v1.6.0

What's Changed

• The extension now has a pre-release channel for early access to upcoming features.
  As part of this, the versioning scheme has changed: stable releases use even minor versions (starting with 1.6.0), while odd minor versions are reserved for pre-releases.
• Adds the Core Peripherals view which gives insight into the programming of CPU specific core peripherals.
• Adds commands to enable/disable CPU Time updates.
• Fixes Component Viewer display and stability issues.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (pyOCD v0.44.0)
  • Uses default debug sequences as defined in the
    Open-CMSIS-Pack specification.
  • Adds missing sequence support for flash programming and holding hardware reset.
  • Changes strategy of programming multiple flash memories from multiple erase-program-verify sequences per flash memory to a single
    erase-program-verify sequence spanning all targeted flash memories.
  • Renames RTT channel mode telnet to server.
  • Adds Segger SystemView server mode to support direct recording
    from pyOCD via IP (TCP/IP connection) for run
    subcommand.
  • Improves robustness and logging of Segger RTT
    support.
• Also included in this extension release:
  • arm-none-eabi-gdb v14.3.1
• Full list of required minimum versions for correct functionality of the CMSIS Debugger v1.6.0 release:
  • Arm CMSIS Solution extension v1.66.0
  • CDT GDB Adapter extension v2.7.0
  • Memory Inspector v1.2.0
  • Peripheral Inspector v1.9.0
  • Serial Monitor v0.13.1
  • RTOS Views v0.0.15
• See CMSIS Debugger 1.6.0 project board for a full list
  of enhancement requests and defects addressed in this release.

New Contributors

• @andbararm made their first contribution in #935

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.6.0

v1.5.1

What's Changed

• Adds Fault Reports to the Core Peripherals view.
• Improves expand/collapse behavior with active filter in Component Viewer and Core Peripherals views.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (pyOCD v0.44.0)
  • Uses default debug sequences as defined in the Open-CMSIS-Pack specification.
  • Adds missing sequence support for flash programming and holding hardware reset.
  • Changes strategy of programming multiple flash memories from multiple erase-program-verify sequences per flash memory to a single erase-program-verify sequence spannig all targeted flash memories.
  • Renames RTT channel mode telnet to server.
  • Adds Segger SystemView server mode to support direct recording from pyOCD via IP (TCP/IP connection) for run subcommand.
  • Improves robustness and logging of Segger RTT support.
  • See pyOCD v0.44.0 for a full list of ehancements and bug fixes.

New Contributors

• @andbararm made their first contribution in #935

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.5.1

v1.5.0

What's Changed

• Pre-release with a preview of the new Core Peripherals view that lives under
  Trace and Live View.
  • Early feedback is welcomed, please use GitHub issues to raise enhancement requests or defects.
• Fixes Component Viewer display and stability issues.
• Included in this extension pre-release:
  • pyOCD v0.43.1
  • arm-none-eabi-gdb v14.3.1
• Full list of required minimum versions for correct functionality of the CMSIS Debugger v1.5.0 pre-release:
  • Arm CMSIS Solution extension v1.66.0
  • CDT GDB Adapter extension v2.7.0
  • Memory Inspector v1.2.0
  • Peripheral Inspector v1.9.0
  • Serial Monitor v0.13.1
  • RTOS Views v0.0.14

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.5.0

v1.4.1

What's Changed

• Fixes debugger run control intermittently becoming unresponsive when Component Viewer is active.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (pyOCD v0.43.1)
  • Fixes Segger RTT control block detection for single-core devices.

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.4.1

v1.4.0

What's Changed

• Adds the Component Viewer which shows detailed information to help analyze the operation of software components based on CMSIS-View descriptions.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (pyOCD v0.43.0)
  • Adds Segger RTT and System View support for run subcommand to store event information to a file for post-processing and visualization. Configured via *.cbuild-run.yml.
• Also included in this extension release:
  • arm-none-eabi-gdb v14.3.1
• Full list of required minimum versions for correct functionality of the CMSIS Debugger v1.4.0 solution:
  • Arm CMSIS Solution extension v1.66.0
  • CDT GDB Adapter extension v2.6.0
  • Memory Inspector v1.2.0
  • Peripheral Inspector v1.8.1
  • Serial Monitor v0.13.1
  • RTOS Views v0.0.14
• See CMSIS Debugger 1.4.0 project board for a full list
  of enhancement requests and defects addressed in this release.

New Contributors

• @thorstendb-ARM made their first contribution in #725
• @Evagan2018 made their first contribution in #844

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

v1.3.0

What's Changed

• Enhanced pyOCD and J-Link GDB Server debug configurations for multi-core debug, semihosting serial I/O via Telnet, and more.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (pyOCD v0.42.0)
  • Adds run subcommand capable of running targets until a time limit or EOT (suited for CI/CD workflows), and of semihosting console output/input and SWV output.
  • Adds support for Cortex-M52 and Star-MC3 based devices (@Liu-Gu).
  • Improves CMSIS-Toolbox Run and Debug Management support:
    • Port assignment logic for multi-core GDB server and telnet configurations.
    • STDIO routing for console, telnet, file and off. (Currently only supports STDIO output)
    • connect mode configuration.
    • pre-reset and post-reset type for load configurations.
    • Reworked priority of *.cbuild-run.yml settings to allow for example command line switches to override them.
    • Check for required files and request pack installation for missing ones. Also improves related error messages.
  • Improves Zephyr thread state definitions to match modern versions (@mathieuchopstm).
  • Relaxes flash algorithm requirement to only have RO sections.
  • Fixes support for some HID-based CMSIS-DAP debug adapters.
  • Fixes path normalization inside CMSIS-Pack archives to support .. in file paths (@xoriath).
• Also included in this extension release:
  • arm-none-eabi-gdb v14.3.1
• Full list of required minimum versions for correct functionality of the CMSIS Debugger v1.3.0 solution:
  • Arm CMSIS Solution extension v1.64.0
  • CDT GDB Adapter extension v2.6.0
  • Memory Inspector v1.2.0
  • Peripheral Inspector v1.8.1
  • Serial Monitor v0.13.1
  • RTOS Views v0.0.13
• Refer to the CMSIS Debugger 1.3.0 project board for a full list of enhancement requests and defects addressed in this release.

New Contributors

• @jkrech made their first contribution in #667

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0

v1.2.0

What's Changed

• Introduces the ability to access memory and calculate expression results while the target system is running.
  This enables periodic refreshes of the CPU execution time, the
  Memory Inspector, and the
  Peripheral Inspector.
  • Supported for both pyOCD and J-Link GDB Server.
  • Correct functionality requires the following minimum versions
    • Arm CMSIS Solution extension v1.62.0
    • CDT GDB Adapter extension v2.4.1
    • pyOCD v0.41.0 which is included in this extension
  • The feature is enabled by the auxiliaryGdb setting of the gdbtarget debug adapter type which is automatically added to launch configurations managed by the CMSIS Solution extension.
• Adds Trace and Live View to host new views that allow updates while the target system is running.
• Adds the Live Watch which allows to watch results of expressions while the target is running.
• Use with the mcu-debug RTOS Views extension v0.0.12 which comes with views for a wide range of real-time operating systems, such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, embOS, and Keil RTX5. This complements the RTOS awareness in the Call Stack window. Separate extension installation required.
• Includes updated pyOCD distribution (v0.41.0)
  • Adds support for STLINK-V3PWR debug probe.
  • Allows multiple GDB connections to same TCP/IP port (#160).
  • Fixes #598: RTOS support for Zephyr not working for GDB server.
  • Fixes #386: "Erase device" command fails on ST multi-core devices.
  • Fixes #520: Alif E7 HE core doesn't start after programming.
  • Performs a hardware reset (nSRST) after flashing to ensure a clean post-load state.
  • Removes implicit resets between loading multiple application files.
  • Sets Reset Catch on all cores when performing primary-core reset before flashing.
  • Refines debug sequence error handling and breakpoint management across resets.
  • Updates ResetType API for clearer reset type selection (for example when using monitor reset command)
  • Adds missing secure/non-secure core registers (CONTROL, FAULTMASK, BASEPRI, and PRIMASK).
• Also included in this extension release:
  • arm-none-eabi-gdb v14.3.1

New Contributors

• @TeoMahnic made their first contribution in #597

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0

v1.1.0

What's Changed

• Implements #443: Show CPU execution time (from connection start and between breakpoints).
• Fixes #159: Documentation updates - GDB sets off assertion when debugging with NUCLEO-F746ZG.
• Fixes #374: Documentation updates - Disassembly view interleaved with source code.
• Fixes #439: Peripheral Inspector receives wrong SVD file path for secondary core of a multi-core connection.
• Updates included pyOCD distribution to v0.39.0
  • Set debugger protocol based on information from *.cbuild-run.yml file.
  • Fixes #370:
    • Improve error messages for JTAG/SWD protocol errors.
    • Improve handling of attaching probe while pyOCD is waiting.
  • Fixes #435: Increase number of transfer retries after WAIT response.
  • Fixes #461: Unable to use GD-Link programmer in version 1.0.0. Fixes support for USB HID based probes without serial number.
  • Fixes #472: Stop pyOCD if *.cbuild-run.yml file is missing.
  • Fixes #473: Show warning when packs required by *.cbuild-run.yml file are missing.
  • Fixes #504: pyOCD should extract file type from *.cbuild-run.yml descriptions.
  • Fixes semihosting support: Fix read when no data is available.

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

v1.0.0

What's Changed

• Removes Preview status from extension.
• Fixes #407: Warning pops up when using an absolute path in the launch config.
• Fixes #428: PERIPHERALS view not shown when attaching to a running debug session.
• Implements #357: Create extension variant for Windows on Arm (WoA).
• Updates included pyOCD distribution to v0.38.0
  • Implements #313: Add CoreSight AP specific CSW handling for AHB-AP, AXI-AP, APB-AP.
  • Cortex-M: configure AP for cacheable access when cache is present.
  • Add support for SW breakpoints when cache is present.
  • Add more debug logging information for cbuild-run targets.
  • Fixes #108: Flash algorithms - Relax memory layout rules and add RAM alignment and minimum stack size checking.
  • Fixes #382: CMSIS-DAP probe: fix macOS HID read/write.
  • Fixes #387: cbuild-run: use cbuild-run.yml parent folder as working directory for relative paths.
  • Fixes: Flash region builder - remove flash algorithm page size adjustment.

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v1.0.0

v1.0.0-pre0

What's Changed

• Removes Preview status from extension.
• Fixes #407: Warning pops up when using an absolute path in the launch config.
• Fixes #428: PERIPHERALS view not shown when attaching to a running debug session.
• Implements #357: Create extension variant for Windows on Arm (WoA).
• Updates included pyOCD distribution to v0.38.0
  • Implements #313: Add CoreSight AP specific CSW handling for AHB-AP, AXI-AP, APB-AP.
  • Cortex-M: configure AP for cacheable access when cache is present.
  • Add support for SW breakpoints when cache is present.
  • Add more debug logging information for cbuild-run targets.
  • Fixes #108: Flash algorithms - Relax memory layout rules and add RAM alignment and minimum stack size checking.
  • Fixes #382: CMSIS-DAP probe: fix macOS HID read/write.
  • Fixes #387: cbuild-run: use cbuild-run.yml parent folder as working directory for relative paths.
  • Fixes: Flash region builder - remove flash algorithm page size adjustment.

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v1.0.0-pre0