Installation

The CMSIS-Zone utility is part of the CMSIS-Pack Eclipse Plug-ins.

The following steps explain the setup of an Eclipse enviornment with CMSIS-Zone:

1. Download and install Java SE version 13.0.2 or later on your machine. You can use one of the following installers:
   • Oracle SE JDK (note the license terms for commercial usage)
   • OpenJDK
   Make sure that the path to the \bin folder in the Java installation is added to the PATH environment variable.
2. Download the latest CmsisPackPlugIn#.#.#.zip file, for example CmsisPackPlugIn2.5.0.zip
3. Get Eclipse IDE (Download 64 bit) and install Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers

Launch Eclipse and

• Open the dialog Help - Install New Software....
• Choose Add and click Archive. The Open the file CmsisPackPlugIn#.#.#.zip and click Add.

• In the dialog Available Software select the CMSIS Eclipse plug-ins as shown below. The click Next and accept the license agreement.

  
• Restart Eclipse.

Setup CMSIS Pack root folder in Eclipse

• Open the dialog Window - Preferences and select directory for the CMSIS Packs repository on your computer:

  

  The standard setting is C:\users\username\AppData\Local\Arm\Packs, but you may use the same directory as for MDK and select: C:\Keil_v5\MDK\ARM\PACK.

• Click Apply and Close. This concludes the setup of the Eclipse environment.