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Moving from AVR to ARM's
Matt Smith
over 12 years ago
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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Joseph Yiu
over 12 years ago
Note: This was originally posted on 9th June 2012 at
http://forums.arm.com
Pushing it a bit? £22 for a kindle edition? Any reviews? Is it worth the money?
Dave
Hi Dave,
The pricing is set by Elsevier ... but then many recent microcontroller programming books (including Kindle editions) are around the this price range.
If you buy it from the Elsevier direct web site, the Elsevier marketing manager Becky gave us a discount code (ARM30) a while ago on a post in LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ARM-CortexA-Programmers-Guide-Official-85447.S.54439024?qid=a7815462-0be4-40c5-b7c6-517deccd49c4
I don't know how long this discount code is valid for, and I don't think it cover Kindle edition.
There is also a TI edition (on CD-ROM), which is basically the PDF of the book with some extra TI marketing materials:
https://estore.ti.com/EKB-CM3-CD-The-Definitive-Guide-to-the-ARM-Cortex-M3-Second-Edition-by-Joseph-Yiu-Book-on-CD-P2058.aspx
It is slightly cheaper ($30 USD) but I don't know if they will charge you postage cost.
regards,
Joseph
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Joseph Yiu
over 12 years ago
Note: This was originally posted on 9th June 2012 at
http://forums.arm.com
Pushing it a bit? £22 for a kindle edition? Any reviews? Is it worth the money?
Dave
Hi Dave,
The pricing is set by Elsevier ... but then many recent microcontroller programming books (including Kindle editions) are around the this price range.
If you buy it from the Elsevier direct web site, the Elsevier marketing manager Becky gave us a discount code (ARM30) a while ago on a post in LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ARM-CortexA-Programmers-Guide-Official-85447.S.54439024?qid=a7815462-0be4-40c5-b7c6-517deccd49c4
I don't know how long this discount code is valid for, and I don't think it cover Kindle edition.
There is also a TI edition (on CD-ROM), which is basically the PDF of the book with some extra TI marketing materials:
https://estore.ti.com/EKB-CM3-CD-The-Definitive-Guide-to-the-ARM-Cortex-M3-Second-Edition-by-Joseph-Yiu-Book-on-CD-P2058.aspx
It is slightly cheaper ($30 USD) but I don't know if they will charge you postage cost.
regards,
Joseph
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