A practical guide to using both the cortex-debug and NXP MCUXpresso VS Code extensions together for debugging NXP Cortex-M microcontrollers. Covers feature comparisons between the two extensions, complete launch.json configurations for J-Link and LinkServer debug probes with cortex-debug, and how to integrate mcu-debug RTOS and Memory views. The NXP MCUXpresso extension v26.6.57 now supports XRTOS and Memory views, narrowing the gap with cortex-debug, but using both together provides maximum flexibility including SEGGER RTT support.
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OutlineExtension Debugging FeaturesGrahical launch.json view/editormcuxpresso-debug Debug ConfigurationJ-Link cortex-debug Debug ConfigurationLinkServer cortex-debug Launch ConfigurationRTOS ViewsMemory ViewsSummary192 Impressions