How do I go about picking an architecture ? My first thoughts suggested Cortex M3 but the more I look into it the less sure I am.
Obviously I don't to go to the trouble of learning a new technology only to find that I've made a bad processor choice (ie nearly end of line). I've spent many hours looking at many websites and have yet to find any high-level stuff on choosing my first ARM device.
If there's one thing wrong with ARM its the almost infinite number of devices
I'm an embedded developer wanting to undertake my first ARM project, so I'm completely new to the ARM architecture. I want a low power device with serial, USB and some ADC channels.
"My verdict on their code was not positive. "
there are always bad OEM libraries, as there will always be bad programmers, or bad people.
But such facts don't mean all OEM libraries are bad, or all programmers are bad, or all people are bad.
if you don't believe me, take a look at Luminary's Stellaris and let me know if you think you can do better consistently.
almost 10 years ago I was working for a startup company on a VOIP phone. we used a commercial TCP/IP stack which was riddled with a huge number of bugs. We could only help the manufacturer by actually having the source code and a lot of willingness to debug and dig up their trash...
I don't know why, but whenever someone mentions problems with a TCP/IP stack, I start to think about InterNiche. 10 years should be about the right time frame too ;)