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ARM Newbie... Where To Start

blcksea
Note: This was originally posted on 3rd October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

Hello,

I'm absolutely a newbie for ARM. I've read many articles but couldn't get the point where to start.
ARM7,ARM9,ARM11,Cortex-M3,Cortex-A8... Which one should I start to learn? Most advanced or the basic one?
Which develepmont kit and which compiler you could advice for such a newbie? (I know only C as a programming language) Or alternatively, is an ARM simulator enough for the first steps? Which documents should I read? (a book or a document source on the internet like [url="http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp"]this[/url])
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    Note: This was originally posted on 13th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

    Kind of depends.  Microcontroller is often used to mean smaller devices - such as the Cortex-M3.  Larger/more complex cores which can run a full OS (e.g. Linux) are often referred to as Application Cores. 

    In terms of ease of use, I think it really depends on what you want out of it.  If your interested in Linux app development, then using a board with a pre-existing Linux port should be relatively straight forward.  On the other hand, if your interested low level embedded coding then a Cortex-M3 MCU would be better.
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  • Arm Employee Badge
    Note: This was originally posted on 13th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

    Kind of depends.  Microcontroller is often used to mean smaller devices - such as the Cortex-M3.  Larger/more complex cores which can run a full OS (e.g. Linux) are often referred to as Application Cores. 

    In terms of ease of use, I think it really depends on what you want out of it.  If your interested in Linux app development, then using a board with a pre-existing Linux port should be relatively straight forward.  On the other hand, if your interested low level embedded coding then a Cortex-M3 MCU would be better.
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