Datasheet

Introduction

1.1 About the ARM Developer Suite

ADS consists of a suite of applications, together with supporting documentation and

examples, that enable you to write and debug applications for the ARM family of RISC

processors.

You can use ADS to develop, build, and debug C, C++, or ARM assembly language

programs.

1.1.1 Components of ADS

ADS consists of the following major components:

• Command-line development tools

• GUI development tools on page 1-3

• Utilities on page 1-3

• Supporting software on page 1-4.

Command-line development tools

The following command-line development tools are provided:

armcc The ARM C compiler. The compiler is tested against the Plum Hall C

Validation Suite for ANSI conformance. It compiles ANSI source into

32-bit ARM code.

armcpp This is the ARM C++ compiler. It compiles ISO C++ or EC++ source

into 32-bit ARM code.

tcc The Thumb C compiler. The compiler is tested against the Plum Hall C

Validation Suite for ANSI conformance. It compiles ANSI source into

16-bit Thumb code.

tcpp This is the Thumb C++ compiler. It compiles ISO C++ or EC++ source

into 16-bit Thumb code.

armasm The ARM and Thumb assembler. This assembles both ARM assembly

language and Thumb assembly language source.

armlink The ARM linker. This combines the contents of one or more object files

with selected parts of one or more object libraries to produce an

executable program. The ARM linker creates ELF executable images.