CMSIS-Pack Generator Version 0.9.0 (alpha)

Release for alpha review

CMSIS-Build Version 0.10.3

Release Notes

CMSIS Project description format (*.cprj)

• refinements for specifying alternative assembler

CMSIS-Build tools

Updates

• removed MDK specific scripts.
• new CMake support is replacing GNU Makefile generation with CMakelists.txt generation.
• added macOS support.

Getting Started

1) Download CMSIS-Build installer

• Linux/Windows 64/macOS

2) Toolchain download options

• Keil MDK IDE

  Version 5.35 (Jun 2021) is the latest version of MDK supporting the CMSIS-Project file format (*.cprj) export and import including export of layer information.

  Installation Guide

  • Install MDK first.
  • In cbuild_install.sh specify the MDK installation compiler path (c:\Keil_v5\ARM\ARMClang\bin) to setup AC6 compiler for you.

• GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain:

  Version 10-2020-q4-major (Dec. 11th 2020):

  • Windows 32-bit ZIP
  • Linux x86_64 Tarball
  • Mac OS X 64-bit Package

• ARM Compiler Version 6 license managed:

  Version 6.16 (Mar. 10th 2020)

  • Windows 32-bit Installer

    • Download installer
    • Extract archive unzip DS500-BN-00025-r5p0-18rel0.zip
    • Run win-x86_32\setup.exe
    • Default installation path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ARMCompiler6.16\

  • Linux x86_64 Installer

    • Download installer
    • Extract the archive tar -xzf DS500-BN-00026-r5p0-18rel0.tgz
    • Run install_x86_64.sh

3) CMake installation

• Download and install CMake 3.18.0 or higher.

4) CMSIS-Build Installation instructions

• Setup build environment
  Note: CMSIS-Build tools require at least one of the above toolchains.

5) Documentation

• Overview

6) License

• The software is provided under Apache 2.0.

7) Questions, comments and feedback

• Create a request using the label Build.