How can I obtain development tool donations from ARM for use in my school?

At the moment, ARM is evaluating a long-term university policy which might benefit those universities wanting to incorporate ARM tools or hardware platforms in their curriculum. Because we receive many requests for free developer’s tools, such as compilers, debuggers, etc., we are trying to decide how best to do this in the framework of our current offerings. Once we have made a decision, the information will be available on our website.

With the recent acquisition of Keil, ARM is now offering the new RealView Microcontroller Development Kit for ARM-Powered microcontrollers.  It contains full versions of an ARM assembler, compiler, and linker, as well as Keil's debugger and IDE.  It is recommended that students and universities download the free evaluation version of the tools.  There is a 16K byte object code limit but the tools are license free.  Because they contain full simulation models for peripherals around various microcontrollers, there's no need for hardware in some cases.

A limited number of ARM hardware development platforms are available for donation.  Please see the Development Platforms section of the university pages.

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