EPM900 User's Guide

BLINKY

The BLINKY example program sequentially flashes the 8 on-board LEDs.

The BLINKY example project demonstrates assembling, compiling, linking, downloading, and debugging using the µVision IDE on the EPM900 board. The on-board LEDs make it easy to visually verify that the program loads and executes properly.

Loading BLINKY

To load the BLINKY project, select Open Project from the Project menu and open BLINKY.UV2 from one of the following folders.

  • \KEIL\C51\EXAMPLES\NXP LPC9xx\BLINKY\

Select Project File Dialog

Project Workspace When the BLINKY project opens, the µVision Project Workspace window displays the source files that make up the project.

  • Startup.s contains the CPU startup code for the Philips LPC9xx devices.
  • Serial.c contains the serial I/O routines for the UART interface.
  • Blinky.c contains the application module that monitors analog input, provides the text output, and toggles the LEDs.

The Abstract.txt file contains documentation about the project.

Editing BLINKY

You may edit Blinky.c or review the source code. Double click on Blinky.c in the Files page of the Project Workspace window. µVision loads and displays the contents of Blinky.c in an editor window.

Running BLINKY

Perform the following four steps to run the BLINKY Example on the EPM900 Board:

  1. Building BLINKY
  2. Downloading BLINKY
  3. Debugging BLINKY
  4. Checking Serial Output