Arm Socrates

Arm Socrates is a tool used to select, configure and create Arm IP for easy and error free integration into a System on Chip(SoC).

Before you begin

Arm Socrates requires a Linux machine running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Full specifications are given in section 3.2 of the Installation Guide

Download installer packages

Socrates is a component of Arm Hardware Success Kits . It is available to download via the Arm Product Download Hub .

You can download Socrates as an individual standalone component, or you can download the complete success kits. The installer is available for Linux only.

Full installation instructions are provided in the Arm Socrates Installation Guide .

For more information on the Download Hub, refer to the Arm Product Download Hub install guide .

Set up the product license

Arm Socrates Tool is license managed. License setup instructions are available in the Arm License install guide .

Configuration of some Arm IP products require a corresponding license for that IP.

Full details are provided in Section 5 “Setting up the License” of the Installation Guide .

Get started

To check Socrates has installed correctly, use the socrates.sh command or double‑click the Socrates™ icon to start Socrates™. You can run socrates.sh directly from the installation location, through an alias to the installation location, or you can add the installation location to your path variable.

There is an Installation Health Check script provided that runs the first time that you start the software, or the first time that you run a new version. The script checks that all required dependencies are installed and identifies any common installation problems.

Arm has produced a series of videos to help new users get started and learn how to use the tool.
They are available on the Arm YouTube channel :

• Getting Started
• NIC-400 Configuration
• NI-700 Configuration