The complete documentation for Arm® Debugger and the other Keil® Studio extensions is available on Arm Developer.
The Arm Debugger extension provides access to the Arm Debugger engine for Visual Studio Code by implementing the Microsoft Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP). The Arm Debugger engine supports connections to physical and virtual targets:
See the Arm Debugger Release Note for an overview of each release.
We recommend installing the Keil Studio Pack for Visual Studio Code Desktop to quickly set up your environment. You can then import a solution example from keil.arm.com, download a μVision project from keil.arm.com, create a solution from scratch, or convert an existing μVision project.
The Arm Debugger extension works with the Arm CMSIS Solution (Identifier: arm.cmsis-csolution
), the Arm Device Manager (Identifier: arm.device-manager
), and the Arm Virtual Hardware (Identifier: arm.virtual-hardware
) extensions.
The Arm Debugger extension allows you to:
The Arm Debugger engine supports debug connections based on:
Armv6-M architecture
Cortex®-M0, Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M1, Arm SecurCore® SC000
Armv7-M architecture
Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M7, Arm SecurCore SC300
Armv8-M architecture
Cortex-M23, Cortex-M33, Cortex-M35P
Armv8.1-M architecture
Cortex-M55, Cortex-M85
Some capabilities of the Arm Debugger engine that are not yet exposed in Visual Studio Code include:
See the documentation for the Arm Debugger extension to run a project on your hardware and start a debug session.
To submit feedback on the Arm Debugger extension preview version, please open a bug report or a feature request.