Build an example application#

To build an example application, follow these steps.

Drag and drop the SDK zip file into the Installed SDKs view to install the MCUXpresso SDK. In the window that appears, click OK and wait until the import has finished.
On the Quickstart Panel, click Import SDK example(s)…, as shwon in Figure 2.

![](../images/import_sdk_example.png "Import an SDK example")

In the window that appears, expand the MIMXRT1015 folder and select MIMXRT1015xxxxx. Then, select evkmimxrt1015 and click Next, as shown in Figure 3.

![](../images/select_evk-imxrt1015_board.png "Selecting MIMXRT1015-EVK board")

Expand the demo_apps folder, select hello_world, and then click Next, as shown in Figure 4.

![](../images/select_hello_world_rt1015.png "Selecting hello_world")

Ensure the option Redlib: Use floating point version of printf is selected if the cases print floating point numbers on the terminal (for demo applications such as dac32_adc12, dac_adc, dac_cadc, ecompass, sai, coremark, mbedtls_benchmark, wolfssl_benchmark, and for mmcau_examples such as mmcau_api). Otherwise, there is no need to select it. Click Finish.

Note: If you want to use semihost to print log, first select the Semihost button when importing projects, as shown in Figure 6.

![](../images/select_semihost_rt1015.png "Selecting Semihost")

![](../images/sdk_debugconsole_rt1015.png "Setting SDK_DEBUGCONSOLE")

On the Quickstart panel, click build evkmimxrt1015\_demo\_apps\_hello\_world \[Debug\], as shown in Figure 8.

![](../images/build_hello_world_case_rt1015.png "Building hello world case")