Arm Development Studio

Development Studio is the most comprehensive embedded C/C++ software development solution with support for multicore debugging for Cortex-A, Cortex-R, Cortex–M, and Neoverse Arm CPUs. Uniquely it provides the earliest support for the latest CPUs and interconnects. Primarily the Arm Debugger is used for validation of SoCs through emulation, simulation, FPGA, and silicon bring-up.

Basic Information

The Arm Developer Studio provides a complete development environment for all Arm processor families

Arm Compiler for Embedded 6 can be used for building Linux and bare-metal applications. Includes support for the latest Arm architectures.
Complete library of reference Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) simulators along with pre-built examples.
Streamline Performance Analyser to view the performance of your entire system and generate easy-to-interpret visualisations.
Graphics Analyser to Debug and optimise graphics content by finding and fixing defects and performance issues.
Entitlement to Keil MDK Professional Edition is included in the Silver, Gold, and Platinum editions.

Supported OS:

Windows 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Workstation
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Note: Development Studio IDE only supports 64-bit host platforms.

Functional Safety

The Developer Studio Gold and Platinum editions include a safety-certified version of the Arm Compiler

Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa to accelerate the building of safety-critical code and simplify TÜV SÜD certification process.
TUV Certificate and quality report
Qualification kit provides vital safety information about the operation, recommended usage and diagnostic capabilities of the compiler

Debug Adapters

Ulink Family

Unlink Pro: Debug, Serial Wire (100 Mbit/sec)and Streaming Trace (800 Mbit/sec)
Ulink pro-D: Debug and Fast Serial Wire Trace (100 Mbit/sec)
Ulink Plus: Debug, Serial Wire Trace (50 Mbit/sec), Test I/O, and Power Measurement
Ulink 2: Debug and Serial Wire Trace (1 Mbit/sec)

All ULINK adaptors enable you to:

Download programs to your target hardware
Examine memory and registers
Single-step through programs and insert multiple breakpoints
Run programs in real-time
Program Flash Memory
Connect to a target via JTAG or serial wire modes
Debug ARM Cortex-M devices on-the-fly
Examine trace information from ARM Cortex-M3/M4/M7 devices

DSTREAM Family

DSTREAM-ST: 4 pin trace up to 2.4Gb/s direct stream to PC
DSPREAM-P: 32 pin trace upto 19.2Gb/s, 8GB Trace buffer
DSTREAM-HT: 4 pin trace upto 2.4Gb/s plus serial trace upto 60 Gb/s, 8 GB Trace buffer
DSTREAM-XT: JTAG,Serial Wire and PCIe, 4 pin trace upto 2.4Gb/s plus serial trace upto 64 Gb/s, 16 GB Trace buffer

The Arm DStream family provides the ultimate JTAG/CoreSight debug and trace tool:

Debug on Arm processors from Armv4 onwards as well as CoreSight trace
USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet for direct or remote host connections
JTAG clock of up to 180 MHz for lightning fast software development
Instrumentation trace and/or Cortex-M instruction trace streamed directly to host PC
Wide range of target connectors
Flexible DDR trace clock timing up to 300 MHz (600 Mbits/s per pin)
Support for up to 4096 CoreSight devices (including CPUs)
Remote target reset
Device bring-up and test utilities
Flexible architecture to support 3rd party IP and debugger
All DSTREAM units support all Arm processors with JTAG and Serial Wire debug upto 180Mhz

For more information about the DSTREAM Family, visit: DSTREAM Family