Professional Embedded Arm Development

ISBN-13: 9781118788943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 285 str.

James Landbridge

Opis

A practical Wrox guide to ARM programming for mobile devices With more than 90 percent of mobile phones sold in recent years using ARM-based processors, developers are eager to master this embedded technology. If you know the basics of C programming, this guide will ease you into the world of embedded ARM technology. With clear explanations of the systems common to all ARM processors and step-by-step instructions for creating an embedded application, it prepares you for this popular specialty. While ARM technology is not new, existing books on the topic predate the current explosive growth of mobile devices using ARM and don't cover these all-important aspects. Newcomers to embedded technology will find this guide approachable and easy to understand.

• Covers the tools required, assembly and debugging techniques, C optimizations, and more
• Lists the tools needed for various types of projects and explores the details of the assembly language
• Examines the optimizations that can be made to ensure fast code
• Provides step-by-step instructions for a basic application and shows how to build upon it

Professional Embedded ARM Development prepares you to enter this exciting and in-demand programming field.

Recenzje

"A comprehensive introduction to Assembley language development on ARM–based boards like Raspberry Pi, with plenty of background and information on essential tooling." (MagPi, October 2016)

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION xxi

PART I: ARM SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 1: THE HISTORY OF ARM 3

CHAPTER 2: ARM EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 13

CHAPTER 3: ARM ARCHITECTURE 29

CHAPTER 4: ARM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE 53

CHAPTER 5: FIRST STEPS 73

CHAPTER 6: THUMB INSTRUCTION SET 107

CHAPTER 7: ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 121

CHAPTER 8: NEON 145

CHAPTER 9: DEBUGGING 159

CHAPTER 10: WRITING OPTIMIZED C 175

APPENDIX A: TERMINOLOGY 193

APPENDIX B: ARM ARCHITECTURE VERSIONS 199

APPENDIX C: ARM CORE VERSIONS 205

APPENDIX D: NEON INTRINSICS AND INSTRUCTIONS 215

APPENDIX E: ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 221

INDEX 247

O autorze

James A. Langbridge is an R&D Engineering consultant. In his role as an embedded systems consultant, he helps people and companies develop ARM–based systems and optimize code. He has been working in embedded systems for over 10 years in the aviation, defense, industry, and telecom sectors. His expertise includes bootloader coding, system initialization, and code optimization.

Blurb

Launch into the world of embedded systems development

Whether it′s an iPad, Surface tablet, iPhone or Nintendo DS, ARM is the microprocessor technology that helps run them all. These ARM–based processors offer powerful number–crunching capabilities while using very little energy, making them perfect for mobile devices. This guide gets you started in the world of embedded ARM development, walking you through the different systems common to every ARM processor. It explores the basics of ARM embedded development, including a brief tour of the processors, the programming language used by the processor, and numerous programming examples. Following its step–by–step details, you′ll quickly create your first embedded application.

Professional Embedded ARM Development:

• Eases you into the world of embedded ARM development by clearly explaining the different systems common to every ARM processor
• Examines the tools required for developing on ARM systems, including boards, software, and references
• Gets you up to speed on the assembly language so you can begin low–level system programming and debugging
• Shows how to perform optimizations to ensure fast code to get the most out of an ARM processor

Wrox Professional guides are written by working developers to address everyday needs. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.