Chapter 15

ARM
Architecture, Programming
and
Development Tools

Lesson 08
ARM MICROCONTROLLER
System Development Tools

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Project Creation/System Development

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System Development Procedure

STAGE 1

Project
Creation

Target Device Configuring

Select
Tool Settings

STAGE 2

Source File
Creation

Use RTOS or
C Compiler

Use RTOS or
Assembler

STAGE 3

Testing

Simulating

Debugging

STAGE 4

Absolute File
Creation

Hex-File
Creation

Code Burning
ROM/Flash

Locator
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Programmer
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DARM from Keil

A development tool support example

ST Microelectronics ST30,
STR710 and STR720,
Atmel AT91x,
Philips LPC2104, LPC2105,
LPC2106, and NetSilicon NS7520
and NET+50 in the IDE.
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RTOS

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RTOS functions integrate

Multitasking
real-time
system

Keil RTXA

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C compiler

Software
development in C
so that source
Hex-file
development
directly by
linker/locator
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Source Code Development

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Assembler and Compiler Options

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Industry standard for Assembler and compiler

ARM AD5
GNU Tools

Source Code
Development

Assembler
C Compiler Source

ARM RealView
compiler
and Developer Suite
CARM Kit from Keil

A kit of Assembler
and compiler
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Integrated Development Environment

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IDE Features
Control structures for
loops and decision
blocks

Assembler
C Compiler Source
Linking

Integrated
Development

Library
Library Manager
Linker/Locator
Specific target hardware support

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Integrated Development
Environment (IDE)
Include flash programming and target
debugging

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Integrated Development
Environment (IDE)
Accurate peripheral simulation and
timing.

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Integrated Development
Environment (IDE)
support to standard device databases

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Keil Vision IDE

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Development complete set of tools

(IDE)

Project manager
Editor and make features (means
integrating assembling, compiling
and linking for the embedded
application)

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Keil Vision IDE

Assembling
Compiling, Library, Library
Manager
Linking, Hex-file generation
Integration

Standard GNU tools support

option

Specific target hardware support

ARM (AD5) Assembler support

option
Specific target Debug supports
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Hex-file development
For programming a device for the
application using assembly language
program developed with use of macros
and control structures

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ARM RealView developer kit

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ARM RealView developer kit

Targeted compiler
Targeted GUI debugger
Reduced system memory cost
ARM
RealView

Smaller code size

Increased system
performance/mW
JTAG run control device
ST specific
ICE micro edition

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Atmel development tools

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Atmel development tools

Development boards
Software-Application
Development
Compiler
AT91 and Other
Atmel MCUs

Software-Device Drivers
Debugger
JTAG and ICE interfaces
Real-time Operating Systems
(RTOS), TCP/IP stacks and
application-specific

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Keil Vision IDE debugger

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Keil Vision debugger Accurate Simulation

I2C, CAN
SPI, UART
Interrupts

Vision

I/O Ports
A/D Converter, D/A
Converter,
PWM Modules device
ST and Phillips specific
on-chip peripherals

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UDE (Universal Debug Engine)

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UDE Tool
Breakpoints support
Set the complex event-trigger
conditions
Stepping in ROM/FLASH
UDE

JTAG support
for ST10F16x, ST10F26x
and ST10F280 MCUs
for 32-bit TriCore MCU
for SAB C16x,
C166CBC MCUs

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Evaluation/Demonstration Board

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ST Evaluation board

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ARM Powered STR710 ARM MCU System Development

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Complete development platform for the STR71x flash

MCUs for development target
STR710FZ2T6 ARM7TDMITM

2x16 LCD, LEDs

10 serial communications
iSTR710-EVAL
board

Piezo-buzzer and test-buttons

2Mbits embedded flash
2M bits embedded flash

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Phillips LPC 21xx development

board

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Keil DemoBoard for LPC21xx ARM MCUs

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Summary

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We learnt
Development tools needed
RTOS, Assembler, C Compiler, IDE,
Target debugging tool,
Linker/Locator, Monitor and PROM
programmer

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We learnt
Need of IDE device databases, on-line
help, automatic correction help and
interactive feature using the dialogs

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We learnt

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Demo/Evaluation Boards need

Accurate Device Debuggers need

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System Development Tools

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