NXP Semiconductors
AN11803
A71CL Quick start guide for A71CLARD-ALI and Kinetis
AN11803
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Rev. 1.0 — 11 December 2018
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Figures
System architecture diagram .............................5
System architecture diagram .............................6
A71 Mini PCB board schematic ........................ 7
Mini PCB board silkscreen with default
jumper positions marked black ..........................8
A71 Arduino header .......................................... 8
platform for Kinetis K64, K63 and K24 MCUs ....9
A71 Arduino kit mounted on Kinetis FRDM-
K64F board ..................................................... 10
Arduino interface board connected to the
Kinetis board (FRDM-K64F) ............................10
Arduino interface board connected to the
Kinetis board (FRDM-K64F) ............................11
Red USB indicates OpenSDA debug port.
Yellow USB indicates K64F port (FRDM-
K64F) ...............................................................11
MCUXpresso install wizard ............................. 13
Kinetis board selection ....................................13
Kinetis SDK configuration ............................... 14
Installing the downloaded Kinetis SDK into
MCUXpresso ................................................... 14
A71CL Hostlibrary License ..............................15
Select install folder ..........................................15
Select start menu entry ...................................16
Installation finished ..........................................16
Import project from file system ........................17
Project directory to import ............................... 18
Project directory to import ............................... 18
OpenSDA bootloader version for the Kinetis
FRDM-K64F .................................................... 19
Desired firmware for the Kinetis FRDM-
K64F ................................................................19
Enabling bootloader mode .............................. 20
Copying the firmware into the Kinetis board
in ‘BOOTLOADER’ mode ................................20
Configuration steps to debug using
MCUXpresso IDE Console ..............................21
Example of generated output printed in
MCUXpresso IDE Console ..............................22
SDK Debug Console in UART Console
mode ............................................................... 22
Build and Debug options .................................23
Tera Term new connection ............................. 23
Serial port setup ..............................................24
Terminal setup ................................................ 24