Cortex-M Architecture Basics

This workshop is aimed at firmware developers for platforms based around the Cortex-M processors and includes an introduction to the Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS) library.
The training covers the Arm Cortex-M0 to M7 core range, programmer's model and instruction set as well as the Cortex-M Coresight debug architecture.
Hands-On training is based on STMicroelectronics Nucleo-F401RE board.

Training name      

Cortex-M Architecture Basics

 Level      Intermediate
 Target Group     Firmware Developers on Cortex-M platforms (M0 to M7)
 Prerequisites      Microcontroller Architecture concepts, Realtime/Embedded Programming concepts
 Goals      Acquire basic Cortex-M Architecture knowledge
 Facts      Duration: 1 Day – 8 hours
Maximum Number of Participants: 4 People
 Content      

This workshop is aimed at firmware developers for platforms based around the Cortex-M processors and includes an introduction to the Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS) library.

The training covers the Arm Cortex-M0 to M7 core range, programmer's model and instruction set as well as the Cortex-M Coresight debug architecture.

Hands-On training is based on STMicroelectronics Nucleo-F401RE board.

Cortex-M Architecture

Introduction

 Cortex-M0

 Cortex-M3

  • Overview, hardware characteristics, instruction set, bit banding
  • Privilege Levels
  • Execution Modes
  • Execution Stacks
  • Memory Map
  • Interrupt Handling
  • SysTick timer
  • MPU
  • Power Management

 Cortex-M4

  • SIMD Instructions
  • Saturating Math
  • Floating Point Unit
  • DSP Library

 Cortex-M7

  • Cache
  • Superscalarity
  • Coresight

 CMSIS – Cortex-M Software Interface Standard
 Hands - On Training

  • Blinking a LED on Nucleo-F401RE board using the SysTick Timer