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Hello,
I am new to ARM microcontrollers. I have planned to buy STM32 discovery kits from STMicroelectronics. I need to know which IDE is the best for this purpose. I also need to know if there is any book on ARM microcontrollers for beginners that could give me a kick start. Can anyone suggest me something ?
I have previously worked on PIC18F, PIC16F on CCS C Compiler.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi,
Thanks for your question.
For a quick introduction to Cortex-M microcontrollers, check out these two papers:
Navigating the Cortex Maze
ARMv6-M vs ARMv7-M - Unpacking the Microcontrollers
If you look here...
Streamlining the migration to an ARM processor based platform
...you'll find pointers to a series of migrations guides. One of them focuses on migrating got ARM from PIC so you should find that useful.
I see that Christopher Seidel has already pointed you at the huge range of tools available for programming Cortex-M microcontrollers. Of course, I would recommend that you download the free evaluation version of the Keil Microcontroller Developer Kit and give it a try! It supports the STM32 family very well.
Hope this helps.
Chris