Summary:
This course takes an in depth look at the considerations you will need to take into account when designing a system containing either an ARM7TDMI family or ARM9TDMI family processor core.
Some information on the latest generation of ARM processor cores, such as the ARM9E-S family is also included.
Prerequisites:
A basic understanding of microprocessors and microcontrollers
A basic understanding of digital logic or hardware / ASIC design issues would be useful but not essential
A basic understanding of assembler or C programming would be useful but not essential
A basic awareness of the ARM is useful but not essential
Audience:
Software engineers who not only want to obtain details of how to write software to run on the ARM, but also wish to obtain an understanding of hardware design issues
Hardware engineers who need to understand how to design ARM based systems, but also wish to obtain an understanding of the issues of writing software to run on that system
Modules:
THE ARM ARCHITECTURE
ARM PROCESSOR CORE
RealView DEVELOPPER SUITE (RVDS) OVERVIEW
RVDS INTRODUCTORY WORKBOOK
ARM AND THUMB INSTRUCTION SETS
ARM / THUMB INTERWORKING
EXCEPTION HANDLING
INITIALIZING CACHED PROCESSORS
COMPILER HINTS AND TIPS
EMBEDDED SOFWARE DEVELOPMENT
AMBA BUS ARCHITECTURE
ARM DEBUG SOLUTIONS