IAR VS Code Extensions

IDE Extensions Are Part Of IAR's Platform

Develop your IAR Embedded Workbench projects directly from Visual Studio Code with our powerful extensions.

Key Benefits

Enhance embedded development with IAR extensions for Visual Studio Code, streamlining project management, debugging, and code analysis for efficient, high-quality software.

Seamless Integration With VS Code

Leverage IAR Embedded Workbench and Build Tools within Visual Studio Code, combining its modern editing features with IAR's powerful debugging, static analysis, and project management capabilities

Flexible Build And Debugging Workflows

Compatible with various build systems like CMake and integrates with GitHub and versioning extensions, enabling efficient project management, debugging, and collaboration across teams

Enhanced Productivity And Code Quality

Supports C-SPY debugger drivers and probes, enables static code analysis with C-STAT, and provides intelligent code navigation and completion via the C/C++ extension, ensuring optimized and reliable embedded software development

Features

IAR's Build and C-SPY Debug extensions bring seamless integration, advanced debugging, and static code analysis to Visual Studio Code, enabling a flexible, efficient, and modern development experience for embedded systems.

IAR Build And C-SPY Debug Extensions

Manage projects, build efficiently, and debug with full access to C-SPY drivers and probes, enabling seamless embedded development in Visual Studio Code

Static Code Analysis With C-STAT

Generate messages and reports directly within VS Code, improving code quality and compliance with built-in static analysis capabilities

Advanced Debugging Tools

Utilize C-SPY Listwindows for Registers, Symbolic Memory, Live Watch, Trace, Profiling, Code Coverage and RTOS-awareness, streamlining embedded debugging

ExtensibleBuild System Support

Can be used with various build systems, including CMake, source control, and GitHub, supporting flexible workflows for modern development, automation, and collaboration

Get Access To The Extensions

In Visual Studio Code, press "Ctrl + Shift + X", search "@publisher:IAR", and click Install. You can also get the IAR Build and C-SPY Debug Extensions from the VS Code Marketplace or GitHub.

Visual Studio Code Extensions Marketplace

Install directly from the VS Code Marketplace

IAR Build Extension on GitHub

Access source code, updates, and documentation on GitHub

IAR C-SPY Debug Extension on GitHub

Access source code, updates, and documentation on GitHub

Supported Target Architectures

IAR Visual Studio Code extensions are compatible with the latest versions of IAR Embedded Workbench and IAR Build Tools. The following target architectures are supported.

Target ArchitectureIAR Build ExtensionIAR C-SPY Debug Extension
ARMYesYes
RISC-VYesYes
Microchip AVRYesYes
Renesas RL78YesYes
Renesas RXYesYes
Renesas RH850YesYes
Texas Instruments MSP430YesYes
8051YesNo