List of tools

Important: Ensure that all command line tools are available in a folder referenced by the system path (e.g. the PATH environment variable).

Download link	Recommended minimum version
CMake	3.9.0
Ninja	1.7.2
GNU ARM Embedded Toolchain	6-2017-q2-update (6.3.1)
ARM Compiler Version 5	5

CMake

Download the latest installer from CMake.org/download and follow the installation instructions.

Toolchain

For Windows, both the armcc v5 and GCC ARM Embedded toolchains are supported.

For ARMCC/Keil, follow the instructions provided for armcc v5. The armcc v5 toolchain is also provided by Keil and comes bundled with the Keil uVision IDE.
For the GCC ARM Embedded toolchain, download the arm-none-eabi-gcc installer and follow the installation instructions.

Python

Visit the Python 3 website to download the latest Python 3 installer. Ensure that pip is installed and that Python 3 is added to PATH.

Build system

The Ninja build system is preferred on Windows. Download the binary from the ninja-build release page and place it in a suitable folder. Append the path to the folder to your PATH environment variable if it is not there already.

Additional tools for building unit tests (host) [Optional]

The unit test (host) build uses the standard GCC compiler, available on Windows through MinGW. Install the mingw-base and ensure that the 32-bit version is installed or that 32-bit libraries are available. Furthermore, libpthread is needed for the multithreaded test. This can be installed using mingw-get.exe. From the command line, simply call:

$ mingw-get install libpthread

Ruby is used by the mocking framework CMock. Install it from the Ruby website.