CMSIS Version 5 Development Repository

CMSIS Version 5.0.0 is scheduled for release in June 2016.

This development repository gives our users and partners contiguous access to the CMSIS components. It allows you to review the work and provide feedback. Please use GitHub to discuss and track issues or create pull requests for contributions.

Planned Enhancements

• Add support for ARMv8-M Architecture (Mainline and Baseline)

• Improvements for Cortex-A / M hybrid devices (focus on Cortex-M interaction)

• CMSIS-RTOS API and RTX reference implementation with several enhancements:

  • Dynamic object creation, Flag events, C and C++ API, additional thread and timer functions
  • Secure and Non-Secure support, multi-processor support

• CMSIS-Pack

  • Additions for generic example, project templates, multiple download portals
  • Adoption of IAR Flash Loader technology

For further details see also the Slides of the Embedded World CMSIS Partner Meeting.

Directory Structure

All CMSIS components will be available by end of March 2016

Directory	Content
CMSIS/Core	CMSIS-Core related files (for release)
CMSIS/Driver	CMSIS-Driver API headers and template files
CMSIS/RTOS	RTOS related files (template + include)
CMSIS/DoxyGen	Source of the documentation
CMSIS/Utilities	Utility programs

Generate Documentation

The following tools are required to generate the documentation:

• doxygen.exe Version: 1.8.2 (Documentation Generator)
• mscgen.exe Version: 0.20 (Message Sequence Chart Converter)

Using these tools, documentation can be generated under Windows with the batch file genDoc.bat in directory CMSIS/DoxyGen/.

The file CMSIS/DoxyGen/How2Doc.txt describes the rules for creating API documentation.

Generate CMSIS Software Pack

coming soon

License

ARM CMSIS is licensed under Apache-2.0.

Contributions and Pull Requests

Contributions are accepted under Apache-2.0. Only submit contributions where you have authored all of the code.