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MCU-LINK: MCU-Link debug probe

High performance, low-cost debug tool for Arm® Cortex M® based MCUs
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Overview

Jointly developed by NXP and Embedded Artists, MCU-Link is a powerful and cost effective debug probe that can be used seamlessly with MCUXpresso IDE, and is also
compatible with 3rd party IDEs that support CMSIS-DAP protocol. MCU-Link also includes a USB to UART bridge feature (VCOM) that can be used to provide a serial
connection between the target MCU and a host computer. MCU-Link is based on the LPC55S69 (/design/development-boards/lpcxpresso-boards/lpcxpresso55s69-
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development-board:LPC55S69-EVK) microcontroller, and features a high-speed USB interface for high performance debug.

MCU-Link is compatible with Windows 10, MacOS and Linux. A free utility from NXP provides an easy way to install firmware updates.
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Speci cations
Supported Devices

Processors and Microcontrollers

K32 L Series Cortex-M4/M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/k32-l-series-cortex-m4-m0-plus:K32-L-Series)

K Series Cortex-M4 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/k-series-cortex-m4:KINETIS_K_SERIES)

KL Series Cortex-M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/kl-series-cortex-m0-plus:KINETIS_L_SERIES)

KV Series Cortex-M4/M0+/M7 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/kv-series-cortex-m4-m0-plus-m7:KINETIS_V_SERIES)

KE Series Cortex-M4/M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/ke-series-cortex-m4-m0-plus:KINETIS_E_SERIES)

KM Series Cortex-M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/km-series-cortex-m0-plus:kM_SERIES)

LPC800 Cortex-M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc800-cortex-m0-plus-:MC_71785)

LPC1100 Cortex-M0+/M0 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1100-cortex-m0-plus-m0:MC_1392389687150)

LPC1200 Cortex-M0 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1200-cortex-m0:MC_71514)

LPC1300 Cortex-M3 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1300-cortex-m3:MC_1403790687302)

LPC1500 Cortex-M3 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1500-cortex-m3:MC_1403790713448)

LPC1700 Cortex-M3 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1700-cortex-m3:MC_1403790745385)

LPC1800 Cortex-M3 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc1800-cortex-m3:MC_1403790776032)

LPC4000 Cortex-M4 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc4000-cortex-m4:MC_1403790399405)

LPC51U68 Cortex-M0+ (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/high-performance-power-efficient-and-cost-sensitive-arm-cortex-m0-plus-

mcus:LPC51U68)

LPC54000 Cortex-M4 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc54000-cortex-m4-:MC_1414576688124)

LPC5500 Cortex-M33 (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/general-purpose-mcus/lpc5500-cortex-m33:LPC5500_SERIES)

i.MX RT crossover processors (/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-microcontrollers/i-mx-rt-crossover-mcus:IMX-RT-SERIES)

Speci cations

Technical and Functional Speci cations

Microcontroller (MCU) LPC55S69 (/design/development-boards/lpcxpresso-boards/lpcxpresso55s69-development-board:LPC55S69-EVK) dual Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller running at u

Connectivity Target UART to USB bridge feature

Debug SWD/JTAG debug interface to target via 10-pin Coresight connector

SWO support for profiling, interrupt tracing and low overhead data access

User Interface SWD activity LED

Firmware upgrade support Simple firmware update via USB

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MCU-Link debug probe

Kit contains
MCU-Link debug probe
Target debug connector
VCOM connector cable
Spare jumpers

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Design Resources

Get Started
1. Review these Get Started and Quick Reference Guide to get familiar with the hardware specifications.

Get Started and Quick Started Guide

Get Started with the MCU-Link (/document/guide/get-started-with-the-mcu-link:GS-MCU-LINK)
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Getting to know your MCU-LINK (/docs/en/quick-reference-guide/MCULINKINSERT.pdf) (REV 0 )

 PDF 144.5 kB MCULINKINSERT [ English ]

DOCUMENTS ( 2 )

Users Guide ( 1 )

Quick Reference Guide ( 1 )

DESIGN RESOURCES ( 2 )

Design Tools & Files ( 2 )

SOFTWARE ( 4 )

Development Software ( 4 )

Documents
Users Guide ( 1 )
Get Started with the MCU-Link (/document/guide/get-started-with-the-mcu-link:GS-MCU-LINK)
This page will help guide you through the process of learning about your MCU-Link.
 GS-MCU-LINK 18 Nov 2020 GS-MCU-LINK [ English ] 
Quick Reference Guide ( 1 )
Getting to know your MCU-LINK (/docs/en/quick-reference-guide/MCULINKINSERT.pdf) (REV 0 )
Note: first production MCU-Link inserts have an error in the VCOM connection diagram. Please use this version instead. MCU-Link is a powerful and cost effective debug
probe for microcontrollers that can be used seamlessly with NXP's MCUXpresso IDE, and is also compatible with 3rd party IDEs that support CMSIS-DAP protocol. MCU-Link
is compatible with Windows 10, MacOS and Linux. A free utility from NXP provides an easy way to install firmware updates.
 PDF 144.5 kB 27 Oct 2020 MCULINKINSERT [ English ]

Design Resources
Design Tools & Files ( 2 )
Printed Circuit Boards and Schematics ( 1 )
MCU-Link Base (/downloads/en/schematics/MCU-LINK-SCH.pdf) (REV PA6 ) DOWNLOAD (/DOWNLOADS/EN

Schematic for the MCU-Link (base) debug probe from NXP (PDF format)

 PDF 111.8 kB 2020-10-27 10:01:00 MCU-LINK-SCH

Design Files - miscellaneous ( 1 )

MCU-Link Base design source files (/webapp/Download?colCode=MCU-LINK-DESIGNFILES) (REV PA6 )  DOWNLOAD (/WEBAPP/DOWNL

Schematic source file (EAGLE format), BOM (Excel) and other design files for the MCU-Link (base) debug probe from NXP

 ZIP 2.6 MB 2020-12-17 10:15:00 MCU-LINK-DESIGNFILES

Software
Development Software ( 4 )
IDE and Build Tools ( 1 )
MCUXpresso Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (/design/software/development-software/mcuxpresso-software-and-tools-/mcuxpresso-
integrated-development-environment-ide:MCUXpresso-IDE)
Easy-to-use software development tools for Kinetis, LPC, i.MX controllers based on Arm Cortex-M cores - GNU, Eclipse, profiling, debugger, trace

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Host Device Drivers ( 3 )

MCU-LINK CMSIS - Linux Package (/downloads/en/device-drivers/MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-lin.zip) (REV 1.0 ) DOWNLOAD (/DOWNLOADS/EN

Host driver configurations and firmware update utility for MCU-Link on Linux.

 ZIP 798.1 kB 2020-10-27 09:02:00 MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-lin

MCU-LINK CMSIS - Mac Package (/downloads/en/device-drivers/MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-mac.zip) (REV 1.0 ) DOWNLOAD (/DOWNLOADS/EN

Host driver configurations and firmware update utility for MCU-Link on MacOS.

 ZIP 445.8 kB 2020-10-27 09:02:00 MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-mac

MCU-LINK CMSIS - Windows Package (/downloads/en/device-drivers/MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-win.zip) (REV 1.0 ) DOWNLOAD (/DOWNLOADS/EN

Host driver configurations and firmware update utility for MCU-Link on Windows.

 ZIP 368.4 kB 2020-10-27 09:02:00 MCU-LINK_CMSIS-DAP-win

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