embARC Open Software Platform 2018.12-RC2

This is the second release candidate for release 2018.12 of the embARC Open Software Platform

Tool Support

• GNU Toolchain for ARC Processors, 2018.09
• MetaWare Development Toolkit, 2018.12

Features and Enhancements

• Main new features
  • Support for new ARC EM Software Development Platform
• Device HAL updates
  • Support for DesignWare PWM & Timer driver
  • Support for DesignWare NIST TRNG driver
• ARC HAL updates
  • Add hardware stack check support (experimental)
  • Bug fixes
• Board support updates
  • Support for new ARC EM Software Development Platform (EMSDP)
• Middleware updates
  • lwip update to 2.1.0
  • mbedTLS update to 2.16.0
  • FatFS update to R0.13c
• Library updates
  • Integrate mcuboot and add support in iotdk and emsk
• OS updates
  • FreeRTOS Kernel update to 10.1.1
• Examples update
  • Update the bootloader example
  • Update the udma example
  • Update the network related examples
  • memory footprint optimize for each example
• Documentation updates
• Bug fixes
• FOSS notice update

How to Use

Please refer to getting started instructions and online documentation (also available from the local doc folder of your embARC OSP installation)

Notices

• embARC OSP no longer includes separate release packages including IDE projects. Users wanting to use a given project in the IDE may refer to Create a New Application in embARC OSP article.

Known Issues

• Make version >=4.0 is not supported. Please use make version 3.81 or 3.82
• For Wifi applications, the Digilent pmod Wifi with Microchip part MRF24WG0MA should be used. Pmods built with MRF24WB0MA have been shown to experience problems and are NOT supported.
• Please don't put embARC source code too deep in your directory, because some examples can't be compiled due to too long command line not supported in Windows.
• Please use the recommended tool versions for MetaWare and ARC GNU.

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