The Definitive Guide to the ARM® Cortex®-M0 and Cortex-M0+ Processors, Second Edition explains the architectures underneath ARM’s Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors and their programming techniques.

Written by ARM’s Senior Embedded Technology Manager, Joseph Yiu, the book is packed with examples on how to use the features in the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors. It provides detailed information on the instruction set architecture, how to use a number of popular development suites, an overview of the software development flow, and information on how to locate problems in the program code and software porting.

This new edition includes the differences between the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors such as architectural features (e.g. unprivileged execution level, vector table relocation), new chapters on low power designs and the Memory Protection Unit (MPU), the benefits of the Cortex-M0+ processor, such as the new single cycle I/O interface, higher energy efficiency, better performance and the Micro Trace Buffer (MTB) feature, updated software development tools, updated Real Time Operating System examples using Keil™ RTX with CMSIS-RTOS APIs, examples of using various Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ based microcontrollers, and much more.

• Provides detailed information on ARM® Cortex®-M0 and Cortex-M0+ Processors, including their architectures, programming model, instruction set, and interrupt handling
• Presents detailed information on the differences between the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors
• Covers software development flow, including examples for various development tools in both C and assembly languages
• Includes in-depth coverage of design approaches and considerations for developing ultra low power embedded systems, the benchmark for energy efficiency in microcontrollers, and examples of utilizing low power features in microcontrollers

**

Review

"...if you’re new to these components,...buy the book. It will give you the insight you need to be productive on real projects." --Embedded

From the Back Cover

This new edition explains the architectures underneath ARM’s Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors and how to program them, written by ARM’s Senior Embedded Technology Manager, Joseph Yiu.

As well as being packed with examples on how to use the features in the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors, this book gives detailed information on the instruction set architecture, how to use a number of popular development suites, an overview of the software development flow, and information on how to locate problems in the program code and software porting.

To reflect the development of the Cortex-M0+ processor since the first edition, this new edition includes:

• Differences between the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ processors such as architectural features (e.g. unprivileged execution level, vector table relocation
• New chapters on low power designs and the Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
• Benefits of the Cortex-M0+ processor , such as the new single cycle I/O interface, higher energy efficiency, better performance and the Micro Trace Buffer (MTB) feature
• Updated software development tools: Examples of using KEIL™ MDK version 5, IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM, ARM gcc, CooCox® and mbed™ examples
• Updated RealTime Operating System examples using Keil™ RTX with CMSIS-RTOS APIs
• Examples of using various Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ based microcontrollers e.g. Freescale Freedom board (FRDM-KL25Z), STM32F0 Discovery, STM32L0 Discovery and NXP LPC1114 (DIP package) on a breadboard

**

Key features:

**

• Provides detailed information of the architectures including programmer’s model, instruction set and interrupt handling
• Covers information on the software development flow including examples for various development tools in both C and assembly languages
• In-depth coverage of design approaches and considerations for developing ultra low power embedded systems, benchmark of energy efficiency in microcontrollers, and examples of utilizing low power features in microcontrollers.