# cmsis-svd/cmsis-svd

CMSIS-SVD tools

Repository: https://github.com/cmsis-svd/cmsis-svd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cmsis-svd
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: arm, cmsis-svd, microcontroller, python
Last push: 2026-01-29T21:38:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4101, "days_push": 216, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1201, forks 273 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.184936+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library that parses ARM CMSIS-SVD (System View Description) files into easy-to-use data structures. It enables building code generators and tooling for ARM Cortex-M microcontroller peripherals and memory-mapped registers.

## Use cases
- parse CMSIS-SVD files in Python
- generate register access code for ARM microcontrollers
- build debug tooling from SVD device descriptions
- extract peripheral register definitions from SVD files
- generate header files from microcontroller SVD descriptions

## When to choose
- you need to programmatically work with SVD files for ARM Cortex-M devices
- you are building code generation or tooling based on microcontroller register descriptions
- you want a Python data structure representation of device peripherals and registers

## When to avoid
- you need SVD parsing in a language other than Python
- you want a ready-made register access crate or driver rather than a parser
- your target is not ARM Cortex-M based

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: parser, developer-tools, embedded
- domain: embedded-systems, developer-tools, parsers
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: cmsis-svd, arm, cortex-m, microcontroller, svd, register-definitions, code-generation

## Member repositories
- cmsis-svd/cmsis-svd (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.184936+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:20:40.196461+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cmsis-svd/cmsis-svd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.184936+00:00, sha 3071896ccdd3)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/cmsis-svd/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:50.467292+00:00, sha a5c90bb91eb4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.