Foundation of Embedded Systems with ARM Cortex and STM32

A 14 day proven course to a higher paying career in embedded systems, with deep understanding of ARM Cortex and STM32

Created by: Akshay Gill
Director at Makermax Inc.

Created by: MakerMax Inc.
Embedded and Electric Vehicle Education

What Will I Learn?

• In-depth understanding of the ARM Cortex fundamentals
• Set up a free and open source toolchain on your computer to program, flash and debug ARM based microcontrollers
• Core register functionality like stack pointers, link registers, program counters, control registers, vector tables
• Understand different types of exceptions on the ARM Cortex-M processor and what each of them mean
• Understand different peripherals and how to program them
• Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) Libraries and how to use them
• Feel confident and comfortable programming applications on the Cortex-M platform
• What is a programmers model and how it works for an ARM Cortex-M
• Unprivileged and privileged software execution levels
• Vector Table Offset Register (VTOR) and its uses
• Big Endian Format vs Little Endian Format
• OpenOCD (Open source debugger)
• STCubeMX Application and how to generate HAL drivers

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of embedded systems
• STM32 Nucleo development board is recommended, but not mandatory
• Eager to learn about ARM Cortex-M fundamentals

Target audience

• An embedded systems enthusiast, professional or student who is struggling to start programming on the ARM Cortex-M platform
• Worked with Arduino before, and has basic working knowledge of embedded systems
• Worked with 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers and want to venture into the world of 32-bit microcontrollers
• Already been working with ARM Cortex microcontrollers and want to gain a deeper understanding of the processor’s fundamentals