The ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™) Community Edition (CE) has been extended to support the community of ARM Embedded Linux users, and it now works on Apple Mac hosts too! DS-5 Community…
How small can small MCUs get?
I was asked to contribute a quote for a press release that our friends at Freescale made a few days ago. When I read it I didn't fully appreciate just how tiny their little device is. Or at least I did…
CoreMark and Compiler Performance
Chinese Version 中文版：CoreMark 和编译器性能CoreMark is quickly gaining traction as the de facto benchmark for CPU performance. It is freely available, easy to compile and run, and returns a single value result…
ARM CoreLink 500 System IP — Enabling 64-bit big.LITTLE
This is an exciting time for consumers as they anticipate a further step change in their mobile computing experience, and in the supporting infrastructure. To support the launch of the new ARM® Cortex…
8-bit versus 32-bit MCUs - The impassioned debate goes on
Recently I read a post by Steve Leibson that referred a very passionate on-going debate on the "ARM Based Group" on LinkedIn from a few industry veterans about the pros and cons of 8-bit versus…
ARM Cortex-M0 Swiftly Rides the Airwaves
When I first saw the name of the series from Nordic Semiconductor, namely nRF51, I thought to myself "Oh God! These guys are doing great RF, but still use the good old 8051 processor -- what a shame!"…
Cortex-M System Design Kit - Now what to do with two more wishes?
Many recent licensees of ARM Cortex-M are new to the ARM architecture. For them, a design kit that is tailor-made for Cortex-M processors and delivers a short learning curve, reduced time to market and…
Hey Hobbyists, dust off your breadboards - DIP package is back!
Really, it is a blast from the past. Soon you can get ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers in a DIP28 package, along with SOP20, TSSOP20 and TSSOP28 packages.
ARM Cortex-M MCUs: New Partners, Resources, Tools & Books
2012 has been like the last few years: very rich in new ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers as well as collateral and tools making it easier to make the most of them. Here is a summary of the year so far, if…