diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..51c87c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+/target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+/.vscode/.cortex-debug.*
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
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index 0000000..dca515c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "cortex-debug",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Debug LED Blinky",
+            "servertype": "jlink",
+            "gdbPath": "/usr/bin/gdb-multiarch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "device": "VA41620",
+            "svdFile": "./va108xx-rs/svd/va416xx-base.svd",
+            "preLaunchTask": "rust: cargo build led blinky",
+            "executable": "${workspaceFolder}/target/thumbv6m-none-eabi/debug/examples/blinky-leds",
+            "interface": "swd",
+            "runToMain": true,
+        },
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
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index 0000000..b7a3015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "rust: cargo build led blinky",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "~/.cargo/bin/cargo", // note: full path to the cargo
+            "args": [
+                "build", "-p", "va416xx-hal", "--example", "blinky"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        },
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/va416xx b/va416xx
index 2d02813..a545b40 160000
--- a/va416xx
+++ b/va416xx
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2d02813c7fe381fa1fd749c6430d1029995965f5
+Subproject commit a545b4028ef25923f3477441194c556dea8ae57e
diff --git a/va416xx-hal b/va416xx-hal
index f94aa2b..7aa367e 160000
--- a/va416xx-hal
+++ b/va416xx-hal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f94aa2b48fa995f1baec0aca861421bf18df20c6
+Subproject commit 7aa367e9eaaa774f86ef55539b245484e6c7c4fc