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Native support for NXP LPC8xx (LPC845-BRK, LPCXpresso804, LPCXpresso845-MAX) #513
Add native fbuild support for the three NXP LPC8xx Cortex-M0+ boards in the ArduinoCore-LPC8xx package:
FQBN / board id
MCU
Flash
SRAM
F_CPU
lpc845brk (NXP LPC845-BRK)
LPC845M301JBD48
64 KB
16 KB
30 MHz
lpcxpresso804 (NXP LPCXpresso804)
LPC804M101JDH24
32 KB
4 KB
15 MHz
lpcxpresso845max (NXP LPCXpresso845-MAX)
LPC845M301JBD64
64 KB
16 KB
30 MHz
Why
LPC8xx is a popular cheap Cortex-M0+ family (LPC804 ships at ~$1) with FastLED-relevant peripherals (SPI0, SCT/CTimer PWM, PININT). FastLED smoke examples already exist in the core repo (FastLEDClocklessSmoke, FastLEDSpiSmoke), gated by LPC8XX_ENABLE_FASTLED_EXAMPLE. There's no PlatformIO platform for LPC8xx today, so fbuild users have to drop a custom platformio.ini that overrides platform_packages on top of nxplpc.
A sample platformio.ini in the README that drives all three envs via platform_packages = framework-arduino-lpc8xx @ https://github.com/zackees/ArduinoCore-LPC8xx.git#main
Recognize lpc845brk, lpcxpresso804, lpcxpresso845max as first-class fbuild targets.
Wire the Arduino core override above (or vendor it) so users don't need a hand-rolled platformio.ini.
Optionally add the FastLED smoke examples to fbuild's example matrix once the core's hardware paths (ADC, PWM, I2C, USB-less serial) firm up — the upstream README flags those as still-pending.
Caveats worth knowing
The upstream nxplpc PlatformIO platform doesn't bundle an Arduino builder; the recipes in platform.txt (GCC compile/link, OpenOCD upload, vector-checksum tool in tools/lpc8xx_image_check.py) will need to land somewhere on the fbuild/PlatformIO side.
Upload is CMSIS-DAP via OpenOCD by default; manual ISP fallback is supported.
Repo status is alpha — compiles and links across all three targets via arduino-cli, but full hardware deployment isn't verified yet.
Activity
zackees commentedon Jun 8, 2026
Reference PR adding the PlatformIO board manifests and sample platformio.ini upstream: FastLED/framework-arduino-lpc8xx#9