Downloads and links

This page provides an overview of useful software packages and other useful links.

NXP CUP Website & Community

NXP CUP landing page: https://nxpcup.nxp.com/ with all information on NXP CUP.

NXP CUP Community: https://nxpcup.nxp.com/news with latest news, rules, track information, challenges etc. on the current season. Your news portal.

Registration to participate: Register here.

QGroundControl

• Download QGroundControl (Stable release, recommended)

• Download QGroundControl (Daily build / development release)

QGroundControl is the ground control software (GCS) of choice within the Dronecode platform. It can be used to configure and control any FMU that runs PX4 or a MAVLink compatible flight stack. It is recommended to use the latest stable release and update regularly when new releases become available.

J-Link Software and Documentation Pack

• Download J-Link Software and Documentation Pack

J-Link Commander is used to flash binaries onto the RDDRONE-FMUK66 board. The latest (stable) release of the J-Link Software and Documentation Pack is available at the SEGGER website for different operating systems.

Hardware references

• RDDRONE-FMUK66: https://www.nxp.com/part/RDDRONE-FMUK66#/

• DF Robot ROB016x Rover Chassis:

• MCU FRDM-KL25Z: FRDM-KL25Z reference manual and documentation on NXP.com

• MCU FRDM-KL46Z: FRDM-KL46Z reference manual and documention on NXP.com

• MCU ARC Board: Technical Report

• Pixy 2: Wiki, PixyMon Software

Example code

119KB

nxpcup_microE.zip

archive

21KB

nxpcup.zip

archive

Development tools

• MCUXpresso

  • MCUXpresso-IDE

  • MCUXpresso-IDE Download

• mbed

  • https://os.mbed.com/users/alejandroRL/code/FRDM-TFC/

  • https://os.mbed.com/users/alejandroRL/code/TFC-TEST_UPDATED_HW/

• Codewarrior Project

  • Community page: Alamak-car-simple-codewarrior-project

• Mathworks

  • See next page in this Gitbook

J-Link Software and Documentation Pack

• Download J-Link Software and Documentation Pack

J-Link Commander is used to flash binaries onto the RDDRONE-FMUK66 board. The latest (stable) release of the J-Link Software and Documentation Pack is available at the SEGGER website for different operating systems.

QGroundControl

• Download QGroundControl (Stable release, recommended)

• Download QGroundControl (Daily build / development release)

QGroundControl is the ground control software (GCS) of choice within the Dronecode platform. It can be used to configure and control any FMU that runs PX4 or a MAVLink compatible flight stack.

It is recommended to use the latest stable version. The 3.5.4 stable release was tested and confirmed to be working well for general use. This is the first release that fully supports the RDDRONE-FMUK66, please update if you are using an older version of QGroundControl.