Tips and tricks

This chapter contains useful information to help you solve specific issues.

Initialize your solution

Examples from keil.arm.com or solutions you create from scratch from the Create Solution view are already initialized and contain all the required files.

If your solution does not contain the vcpkg-configuration.json, tasks.json, and launch.json files, right-click anywhere in the workspace and select Initialize CMSIS project. The extension generates preconfigured files that are ready to use.

Set current solution in workspace

To activate a solution in the Solution outline view, use the Select Active Solution from workspace option in Views and More Actions .

Enhancing the Debug Experience

To ensure the best debug experience with Arm Compiler for Embedded, make sure that your CMSIS solution files contain the following.

csolution.yml

In the *.csolution.yml file, insert the following block in - target-types\- type section:

      target-set:
        - set: 
          debugger:
            name: # set to name of your debug adapter

Insert the following before the - projects section:

  misc:
   - for-compiler: AC6
     C-CPP:
       - -gdwarf-5
     ASM:
       - -gdwarf-5
     Link:
       - --entry=Reset_Handler

cproject.yml

In the *.cproject.yml file, add at the end:

  output:
    type:
     - elf
     - hex
     - map