switching to arm microcontroller

[cool.man]

Hi guys
I am working on PIC microcontrollers from several years.Now want to move on ARM microcontrollers.
I studied on the internet and found that there are many companies which are developing ARM microcontrollers.
ARM has series like CORTEX-A,CORTEX-R,CORTEX-M,SECURECORE.
CORTEX-M can be used for general purpose microcontroller.
Also on the ARM there are two Software Development tools "ARM Development Studio 5" & "Keil MDK-ARM". Keil MDK-ARM has its different versions.

Kindly Guide me which series and microcontroller i choose for starting and which software tool i use for developing the program.

 

[Surender Reddy]

I think CORTEX M-3 based ARM is best option for the ARM beginners,
LPC1768 is one which supports CORTEX M-3 architecture,
you have plenty of examples on LPC1768.

Hi guys
I am working on PIC microcontrollers from several years.Now want to move on ARM microcontrollers.
I studied on the internet and found that there are many companies which are developing ARM microcontrollers.
ARM has series like CORTEX-A,CORTEX-R,CORTEX-M,SECURECORE.
CORTEX-M can be used for general purpose microcontroller.
Also on the ARM there are two Software Development tools "ARM Development Studio 5" & "Keil MDK-ARM". Keil MDK-ARM has its different versions.

Kindly Guide me which series and microcontroller i choose for starting and which software tool i use for developing the program.

 

[Gorgon]

Freescale's Kinetis series has also a wide selection of different ARM based microcontrollers and microprocessors. They use the CodeWarrior or Kinetis Design Studio IDE, also from Freescale.

You can have a look here: https://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=KINETIS&fsrch=1&sr=1&pageNum=1

 

[p.luc]

STM32 Cortex M3 from STMicroelectronics + KEIL in demo version is a good start. Plus a cheap $10 discovery board. I learned that way.
DON'T try with Freescale. They don't even have decent CMSIS libraries for peripherals (not without forcing you to use their RTOS).

 

[cool.man]

from where i can find the DISCOVERY BOARD and what it offers?

 

[p.luc]

Mouser: https://it.mouser.com/new/stmicroelectronics/stm32discovery/
Or look at the bottom of this page: https://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/FM116/SC959/SS1532/PF250863?sc=stm32-discovery

 

[cool.man]

Guys tell me any book of ARM microcontroller using keil for beginners.
I have searched but find advanced level books.

 

[btbass]

Try out EM Blocks for a very nice free tool set and compiler for Arm.

http://www.emblocks.org/web/

 

[tilz0R]

I would suggest you STM32F4 Discovery board, bacause it's cheap and powerful.

Then, for first time use Coocox or EM Blocks as IDEs, Coocox uses GCC compiler.

 

[th3gr8]

Any simulator for ARM ??

 

[Realy]

yeah，you can learn the STM32 for your ARM switch,because it have more source such learning example,develoment board and soon。
but you can also select the NXP,it's similar with the ST.

 

[dreamtale]

hi
I think the STM32 is the best choice,It is very rich in resources, both libraries, examples, development board. Its price is very cheap, very suitable for use in the project.
Thanks