ARM® Developer Suite™ (ADS) is ARM's previous generation of software development tools, predating the current RealView Development Suite.
ARM Developer Suite is now a legacy product. ARM does not recommend the purchase of these tools for new projects. It is made available only for customers who are required to use it due to external factors, for example, where system code provided by the chipset designer must be built using a specific version of the compiler for qualification reasons.
For all other customers we recommend the use of RealView® Development Suite.
The ARM Developer Suite is now available as a standalone product, shipping as the ARM Developer Suite Archive CD. This contains ADS 1.2.1, ADS 1.1 and ADS 1.0.1 (on Unix platforms, only the code generation tools are provided for versions 1.1 and 1.0.1).
The Suite comprises:
- Code Generation Tools - C and Embedded C++ compilers, Assembler and Linker for ARM and Thumb® instruction sets
- An Integrated Development Environment for Windows - CodeWarrior IDE from Metrowerks (PC version only)
- GUI debugger - AXD and ARM symbolic debugger (armsd)
- Instruction set simulators – providing accurate simulation of ARM and Thumb core-based processors
- Support for families of processors including ARM7TM, ARM9TM, ARM9ETM, ARM10TM, StrongARM and Intel XScale
- Hardware debug support when used in conjunction with compatible JTAG-based debug hardware, such as the RealView Multi-ICE
Supported Platforms
- Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.1
- Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8
