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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: galannthegreat on September 12, 2009, 03:48:47 PM

Title: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: galannthegreat on September 12, 2009, 03:48:47 PM

I need some help in finding a good resource to help me get started with ARM MCUs, basically I need someone that would be willing to point me in the right direction.

Thanks, Kurt.

Title: Re: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: Joker94 on September 13, 2009, 07:59:10 PM

This is thee only i could find to do with ARM MCU's

http://www.littlebirdelectronics.com/collections/arm-microcontrollers (http://www.littlebirdelectronics.com/collections/arm-microcontrollers)

Title: Re: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: Joker94 on September 13, 2009, 08:01:01 PM

not sure if that was what you were after though

Title: Re: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: radhoo on September 14, 2009, 02:52:59 AM

Hi Kurt,

I haven't used ARM meaning I didn't make my own ARM board, but several devices that I use everyday are based on ARM processors:

eg. GPS devices, smartphones, etc.

So for me to low power consumption robot solution (instead of using mini-itx boards) was  using a smartphone directly. A lot of processing power but also several modules like WLAN, Camera, etc, all for little power consumption and weight.

What I'm saying is that for a robot you can use a smartphone directly, instead of purchasing expensive ARM boards.  See Perseus3 in my sig. for an example.

Title: Re: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: hgordon on September 14, 2009, 09:51:45 AM

Good starting point -
    www.embeddedartists.com (http://www.embeddedartists.com)

Title: Re: I need some help finding some good resources on working with ARM MCUs
Post by: galannthegreat on September 14, 2009, 03:51:03 PM

Thanks all. My approach here is to start off more so on the workings of an ARM MCU then eventually use the amazing design tools at my disposal to design and go straight to a prototype in a matter of no time at all to create a versitile board that could be used in robotics.