ARM DS-5 Getting Started with DS-5 - ARM Information Center

ARM DS-5 product overview2.5 About ARM CompilerDS-5 includes a distribution of the ARM ® Compiler tools.These tools can be used to build applications and libraries suitable for bare-metal embeddedsystems, including the examples that are available in the DS-5 examples directory.The ARM Compiler tools are located in tools_directory. You can use them to build yourapplications from either the command-line or within Eclipse.Table 2-1 ARM Compiler toolsToolarmararmasmarmccarmlinkfromelfDescriptionLibrarian. This enables sets of ELF format object files to be collectedtogether and maintained in archives or libraries. You can pass such a libraryor archive to the linker in place of several ELF files. You can also use thearchive for distribution to a third party for application development.Assembler. This assembles ARM and Thumb ® assembly language sources.Compiler. This compiles your C and C++ code. It supports inline andembedded assemblers, and also includes the NEON vectorizing compiler.Linker. This combines the contents of one or more object files with selectedparts of one or more object libraries to produce an executable program.Image conversion utility. This can also generate textual information about theinput image, such as disassembly and its code and data size2.5.1 See alsoTasks• ARM ® DS-5 Getting Started with Eclipse:— Creating a new C or C++ project on page 3-4.ARM DUI 0478M Copyright © 2010-2012 ARM. All rights reserved. 2-6ID120712Non-Confidential