How to Succeed in Embedded Systems, MCU, ARM, and DSP

How to Succeed in Embedded Systems, MCU, ARM, and DSP

Article Word Count: 8000 Content Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Many beginners, and even some seasoned professionals who have been in the field for years, often complain about the intense competition in the electronics industry. Feeling dejected only stifles one’s passion; without passion, working in electronics is just a waste of life. Is the competition really that fierce? … Read more

Getting Started with ARM Development for Beginners

Getting Started with ARM Development for Beginners

Currently, most consumer smart devices use ARM processors, such as smartphones, tablets, and TVs. However, many college students are still unfamiliar with ARM and are more accustomed to 8-bit microcontrollers. But don’t be discouraged; in fact, ARM’s M series processors are not much different from other microcontrollers. Students with a background in 51 or STM32 … Read more

Building a Cross-Development Environment Based on ARM and Linux

Building a Cross-Development Environment Based on ARM and Linux

Abstract: The cross-development environment is the foundation of embedded Linux development. The subsequent development process is almost entirely based on this environment. ARM, as a high-performance, low-cost embedded RISC microprocessor, has become the most widely used embedded processor. This article includes the hardware structure of the 32-bit ARM920T core “GEC2410” development board and the concept … Read more

Heterogeneous Multicore Cortex-A53 + Cortex-M4 for Complex High-Speed Computing and Real-Time Control

Heterogeneous Multicore Cortex-A53 + Cortex-M4 for Complex High-Speed Computing and Real-Time Control

With the continuous enhancement of ARM processor performance, more and more products currently tend to use a high-performance ARM platform with a single architecture to meet different functional requirements. However, in the field of industrial applications, there are still some real-time control and communication requirements that a single system architecture cannot fully satisfy. In the … Read more

LLVM Example Practice: Compiling LLVM/Clang on ARM and Writing LLVMPass

LLVM Example Practice: Compiling LLVM/Clang on ARM and Writing LLVMPass

"IT Talk" is a professional IT information and service platform under the Machinery Industry Press, dedicated to helping readers master more professional and practical knowledge and skills in the broad field of IT, quickly enhancing their competitiveness in the workplace. Click the blue WeChat name to quickly follow us! How to Compile LLVM/Clang on ARM … Read more

New Book Recommendation: Mastering Cortex-M Processors with Arm Helium

New Book Recommendation: Mastering Cortex-M Processors with Arm Helium

This article is reprinted from the Jishu Community Jishu Column: Jishu Reading Jishu Reading is a reading column launched by the Jishu Community. The Jishu Reading column regularly recommends books and technical management books in the fields of embedded systems, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, security, and semiconductors, and organizes community book … Read more

Choosing Between General MCUs and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

Choosing Between General MCUs and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

The development of computing over the past 30 years can be roughly divided into three stages: in 1995, Microsoft Windows opened the PC era dominated by x86 architecture CPUs; in 2007, Apple’s iPhone ushered in the smartphone era led by Arm architecture; and in 2012, the success of the convolutional neural network AlexNet based on … Read more

Technical Sharing | ARM Series – Virtualization (Part 2)

Technical Sharing | ARM Series - Virtualization (Part 2)

The previous article introduced the basic concepts of virtualization and hypervisors. To facilitate virtualization, ARM has done a lot of work, primarily defining four Exception Levels (EL). As mentioned in earlier articles about exceptions and privileges, I will elaborate a bit more here. Each exception level is numbered, ranging from EL0 to EL3, with higher … Read more

22 Common Concepts About ARM Hardware

MSB: Most Significant Bit; LSB: Least Significant Bit; AHB: Advanced High-performance Bus; VPB: VLSI Peripheral Bus connecting on-chip peripherals; EMC: External Memory Controller; MAM: Memory Accelerator Module; VIC: Vector Interrupt Controller; SPI: Full-Duplex Serial Interface; CAN: Controller Area Network, a serial communication protocol; PWM: Pulse Width Modulator; ETM: Embedded Trace Macrocell; CPSR: Current Program Status … Read more

Technical Sharing | ARM Series – Interrupts (Part 3)

Technical Sharing | ARM Series - Interrupts (Part 3)

This article is selected from the Extreme Technology column “Arm Technology Blog” and is authorized to be transferred from the WeChat public account Lao Qin Talks about Chips. Previously, we sharedinterrupts and how they are handled in the ARM architecture and GIC-600 related knowledge; this article will introduce redistributor related knowledge. Keep it simple, keep … Read more