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MDK Components
Version 5
MDK-Professional Middleware
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The Microcontroller Development Kit MDK-ARM is a development environment for ARM Cortex-M series microcontrollers and contains everything for creating and testing applications in assembly, C or C++. MDK Version 5 is split into the MDK Core and Software Packs making new device support and middleware updates independent from the tools.
The MDK Core contains IDE, ARM compiler, Pack Installer, and a debugger. Software Packs install device support and CMSIS components that include DSP Library and a full-featured RTOS.
The MDK Professional Edition includes the Middleware Software Pack with components for TCP/IP networking, USB Host and Device communication, file system for data storage, and a graphical user interface.
This Middleware documentation describes:
Each component is configureable for a wide range of applications.
The interface to the microcontroller peripherals is done using drivers that will become a new CMSIS-Driver standard. These drivers are not limited to MDK Professional middleware and may be used by various middleware stacks to utilize those peripherals.
For each enabled peripheral of the microcontroller, a control or access struct is provided that is the interface for the middleware. Drivers for most of the communication peripherals are part of the Software Packs that provide device support.
The drivers are typically configured using the RTE_device.h configuration file. This file maps I/O pins, interrupts and DMA channels to the available microcontroller resources.
The access struct of the various drivers is connected to the middleware using the configuration files of each middleware component.