The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3

This user's guide does far more than simply outline the ARM Cortex-M3 CPU features; it explains step-by-step how to program and implement the processor in real-world designs. It teaches readers how to utilize the complete and thumb instruction sets in order to obtain the best functionality, efficiency, and reuseability. The author, an ARM engineer who helped develop the core, provides many examples and diagrams that aid understanding. Quick reference appendices make locating specific details a snap!

Whole chapters are dedicated to:
Debugging using the new CoreSight technology
Migrating effectively from the ARM7
The Memory Protection Unit
Interfaces, Exceptions,Interrupts
...and much more!

• The only available guide to programming and using the groundbreaking ARM Cortex-M3 processor


• Easy-to-understand examples, diagrams, quick reference appendices, full instruction and Thumb-2 instruction sets are included 


• T teaches end users how to start from the ground up with the M3, and how to migrate from the ARM7

Introduction; Overview of the Cortex-M3; Cortex-M3 Basics; Instruction Sets; Memory Systems; Cortex-M3 Implementation Overview; Exceptions; The NVIC and Interrupt Control; Interrupt Behavior; Cortex-M3 Programming; Exception Programming; Advanced Programming Features and System Behavior; The Memory Protection Unit; Other Cortex-M3 Features; Debug Architecture; Debugging Components; Getting Started with Cortex-M3 Processor; Porting Applications from the ARM7 to the Cortex-M3; Starting Cortex-M3 Development Using the GNU Tool Chain; Getting Started with the KEIL RealView Microcontroller Development Kit; Programming the Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers in NI LabVIEW