. Select required folder or click Make New Folder to create a new folder for
storing your projects.

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 d. Click OK — the Select Workspace Directory dialog box closes.

NOTE Check the Use this as the default and do not ask again
checkbox in the Workspace Launcher dialog box to set the
chosen path as the default location for storing all your projects.

e. Click OK — the CodeWarrior IDE launches and the Welcome page

appears.

NOTE The Welcome page appears only if the CodeWarrior IDE or the
selected Workspace is opened first time. Otherwise, the
Workbench window appears. Switch directly to step 2a if the
Workbench window appears.

f. In the Welcome Page, click Go to Workbench — the Workbench

window appears.
Workbench Window

2. Create new project

a. Select New MCU project in the Commander view.
b. Enter Project_1 in the Project name field.

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 Create an MCU bareboard Project Page

NOTE The Location field shows the default project location. If you
wish to change this location, clear the Use default location
checkbox. Click Browse and use the subsequent dialog box to
specify a new location. Click OK. The Create an MCU
bareboard Project page now shows new location.

c. Click Next — the Devices page appears.

d. Expand the tree control and select S08 > HCS08G Family >
MC9S08GB32.
Devices Page

e. Click Next — the Connections page appears.

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 Connections Page

f. Select the P&E Full Chip Simulation connection and clear the
checkboxes against default selected options.

NOTE In the Connections page, you can select multiple connections

at once.

g. Click Next — the Languages page appears.

NOTE The page displayed may vary depending on the derivative or

board selected. For example, if you select ColdFire V2 >
MCF5221X > MCF52210 and click Next, the ColdFire Build
Options page appears.

h. Select the C language.

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 Languages Page

i. Click Next — the Rapid Application Development page appears.

Rapid Application Development Page

j. Select None from the Rapid Application Development options.

k. Click Next — the C/C++ Options page appears.

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NOTE If you check only the Relocatable Assembly or Absolute
Assembly checkbox in the Languages page and click Next,
the C/C++ Options page does not appear.

C/C++ Options Page

l. Click Finish — the IDE creates the project.

m. Select and expand the project in the CodeWarrior Projects view.
CodeWarrior Projects View

n. Select Build/Debug > Build (All) in the Commander view.

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NOTE To set project, build, or debug settings of a project in the
CodeWarrior Projects view, select the respective settings in
the Commander view. For example, to set project settings,
select Settings > Project Settings in the Commander view.

Section E: Debugging your Application

To debug a project, perform the following steps.

1. To debug a project without changing the default settings, select the

project and select Build/Debug > Debug in the Commander view.
2. To debug a project after changing the default settings, perform the
following steps.
a. Select the project in the CodeWarrior Projects view.
b. Select Settings > Debug Settings in the Commander view.
The Edit Configuration dialog box appears.
Edit Configuration Dialog Box

c. Click the Debugger tab — the Debugger page opens in the right pane.

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 Debug Configurations Dialog Box — Debugger Page

d. Make the appropriate changes in the Debug tab.

e. Click Apply to save the changes in the settings, if any.
f. Click Debug — the debugger downloads program to simulator and the
Debug Perspective appears. The execution halts at the first statement of
main() and program counter icon on the marker bar points to the
next statement to be executed.

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 Debug Perspective

3. Set and run to breakpoint

a. Double-click on the marker bar next to a statement — the breakpoint
indicator (blue dot) appears next to the statement.
b. From the Debug view, click Resume — the debugger executes all
statements up to but not including the breakpoint statement.

4. Control program

a. From the Debug view, click Step Over — the debugger executes
breakpoint statement and halts at next statement.

b. From the Debug view, click Resume — the simulator resumes

program execution.

c. From the Debug view, click Terminate — the debug session ends.

5. Select File > Exit from the IDE menu bar to exit the CodeWarrior IDE.

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 Congratulations!
You have created, built, and debugged an Microcontrollers
project using CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers V11.x
software!

Revised: 21 November 2018

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