ARM extends DS-5 platform for rtos development
A new version of ARM's flagship DS-5 Development Studio has been launched to include support for debug and optimisation of embedded software based on real time operating systems (rtos).
Version 5.16 supports code generation, debug and performance analysis for any ARM Cortex processor, including the latest ARM Cortex-A50 series, running bare metal, rtos or Linux based software stacks.
Using standard trace technology available in nearly all Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M4 processor based microcontrollers, the tool collects rtos task activity, hardware performance counters, software events and samples of the program counter.
The DS-5 Debugger has also been extended to include operating system awareness beyond Linux and Android, covering a range of popular rtos platforms such as Keil RTX, FreeRTOS, Freescale MQX, Micrium uC/OS-III and Express Logic ThreadX.
