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As a student being forced to learn the LPC21xx microcontrollers as part of my degree, I have found getting information and help extremely poor.
Everything points you in the direction of the data sheet/ user manual, but the reason Im looking for help else where is because Im not getting what I need from the manual. How backwards is that!
Also when you post a thread on this site no one gets back to you. Does anyone actually run the site? and does anyone actually reply to technical questions that actually may help others at a later time? I think not. I think Ive got a better chance of recieving a reply from this rant!
I think ARM and Keil should be ashamed and take a leaf out of Microchips book, as the help avaialable for the many devices they supply is vast!
Rant over
Point taken however, any type of search you do on google just gives you links to the user manual, and there doesnt seem to be any usefull sites on the simpler functions of the micro like the A/D. I realise my rant was probably a bit harsh but after the transition from Microchip to ARM, It just seems like there isnt any support for people trying to learn on the ARM devices.
Even though there are probably 3 ARM devices for every person on the planet, does it not make more sense to invest in providing support for new users? As these are the people that are going to be using the devices in the future.
I've never used Microchip MCU's, but I hear ARM devices are substancially more complex in general. Accept it as a fact of life. You might as well learn the complexity, it might do you good in the future. Once you've done one of them, the others will look much simpler.