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ARM Cortex M0

The 2-day Cortex-M0 software development course teaches students how to develop software for systems using Cortex-M0 processors. The course covers the Cortex-M0 architecture, development tools, instruction set, interrupt handling, memory management, C programming, and debug techniques. By the end of the course, students will receive an ARM certificate and be able to write efficient C code, handle interrupts, debug software, and develop programs for Cortex-M0 microcontrollers. The intended audience is software engineers looking to develop for platforms using Cortex-M0 microcontrollers.

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ARM Cortex M0

The 2-day Cortex-M0 software development course teaches students how to develop software for systems using Cortex-M0 processors. The course covers the Cortex-M0 architecture, development tools, instruction set, interrupt handling, memory management, C programming, and debug techniques. By the end of the course, students will receive an ARM certificate and be able to write efficient C code, handle interrupts, debug software, and develop programs for Cortex-M0 microcontrollers. The intended audience is software engineers looking to develop for platforms using Cortex-M0 microcontrollers.

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Cortex-M0 Software Development

Course Description
Cortex-M0 software development is a 2 days ARM official course.
The course goes into great depth and provides all necessary know-how to
develop software for systems based on Cortex-M0 processor.

The course covers the Cortex-M0 architecture, development tools, instruction


set, interrupt handling, memory management, C programming and debug.

At the end of the course the participant will receive a


certificate from ARM.

Course Duration
2 days
Goals
1. Become familiar with ARMv6-M architecture

2. Become familiar with Cortex-M0 architecture

3. Become familiar with ARMv6-M instruction set

4. Become familiar with the development tools for Cortex-M

5. Be able to handle interrupts

6. Understand the memory structure in v6-M architecture

7. Write an efficient C code for Cortex-M processor

8. Be able to debug your design

9. Be able to write software for Cortex-M microcontrollers

Target Audience
Software engineers that would like developing software for platforms based on
Cortex-M0 microcontroller.

Prerequisites

 Computer architecture background


 C and Assembler
 Experience in developing embedded systems

Course Material

 ARM official course book


 Labs handbook
 Keil MDK-ARM
Agenda
Main Topics:

 Introduction to the ARM Architecture


 Cortex M0 Architecture Overview
 Tools Overview for ARM Microcontrollers
 V6-M Programmer’s Model
 V6-M Compiler Hints & Tips
 V6-M Memory Model
 V6-M Exception Handling
 Embedded Software Development for Cortex-M Processors
 V6-M Linker & Libraries Hints & Tips
 Cortex-M0 Debug

Day #1

 The ARM Architecture


o Embedded & applications processor roadmap
o Introduction to the ARM architecture

 Cortex-M0 Core
o Cortex-M0/M3/M4(F) architecture overview
o Programmer’s model
o Pipeline
o Memory map
o Bit-banding
o System timer (SysTick)
o Alignment and Endianness
o System control block

 Tools Overview for ARM Microcontrollers


o Introduction to Keil MDK
o ULINK debug adapters
o Development boards
o DS5 and DSTREAM
o Fast Models from ARM

 v6-M Programmer’s Model


o ARMv6-M profile overview
o Data types
o Core registers
o Modes, privilege and stacks
o Exceptions
o Instruction set overview

 v6-M C/C++ Compiler Hints & Tips


o Basic compilation
o Compiler optimizations
o Coding considerations
o Mixing C/C++ and assembler
o Local and global data issues

Day #2

 v6-M Memory Model


o Introduction to Cortex-M memory model
o Memory address space
o Memory types and attributes
o Endianness
o Barriers
o System caches and TCMs

 v6-M Exception Handling


o Exception architecture overview
o Exception model
o Interrupts handling
o Interrupts prioritization and control
o Writing the vector table and interrupts handlers in C/C++ and
assembly
o Internal exceptions and RTOS support
o Fault exceptions
o Interrupt sensitivity

 Embedded Software Development for Cortex-M Processors


o Embedded development process
o An “out-of-the-box” build
o Tailoring the C library to your target
o Tailoring image memory map to your target
o Reset and initialization
o Further memory map considerations
o Building and debugging your image
o Placing stack and heap in scatter file
 v6-M Linker & Libraries Hints & Tips
o Linking basics
o System and user libraries
o Veneers
o Stack issues
o Linker optimizations and diagnostics
o ARM supplied libraries
o Scatter-loading

 Cortex-M0 Debug
o Debug overview
o What is CoreSight?
o Invasive and non-invasive debug
o Debug Access Port (DAP)
o Breakpoints/watchpoints & vector catch
o Cortex-M0 debug
o System control

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