SCARM is development toolset for ARM micro-controllers. It includes an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and a C Compiler for ARM. With SCARM, you can:

· Create and edit an ARM application - the IDE includes program editor with syntax highlighting. You can create and edit C and/or Assembler programs.

· Create a project with multiple source files in C and/or Assembly language.

· Build (or “make”) a project to create binary/HEX file.

· Debug the application in target – using the SDB Debugger (part of SCARM).



Salient features of SCARM C Compiler for ARM:

· Several optimizations result in compact code.

· Full math support with single precision Floating Point Arithmetic. Math functions such as sin, cos, log etc. are included in the form of source code. Float numbers stored in IEEE 4 byte standard format.

· Header files included for several ARM family micro-controllers such as LPC21xx, AT91RM42800A...

· Sample programs to get you started quickly.

· Optional support for gcc. You may build your project with native SCARM C Compiler or with gcc.

· Includes the SDB Debugger – JTAG based debugger.



The SDB Debugger is intentionally included in the product SCARM, so that users get a complete development tool-set:

· The IDE included in SCARM will let you create and manage software projects, create and edit C and/or ASM programs.

· The C Compiler and related libraries included in SCARM will let you build your project and produce executable file (Intel HEX format, or plain binary format or ELF format)

· The SDB Debugger can download this executable (HEX or ELF file) into the target micro-controller’s flash. (Some ARM micro-controllers also support other means of erasing and re-programming the flash – for example ISP through serial port).

· The target hardware maybe your own board or a standard Evaluation board like MiniARM.

· The SDB Debugger will let you start and stop program execution or let you single step through the program and observe Register and Memory contents after every step.