EDN

A developer’s insight into ARM Cortex M debugging

A software developer describes tips and tricks for using the built-in debugging options on the ARM Cortex M microcontroller. (Paper from ARM TechCon 2010.) This article is from class ATC-133 at ARM ...
EDN

Debug ARM Cortex without a header on your PCB

My pal Wayne Yamaguchi told me about a connector system where the cable has little pogo pins and your PCB only needs pads on it for the pins to press against and a couple non-plated holes. The company ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Better Heterogeneous CPU Designs

The trend toward heterogeneous CPU designs is growing. Case in point: The NXP i.MX7 family of devices have such a design. In this blog, I will discuss the (simple) steps necessary to get the most out ...
Design-Reuse

Debugging with Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers

Before the introduction of on-chip debugging, most software developers were using expensive In-Circuit Emulators (ICE) for application testing on microcontrollers.High-end emulators were connected via ...