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).
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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.