Re: ARM microprocessor project
ARM processors are powerful usually when RTOS are incorporated for use and/or when sophisticated I/O devices are interfaced such as CMOS or CCD Camera, GSM/GPRS Chip, GPS Chip, Colour LCD Module.
As a processor itself running some general programs like those that you can easily run in 68HC11 and PIC18 microcontrollers doesnt make ARM Processor special, instead only make ARM processor looks under-used.
Microcontrollers are good enough for ordinary student projects.
ARM Processors are targetted for high-end processing such as those you might find mobile phones, PDAs, digital camera and ecetra.
Therefore to hit a project that actually exploits the power of an ARM processor, aim at those high-end interfaces. ARM Processor usually controls other processing devices such as DSP Processors and FPGAs to perform Image Processing, Speech Processing or even Video Processing.
As you can see, ARM Processor is more of a Master processor that control a number of Slave processors or memory devices rather than actually perform the specific tasks.
PhD (Imperial College London)
Analog Devices Plc (Ireland)