IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Kickstart by IAR Systems is a free, code-size-limited edition of IAR’s professional embedded development toolchain for Arm-based microcontrollers. It integrates an easy-to-use IDE with a highly optimizing C/C++ compiler, assembler, linker, and the C-SPY debugger, providing a complete environment to build, download, and debug firmware on real hardware or in a simulator.
Kickstart includes extensive device support, example projects, and ready-made flash loaders for popular Arm Cortex-M devices. While it limits the maximum output size, it delivers the same build quality, diagnostics, and workflow as the full IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, making it ideal for evaluation, learning, and small-scale applications, with a straightforward path to upgrade when project needs grow.
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Kickstart is developed by IAR Systems. The most popular version of this product among our users is 6.3. The name of the program executable file is IarIdePm.exe.
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