MDK-Middleware

This is the development repository of the Keil MDK-Middleware Version 8. MDK-Middleware uses the CMSIS software framework and can be compiled with various toolchains such as Arm Compiler 6, GCC, IAR, and LLVM.

Useful Links

• Documentation - access to MDK-Middleware user's manual.
• Raise Issues - to provide feedback or report problems.

Software Pack

The MDK-Middleware is released as CMSIS software pack and therefore accessible by CMSIS-Pack enabled software development tools. The pack is compatible with tools such as µVision 5.40 and the CMSIS-Pack Management for Eclipse. Examples utilize new features of the CMSIS-Toolbox and the VS Code integration.

The MDK-Middleware is annotated for the CMSIS-View Event Recorder and Component Viewer and uses CMSIS-Compiler for retargeting of standard C run-time library functions. It works therefore with the following other software packs:

• ARM::CMSIS version 5.9.0 or higher.
• ARM::CMSIS-Compiler version 2.0.0 or higher.
• ARM::CMSIS-View version 1.0.0 or higher.

The MDK-Middleware examples use the csolution project format of the CMSIS-Toolbox and are framed as Reference Applications that require an additional software layer to run on an evaluation board. The CMSIS-Toolbox is developed under the Open-CMSIS-Pack project and an integral part of several IDEs.

Using the development repository

This development repository of the MDK-Middleware can be used in a local directory and mapped as software pack using for example cpackget with:

cpackget add <path>/Keil.MDK-Middleware.pdsc

Generate software pack

The software pack is generated using bash shell scripts.

• ./gen_pack.sh (provided via Open-CMSIS-Pack/gen-pack) generates the software pack. Run this script locally with:

  MDK-Middleware $ ./gen_pack.sh
  

• ./Documentation/Doxygen/gen_doc.sh generates the HTML documentation from the input in the folder /Documentation/Doxygen/. Run this script locally with:

  MDK-Middleware $ ./Documentation/Doxygen/gen_doc.sh
  

GitHub Actions

The repository uses GitHub Actions to generate the pack, publish documentation, and verify reference applications:

• .github/workflows/pack.yml based on Open-CMSIS-Pack/gen-pack-action generates pack and documentation using the Generate software pack scripts.

• .github/workflows/gh-pages.yml publishes the documentation to arm-software.github.io/MDK-Middleware. The version drop-down selects previous documentation releases.

• .github/workflows/build_fs.yml is a build test for the File System reference applications.

• .github/workflows/build_net.yml is a build test for the Network reference applications.

• .github/workflows/build_usb.yml is a build test for the USB reference applications.

Repository top-level structure

Directory	Description
.ci	Build tests for components and reference applications.
.github/workflows	GitHub Actions.
Components	Source code of MDK-Middleware components.
Documentation	Doxygen source of the documentation.
Examples	Reference applications that show the usage of MDK-Middleware.
Test	Test applications.
license_terms	Standard Arm Tools license with MDK-Middleware usage permission.

License

The MDK-Middleware can be used free-of-charge with Arm-based devices and deployed as part of software applications. Refer to redistributables.txt for more information.

Users of the MDK-Professional or MDK-Essential edition are entitled to contact Arm for support and maintenance.