Professional Tools for ARM Developers
CrossWorks for ARM is a complete C/C++ and assembly code development system for ARM7, ARM9, XScale, and Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. And when we say complete we mean complete—CrossWorks for ARM is packed full of features such as:
- CrossStudio Integrated Development Environment-taking care of edit, build, download and debug over JTAG.
- C, C++ and Assembler toolchain from the GNU Compiler Collection.
- The CrossWorks C Library. This is our own non-GPL and non-LGPL C runtime library that has designed from the ground up for embedded processor applications.
- The CrossWorks Tasking Library, known as CTL. CTL is a royalty-free tasking library that provides a multi-priority, pre-emptive, task switching and synchronisation facility. Additionally, the library can also provide timer and interrupt handling support.
Target Connections
CrossWorks supports a wide range of ways to connect to your target:
- Our CrossConnect for ARM USB JTAG adapter is the ideal JTAG interface to use with CrossStudio for ARM. It supports ARM7, ARM9, XScale, and Cortex-M3 and you can use it with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris versions of CrossWorks for ARM.
- FTDI Chip FT2232 based JTAG devices such as the Amontec JTAGkey, Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny, Olimex ARM-USB-OCD and Olimex ARM-USB-TINY.
- A Wiggler from Macraigor Systems on a parallel port is simple and cheap. Compatible devices are also available from Olimex.
- The Segger J-Link ARM is widely used and is available from Segger Microsystems.
CPU and Board Support Packages
CrossWorks can be used to support a wide range of processors and boards. To get you up and running quickly we provide installable CPU and board support packages for popular processors and boards. Popular device families include:
- Analog Devices — ADuC7000
- Atmel — SAM3, AT91SAM7, AT91SAM9
- Freescale — MAC7100
- Intel — XScale PXA250, PXA270
- Luminary Micro — LM3S
- NXP — LPC1100, LPC1300, LPC1700, LPC2100, LPC2200, LPC2300, LPC2400, LPC2800, LPC3000
- STMicroelectronics — STR7, STR9, STM32, STA20xx
- Texas Instruments — TMS470
For a complete list of boards and CPUs supported, please visit our CPU and Board Support Packages pages.
More Information
- Benchmarks. We've provided some results for the standard Dhrystone and Whetstone benchmarks. Visit our CrossWorks for ARM Benchmarks page.
