1 June 2014
CONFIDENTIAL
LEC-PRE-00489
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END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR THE CORTEX MICROCONTROLLER SOFTWARE INTERFACE
STANDARD (CMSIS) DELIVERABLES
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“CMSIS-CORE” means the specification defining the application programming interface, naming and coding
conventions for the Cortex-M processor cores.
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naming and coding conventions.
“CMSIS-DSP” means the digital signal process (DSP) library specification defining the application programming
interface of a DSP library implementation.
“CMSIS-PACK” means the specification defining a software pack file format, verification utility, and the
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“CMSIS-RTOS API” means the real-time operating system (RTOS) specification defining a generic application
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CMSIS Deliverables shall not include: (i) the implementation of other
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“CMSIS-SVD” means the specification defining the System View Description (SVD), verification utility, and
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