S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 Release Announcement

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Product Release Announcement

Analog & Automotive Embedded Systems

S32 Design Studio 3.6.1

The Analog & Automotive Embedded Systems (AAES) - Software Development Tools Engineering Team at NXP Semiconductors is pleased to announce the release of the S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 with support for:

AMCU	AP	RAS
S32K3 Family	S32G Family	S32R41 Family
S32K1 Family	S32ZE Family	S32R45 Family
S32M2 Family

Major Features for S32 Design Studio 3.6.1

Installer

• S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 is delivered with all public NPI's in a single 2.94GB installer to improve first time user experience. Additional packages for alpha customers are available based on Flexera entitlement and can be installed on top of S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 using Extension and Updates mechanism as depicted below.

• Removed Activation Code request from installer, users will no longer be prompted for an activation code to install S32DS.

• Installer is now requiring admin rights upfront, Run as Administrator will correctly prompt Admin by Request for confirmation.

• New support to Upgrade an existing installation offline directly from the installer.

• New support for Silent installation.

• Updated documentation files to the latest NXP templates.

• New Ubuntu 24.04 support.

Platform IDE and UI

• Significantly improved the look & feel in Extensions and Updates and user experience while installing packages with clearer package details (version, size, category, status), filtering options, and ability to export installed configuration to plain text and html formats. Furthermore, it provides an enhanced capability to inform the user about the new available software and what is already installed on the individual environment, each module being identified by color and group it belongs to.

• Combine MMU Viewer entries based on the memory attributes.

• Enabled support in Memory Spaces view to access memory via DAP (Debug Access Port).

• Improved the refresh mechanism in Watch Registers and MMU views leading to modest gains in S32 Debugger performance.

• Introduced Find & Copy functions in MMU view to facilitate searching for a specific address.

S32 Debugger

• L1 Cache read capability for ArmV8-A.

• Enable asynchronous debug and runtime memory access with GDB non-stop mode. 

• Extend test connection to be able to specify a Command Converter Server (CCS) IP and port with adding value for CCS remote scenarios.

• Improved S32 Flash Programmer speed up to 60% for write operations.

• Extend mem_read and mem_write commands to use DAP – Debug Access Port for access.

3^rd Party Solutions

• Update of 3rd Party Debug support with TASKING v9.21.312.

Major Features for NPIs

S32K389 Device

• Bring up support enablement of this device.
• Supported compilers:
  • NXP’s GCC 9.2, 10.2;  
  • GHS 2021.1.4 
• Full support of following debuggers:
  • S32Debugger and Lauterbach

This release is available for download on:

• S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 can be found on: 
  • nxp.com 
  • Flexera catalogue S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform v.3.6 
  • Automotive Software Package Manager

Target Audience:

• S32 Design Studio 3.6.1 and bundled NPIs releases are targeted for public audience.

The Installation Procedure for Packages:

• Download S32 Design Studio v3.6.1, available on nxp.com, in Flexera catalogue S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform v.3.6, and in Automotive Software Package Manager.
• If you have any local admin restrictions (ex. Admin by Request) the installer will request elevation, alternatively you can use “Run as Administrator” to run the installer.
• Download any additional packages if it’s required.
• Start S32 Design Studio v3.6.1 and install the desired package.
• Go to  Help > S32DS Extensions and Updates.
• For additional packages, in the S32DS Extensions and Updates dialog box, click Add Update Sites.
• Navigate to the directory with the downloaded ZIP file. Choose it and click Open, then click OK.
• You will get back to S32DS Extensions and Updates and can use this dialog to select desired packages.​​

Technical Support:

• Please use the public community for general questions: https://community.nxp.com/community/s32/s32ds
• For internal packages please use INTERNAL S32DS NXP Community space:https://community.nxp.com/groups/internals32ds