CodeWarrior for ARMv8

CodeWarrior for ARMv8 by NXP Semiconductors is a professional integrated development and debug environment designed for NXP’s 64-bit ARMv8-A (AArch64) Layerscape and QorIQ processors. It streamlines board bring-up and low-level software development, helping teams move quickly from first power-on to stable production code.

Key capabilities:

• Device-aware, multicore JTAG/CJTAG debugging: connect from reset, control and synchronize multiple cores, set hardware and software breakpoints, and inspect or modify registers, memory, and MMU state.
• Optimized for bring-up and BSP work: initialize targets, configure device settings, and program common nonvolatile memories (such as NOR, QSPI, NAND, eMMC, and SD) on reference boards and custom designs.
• Supports bare-metal, bootloader, and Linux kernel debugging on NXP ARMv8-A platforms.
• Eclipse-based workflow with project management and integration with standard GCC/Linaro toolchains and NXP’s SDKs.
• Works with the NXP CodeWarrior TAP and other supported probes.
• Available for Windows and Linux host environments.

CodeWarrior for ARMv8 is ideal for embedded developers, BSP engineers, and system validation teams who need reliable, device-specific control for fast root-cause analysis, efficient debugging, and robust production bring-up on NXP ARMv8-A platforms.

CodeWarrior for ARMv8 is developed by NXP Semiconductors. The most popular version of this product among our users is 2020.0.