Release notes
for IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM version 8.11.2
Read about the latest features, new device support, and program corrections in the release notes.
- Highlights
- Important information
- Release notes for individual components
- Product packages
- Installation and license activation
Highlights
Cortex-R8
Support for code generation and debugging of ARM Cortex-R8 cores.Multicore synchronization using CTI
Asymmetrical multicore debugging now supports the ARM CTI (Cross Trigger Interface) mechanism. This allows all cores to halt immediately when you stop the execution, hit a breakpoint or step.RTOS awareness support for ARM mbed OS
When debugging mbed OS-based applications you can now get detailed views of threads, semaphores and other services provided by the RTX RTOS.
Device support
New device support
Atmel ATSAMC20J15A
ATSAMC21J15ANXP LPC844M201
LPC845M301
MKW35A512xxx4
MKW35Z512xxx4
MKW36A512xxx4
MKW36Z512xxx4Renesas R9A06G032
R9A06G033
R7S910035
R7S910036SiliconLabs EFM32JG12B500F1024GL125
EFM32JG12B500F1024GM48
EFM32JG12B500F1024IL125
EFM32JG12B500F1024IM48
EFM32JG12B500F512GL125
EFM32JG12B500F512GM48
EFM32PG12B500F1024GL125
EFM32PG12B500F1024GM48
EFM32PG12B500F1024IL125
EFM32PG12B500F1024IM48
EFM32PG12B500F512GL125
EFM32PG12B500F512GM48
EFR32BG12P132F1024GL125
EFR32BG12P132F1024GM48
EFR32BG12P232F1024GL125
EFR32BG12P232F1024GM48
EFR32BG12P332F1024GL125
EFR32BG12P332F1024GM48
EFR32BG12P432F1024GL125
EFR32BG12P432F1024GM48
EFR32BG12P433F1024GL125
EFR32BG12P433F1024GM48
EFR32BG1B132F256GM56
EFR32FG12P231F1024GL125
EFR32FG12P231F1024GM48
EFR32FG12P232F1024GL125
EFR32FG12P232F1024GM48
EFR32FG12P431F1024GL125
EFR32FG12P431F1024GM48
EFR32FG12P432F1024GL125
EFR32FG12P432F1024GM48
EFR32FG12P433F1024GL125
EFR32FG12P433F1024GM48
EFR32FG1V032F128GM32
EFR32FG1V032F256GM32
EFR32MG12P132F1024GL125
EFR32MG12P132F1024GM48
EFR32MG12P232F1024GL125
EFR32MG12P232F1024GM48
EFR32MG12P332F1024GL125
EFR32MG12P332F1024GM48
EFR32MG12P432F1024GL125
EFR32MG12P432F1024GM48
EFR32MG12P433F1024GL125
EFR32MG12P433F1024GM48
EFR32MG1B232F256IM48TexasInstruments MSP432P4111 Device support
Example projects
Over 9000 example projects for various evaluation boards are included in the product installation. See the Information Center.
Important information
- Upgrade information
- Before you install
To avoid any problems, do not install this release in a directory where you have previously installed any older version of IAR Embedded Workbench. It is recommended that you either uninstall an earlier product, or install this release in a separate directory. As before, however, it is possible to install different products, all using the same version of the main application, in the same root directory.
- License renewal
The upgrade to this version might require a license renewal. This is performed by starting the IAR License Manager and selecting License>Check for License Renewal.
Note, if you have a network license, this must be performed on the license server. -
Microsoft SCC interface no longer supported
Microsoft SCC-compatible version control systems are no longer supported by IAR Embedded Workbench.
- Microsoft Windows
Windows Vista and newer operating systems have a security mechanism called UAC (User Access Control). Disabling UAC will automatically grant you permission when a task requires administrative rights but this is not recommended because it will reduce the security of the computer. It is not necessary to run the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE as an administrator. However, if you are not, modifications to the installed product tree in C:\Program Files\IAR Systems might not work as intended and could give unexpected results. One example is opening and building projects directly from the installed product tree. The build will succeed, but the resulting files (object, list, ...) will not appear where expected. Instead all output files will be redirected by the OS to C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\IAR Systems. To avoid this, the preferred way is to copy the examples to a location outside Program Files, either manually or automatically by opening them via the IAR Information Center.
- Network licenses
For network licenses, this version of the IAR Embedded Workbench requires IAR License Server Tools version 2.15.4 or later. For more information see technical note TN21842. The latest IAR License Server Tools are backwards-compatible with previous IAR Embedded Workbench versions.
- Migration
The debugger flash loader mechanism was changed in version 5.40. If your project uses a default flash loader with no extra parameters, no migration work is needed.
If the debugger detects that your project uses a non-default flash loader or that it uses extra parameters, it will revert to the default flash loader for your device. In addition a.boardfile will be created in the project directory. If necessary the.boardfile can be edited and used by manually overriding the default flash loader with this project-specific.boardfile.If you are migrating from version 4.x to this version, we recommend that you read the IAR Embedded Workbench Migration Guide for ARM.
- Object format
The object format used in the compiler, assembler, linker, and debugger is based on the ARM ABI standard version 2.10 with ELF/DWARF 4. For the standard definition, see the ARM Application Binary Interface.
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