Arm System On Chip Architecture 2 E

"This book introduces the concepts and methodologies employed in designing a system-on-chip (SoC) based around a microprocessor core and in designing the microprocessor core itself. The principles of microprocessor design are made concrete by extensive illustrations based upon the ARM.

ARM System Architecture will allow you to get started with ARM and get programs running under emulation. A competent user should understand how ARMs work and be able to conduct simple experiments in architecture modeling with only a book as a reference.

Over the last ten years, the ARM architecture has become one of the most pervasive architectures in the world, with more than 2 billion ARM-based processors embedded in products ranging from cell phones to automotive braking systems. A world-wide community of ARM developers in semiconductor and product design companies includes software developers, system designers and hardware engineers. To date no book has directly addressed their need to develop the system and software for an ARM-based system. This text fills that gap. This book provides a comprehensive description of the operation of the ARM core from a developer’s perspective with a clear emphasis on software. It demonstrates not only how to write efficient ARM software in C and assembly but also how to optimize code. Example code throughout the book can be integrated into commercial products or used as templates to enable quick creation of productive software. The book covers both the ARM and Thumb instruction sets, covers Intel's XScale Processors, outlines distinctions among the versions of the ARM architecture, demonstrates how to implement DSP algorithms, explains exception and interrupt handling, describes the cache technologies that surround the ARM cores as well as the most efficient memory management techniques. A final chapter looks forward to the future of the ARM architecture considering ARMv6, the latest change to the instruction set, which has been designed to improve the DSP and media processing capabilities of the architecture. * No other book describes the ARM core from a system and software perspective. * Author team combines extensive ARM software engineering experience with an in-depth knowledge of ARM developer needs. * Practical, executable code is fully explained in the book and available on the publisher's Website. * Includes a simple embedded operating system.

Intelligent technical systems are networked, embedded systems incorporating real-time capacities that are able to interact with and adapt to their environments. These systems need innovative approaches in order to meet requirements like cost, size, power and memory consumption, as well as real-time compliance and security. Intelligent Technical Systems covers different levels like multimedia systems, embedded programming, middleware platforms, sensor networks and autonomous systems and applications for intelligent engineering. Each level is discussed by a set of original articles summarizing the state of the art and presenting a concrete application; they include a deep discussion of their model and explain all design decisions relevant to obtain a mature solution.

This textbook aims to provide learners with an understanding of embedded systems built around Arm Cortex-M processor cores, a popular CPU architecture often used in modern low-power SoCs that target IoT applications. Readers will be introduced to the basic principles of an embedded system from a high-level hardware and software perspective and will then be taken through the fundamentals of microcontroller architectures and SoC-based designs. Along the way, key topics such as chip design, the features and benefits of Arm's Cortex-M processor architectures (including TrustZone, CMSIS and AMBA), interconnects, peripherals and memory management are discussed. The material covered in this book can be considered as key background for any student intending to major in computer engineering and is suitable for use in an undergraduate course on digital design.

ARM Architecture is designed in such a way that even readers with a basic understanding of microprocessors can learn and understand the concepts with ease. This book addresses the concerns of software developers, system designers, and hardware engineers focusing on development of drivers, software, and hardware components in a closely-knit fashion to avoid compatibility issues. ARM Architecture guides engineers through the workings of an ARM in system on chip (SOC) via an example driven systematic process. It also elucidates on data flow between peripherals and ARM in SOC, drivers and the programming of hardware peripherals through multiple illustrations. The book teaches the reader programming the ARM chip in both C and assembly language with the help of multiple examples. It helps the reader learn peripheral programming, which is necessary for firmware development for embedded systems and driver development. It also teaches the reader how to program a system on chip. ARM Architecture does far more than just outline the ARM features; it explains the implementation of processor in real-world designs through a step-by-step process and is beneficial to people who are migrating from 8 bit micro-controllers to 32 bit micro-controllers and covers the ARM family extensively,elucidating on hardware blocks like SDRAM, RAM, etc.