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Hardware Setup for Embedded Coder Support Package for ARM Cortex-M Processors

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Hardware boards and devices supported by MathWorks® require additional configuration and setup procedure to connect to MATLAB® and Simulink®. Each support package provides a hardware setup process that guides you through registering, configuring, and connecting to your hardware board.

Launch Hardware Setup

Follow these steps to launch the hardware setup:

  • On the MATLAB Home tab, in the Environment section, click Add-Ons>Manage Add-Ons.

  • In the Add-Ons panel window, find the Embedded Coder® Support Package for ARM® Cortex®-M Processors, and click Setup.

Download and Install Third-Party Tools

To work with Embedded Coder Support Package for ARM Cortex-M Processors, you require third-party tools. This step installs Cortex microcontroller software interface standard (CMSIS), CMSIS-DSP, and CMSIS-NN libraries.

To install the third-party tools, click Install on the Hardware Setup screen.

Hardware Setup window displaying the Download and Install Third‑Party Tools step. A table lists CMSIS, CMSIS‑DSP, and CMSIS‑NN, each marked with a green check indicating successful installation, with License links beside each item. A message at the bottom confirms installation is complete and instructs the user to click Next to proceed.

The green check mark indicates that the corresponding third-party tool is successfully installed and available for use by the support package. You can view the license agreement for each third-party tool by clicking the License link.

To update the installed third-party tools, see Set up CMSIS and CMSIS-DSP.

Click Next to install the third-party tools.

If your PC is not connected to the internet during hardware setup and the CMSIS, CMSIS-DSP, and CMSIS-NN packages are available in a local folder, specify the path to that folder in the Hardware Setup screen, as shown in the following image.

Hardware Setup window displaying the Download Third‑Party Tools step. A table lists CMSIS, CMSIS‑DSP, and CMSIS-NN with links beside each item. A field at the bottom of the window to browse and select the path to the downloaded third-party tools. A validate button below the field to validate the specified path.

Click Validate. Once the validation is successful, click Next.

To install the CMSIS and CMSIS-DSP tools, click Install.

Hardware Setup window displaying the Install Third‑Party Tools step. A table lists CMSIS, CMSIS‑DSP, and CMSIS-NN with links beside each item.

Once the tools are installed, click Next.

Click Finish to complete the hardware setup.

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