What is Arm DS-5 Development Studio?
Arm DS-5 Development Studio is a complete embedded software development solution for Arm processor-based systems. It includes:
- Eclipse-based integrated development environment with support for embedded C, C++, and assembly language development
- GNU toolchain (GCC) with optimizing compilers and assemblers
- Debugging tools including step debuggers, SystemTrace support, and functionality for debugging multicore systems
- Simulation models and virtual platforms for Arm-based processors
- Performance analysis tools such as Streamline for system profiling
- Optimization tools including integration with Arm Performance Libraries
Key capabilities include simplified multicore debugging, visualization of software running on virtual platforms, analysis of real-time system bottlenecks, and automation of performance optimization steps. DS-5 helps engineers maximize efficiency and take full advantage of advanced Arm processor technologies.
It provides native support for developing bare-metal embedded applications without relying on large embedded operating systems. It can significantly accelerate complex tasks such as analyzing interactions across cores and peripherals in multicore SoC designs.
DS-5 supports all major Arm processor families including Cortex-A, Cortex-R, and Cortex-M series CPUs. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS host platforms.
Microsoft Visual Studio, Android Studio, Eclipse, GNU Emacs, React Studio, Corezoid Process Engine, MaxBlox, CudaText, 4coder, Android Development Tools for Eclipse are some alternatives to Arm DS-5 Development Studio.