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Moving from AVR to ARM's

Matt Smith
Note: This was originally posted on 6th June 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

So Im a Entry level Firmware Dev., i've been working with Arduino's/AVR's and PICS for a good few years. Im a pretty good C/C++ Programmer and Can understand ASM (At least for AVR) Pretty well. I understand circuits pretty well too (Well....as well as someone would need to working with MC's and such).

At work we use ARM's however, and while I don't directly deal with them...it's something i'd like to do. However Im at a loss at where to start. I know there are ARM Microprocessors and MCU's as well. I've seen a few of the TI boards around work (Mainly http://www.ti.com/tool/ek-lm4f232) the Stellaris Kits.

Where would be a good place to start? Probably something Simple since I know the ARM is prolly not as easy as Dealing with AVR's and PICS haha. But there are SOOO many different ones to choose from....and even more-so on the development kits. It's a bit overwhelming. Along with a bunch of different toolchains (Which im totally not used to).

I realize this question has been asked a million times, and I did search. But New MCU's/MP's come out yearly......and I figure a more up to date question would be worth the slight annoyance haha!.
I've heard the Cortex-M3's are probably the easiest to start with, but that's just what i've heard, not to mention I don't know what Eval Kits/Dev boards would be best.

Bonus Question: For someone Starting in ARM Development, what are the 2 best books you could think of as an accompanying guide.
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 6th June 2012 at http://forums.arm.com


    Yea i've taken a look at Rasberry Pi before, but im not sure I want to just jump into a Embedded Linux board (I've still got a LOT to learn) So maybe a more strict eval/dev board would be betetr?
    I've heard of something called Panda Boards? and i've also heard of beagleboard.

    But then again Rasberry Pi might be ideal to start with. But ya any ideas keep them coming! (It sucks that Rasberry Pi's are SOOO friggin hard to get).

    Also any book recommendations?


    Not sure embedded is the right description. Just a variant on a 'normal' motherboard?
    Plus it is cheap enough to experiment?

    Sorry, never seen any books on the ARM assy language.

    Dave
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 6th June 2012 at http://forums.arm.com


    Yea i've taken a look at Rasberry Pi before, but im not sure I want to just jump into a Embedded Linux board (I've still got a LOT to learn) So maybe a more strict eval/dev board would be betetr?
    I've heard of something called Panda Boards? and i've also heard of beagleboard.

    But then again Rasberry Pi might be ideal to start with. But ya any ideas keep them coming! (It sucks that Rasberry Pi's are SOOO friggin hard to get).

    Also any book recommendations?


    Not sure embedded is the right description. Just a variant on a 'normal' motherboard?
    Plus it is cheap enough to experiment?

    Sorry, never seen any books on the ARM assy language.

    Dave
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