The Designer's Guide to the Cortex-M Family

This tutorial-based book provides the key concepts required to develop programs in C with a Cortex M- based processor.

It begins with an overview of the Cortex- M family, offering architectural descriptions supported by practical examples, enabling the engineer to easily develop basic C programs to run on the Cortex- M0/M0+/M3 and M4.

The book then examines the more advanced features of the Cortex architecture such as memory protection, operating modes, and dual stack operation.

Once a firm grounding in the Cortex M processor has been established, the book introduces the use of a small footprint RTOS and the CMSIS DSP library.

What you will learn

• The key differences between the Cortex M0/M0+/M3 and M4
• How to write C programs to run on Cortex-M based processors
• How to make best use of the Coresight debug system
• How to do RTOS development
• The Cortex-M operating modes and memory protection
• Advanced software techniques that can be used on Cortex-M microcontrollers
• How to optimise DSP code for the Cortex M4 and how to build real-time DSP systems
• An introduction to the Cortex microcontroller software interface standard (CMSIS), a common framework for all Cortex M- based microcontrollers
• Coverage of the CMSIS DSP library for Cortex M3 and M4
• An evaluation tool chain IDE and debugger which allows the accompanying example projects to be run in simulation on the PC or on low-cost hardware