Course/Lab Material for Teaching Mechatronics/Intro Robotics
Development Boards
The Arduino Due is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU (datasheet). It is the first Arduino board based on a 32-bit ARM core microcontroller. It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 12 can be used as PWM outputs), 12 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 84 MHz clock, an USB OTG capable connection, 2 DAC (digital to analog), 2 TWI, a power jack, an SPI header, a JTAG header, a reset button and an erase button.
Software Tools
ARM offers the Keil Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) for ARM powered microcontrollers. It features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision IDE, and sophisticated debug and data trace capabilities. MDK-ARM offers tailored support for all Cortex-M processor-based devices, and is the recommended solution for students working with standard ARM-based MCU devices. We suggest that students and universities download the free evaluation version of the tools, which offers all the features of the standard version, but with a 32 KByte object code/data limit.
Textbooks
ARM Microcontroller Interfacing
In English, by Warwick A. Smith
Published by Elektor
ISBN-10: 0905705912
ISBN-13: 978-0905705910
ARM Microcontrollers, Part 1: 35 Projects for Beginners
In English, by Bert Van DamPublished by Elektor
ISBN-10: 0905705947
ISBN-13: 978-0905705941
Fundamentals of Embedded Software with the ARM® Cortex-M3
In English, by Daniel W. LewisPublished by Prentice Hall
ISBN-10: 0132916541
ISBN-13: 978-0132916547
C Programming for Embedded Microcontrollers
In English, by Warwick A. Smith
Published by Elektor
ISBN: 978-0-905705-80-4
ARM Assembly Language - an Introduction
In English, by J.R. GibsonPublished by Lulu.com
ISBN: 978-1-84753-696-9
Teaching Materials
Teaching Slides
- ARM Processors and Architectures Comprehensive Overiew - 2012
- ARM Processors and Architectures Fundamentals
- Introduction to the Cortex-M3 and v7-M
Lab Manuals and Exercises
Application Notes for Students and Faculty
Other Projects and Resources
Official ARM Lab-in-a-Box (LiB) Package
The ARM University Program offers everything you need to teach an ARM/Freescale-based component of a Mechatronics/Intro Robotics course. If you are interested in adopting the Lab-in-a-Box (LiB) in your course, click on the Request Donation button above!
Development Boards
The FRDM-KL25Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform enabled by Kinetis L Series KL1x and KL2x MCUs families built on ARM® Cortex™-M0+ processor. Features include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL25Z is supported by a range of Freescale and third-party development software.
Software Tools
ARM offers the Keil Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) for ARM powered microcontrollers. It features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision IDE, and sophisticated debug and data trace capabilities. MDK-ARM offers tailored support for all Cortex-M, ARM7, and ARM9 processor-based devices, and is the recommended solution for students working with standard ARM-based MCU devices. We suggest that students and universities download the free evaluation version of the tools, which offers all the features of the standard version, but with a 32 KByte object code/data limit.
Textbooks
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M0
In English, by Joseph Yiu
Published by Newnes
ISBN-10: 0123854776
ISBN-978-0123854773
C Programming for Embedded Microcontrollers
In English, by Warwick A. Smith
Published by Elektor
ISBN: 978-0-905705-80-4
Teaching Materials
Teaching Slides
- ARM Processors and Architectures Comprehensive Overiew - 2012
- ARM Processors and Architectures Fundamentals
Lab Manuals and Exercises
- Lab Exercises for Cortex-M4 Freescale Kinetis using Keil MDK
- Lab Exercises for Cortex-M0+ Freescale Freedom KL25Z Board
Application Notes for Students and Faculty
Other Projects and Resources
Development Boards
Keil offers starter kits based on the ARM Cortex-M-based microcontrollers. These kits include an evaluation board, a Keil ULINK-ME USB-JTAG interface, as well as the MDK-ARM software tools.
- Keil Cortex-M Starter Kits
- Lab Exercises for Keil MCBSTM32 Board with Serial Wire Viewer
- Lab Exercises for NXP Cortex-M3 Keil MCB1768/58
- AN210: Running FreeRTOS on the Keil MCBSTM32 Board
- MCB1700 Lab Manual for University of Waterloo ECE455
Software Tools
ARM offers the Keil Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) for ARM powered microcontrollers. It features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision IDE, and sophisticated debug and data trace capabilities. MDK-ARM offers tailored support for all Cortex-M, ARM7, and ARM9 processor-based devices, and is the recommended solution for students working with standard ARM-based MCU devices. We suggest that students and universities download the free evaluation version of the tools, which offers all the features of the standard version, but with a 32 KByte object code/data limit.
Textbooks
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M0
In English, by Joseph Yiu
Published by Newnes
ISBN-10: 0123854776
ISBN-978-0123854773
C Programming for Embedded Microcontrollers
In English, by Warwick A. Smith
Published by Elektor
ISBN: 978-0-905705-80-4
Fundamentals of Embedded Software with the ARM® Cortex-M3
In English, by Daniel W. Lewis
Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN-10: 0132916541
ISBN-13: 978-0132916547
Teaching Materials
Teaching Slides
- ARM Processors and Architectures Comprehensive Overiew - 2012
- ARM Processors and Architectures Fundamentals
- Introduction to the Cortex-M3 and v7-M
Lab Manuals and Exercises
- University of Waterloo ECE455 MCB1700 MCU Lab Manual
- Lab Exercises for NXP Cortex-M3 Keil MCB1768/58
- Lab Exercises for Keil MCBSTM32 Board with Serial Wire Viewer
Application Notes for Students and Faculty
- AN234: Migrating from PIC Microcontrollers to Cortex-M
- AN210: Running FreeRTOS on the Keil MCBSTM32 Board with the RVMDK Evaluation Tools
Other Projects and Resources
Official ARM Lab-in-a-Box (LiB) Package
The ARM University Program offers everything you need to teach an ARM/NXP LPC1768 mbed-based component of a Mechatronics/Intro Robotics course. If you are interested in adopting the Lab-in-a-Box (LiB) in your course, click on the Request Donation button above!
Development Boards
mbed is a tool for rapid prototyping with microcontrollers.
Microcontrollers are getting cheaper, more powerful and more flexible, but there remains a barrier to a host of new applications; someone has to build the first prototype! With mbed, we've focused on getting you there as quickly as possible.
The mbed Compiler lets you write programs in C/C++, and then compile and download them to run on the mbed microcontroller. It's all online, so you don't need to be a sys-admin to start. In fact, you don't have to install or setup anything to get started.
- mbed.org
- mbed Starter Kit
- mbed Application Board
- mbed Breakout Board
- Application Note 207: Porting an mbed Project to Keil MDK-ARM
- mbed textbook
The mbed Sponsorship Program aims to support worthy people doing worthy projects with microcontrollers. We've allocated some mbed microcontrollers for use in projects or activities that go towards an academic qualification or official engineering achievement. Sharing the results of the project with the rest of the mbed community benefits everyone.
Software Tools
ARM offers the Keil Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) for ARM powered microcontrollers. It features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision IDE, and sophisticated debug and data trace capabilities. MDK-ARM offers tailored support for all Cortex-M, ARM7, and ARM9 processor-based devices, and is the recommended solution for students working with standard ARM-based MCU devices. We suggest that students and universities download the free evaluation version of the tools, which offers all the features of the standard version, but with a 32 KByte object code/data limit.
Textbooks
Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design: Applying the ARM mbed
In English, by Rob Toulson and Tim WilmshurstPublished by Newnes
ISBN: 978-0-08-097768-3
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3
In English, by Joseph Yiu Published by Newnes
First Edition Errata Document (71KB PDF)
ISBN-10: 0750685344
ISBN-13: 978-0750685344
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M0
In English, by Joseph Yiu
Published by Newnes
ISBN-10: 0123854776
ISBN-978-0123854773
Teaching Materials
Teaching Slides
- mbed Course Slide Set
- ARM Processors and Architectures Comprehensive Overiew - 2012
- ARM Processors and Architectures Fundamentals
- Introduction to the Cortex-M3 and v7-M
Lab Manuals and Exercises
- University of Waterloo ECE455 MCB1700 MCU Lab Manual
- Lab Exercises for NXP LPC800 LPCXpresso Cortex-M0+
- Lab Exercises for NXP Cortex-M3 Keil MCB1768/58
Application Notes for Students and Faculty
Other Projects and Resources
