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9 LPCXpresso IDE – How to get Started

This chapter gives a quick presentation of how to get started with the LPCXpresso IDE, which is the

integrated program development environment that was created for the LPCXpresso board family.

There are also more extensive and detailed presentations and descriptions on the LPCXpresso

website [5].

Before starting, make sure that the latest version of the LPCXpresso IDE is installed. See [5],

http://www.nxp.com/lpcxpresso/ for details where to download and how to install.

9.1 Importing Projects

A package of projects has been created as a base for supporting the experiments. It makes it easier to

get up-and-running quicker with the first set of experiments. Download this package from Embedded

Artists support page after registering the product. It is a zip-file that contains all project files and is a

simple way to distribute complete Eclipse projects.

This section describes how to import the package of projects into the Eclipse workspace. Several

projects will be imported simultaneously.

Start the LPCXpresso IDE and select a new (and empty) workspace directory.

Select the Import and Export tab in the Quickstart menu and then Import archived projects (zip), see

figure below.

Figure 75 – LPCXpresso IDE Import Archived Project

Next, browse and select the downloaded zip file containing the archived projects. Make sure all sub-

projects are selected to be imported, see figure below (note that the screen shot below is generic and

the project names will be different).

1) Select Import and Export

2) Select Import archived projects (zip)