Embedded Systems Programming Lesson 0 Getting Started

…mfortable with arduino level programming but had not much experience with proper C. I am also working with an ARM chip. STM32F4 series. A couple of great resources that I recommend: Making Embedded Systems by Elecia White (also hosts embedded.fm blog/ podcast) Quantum Leaps LLC youtube channel (specifically the embedded intro linked below): [video I ran through a Udemy course for custom bootloader that got the job done, but the presenter had a thick accent. There may be more general courses here that would suit your needs better. Overall, the main thing is having a specific project to work towards. Then break that down to specific chunks. For example, if you are trying to add a…

Getting into Embedded Systems Programming I am currently interested in Embedded Programming and would like to learn more about the subject and also be able to program something myself but I lack the knowledge. I have recently bought this course: https://www.udemy.com/embedded-system-programming-on-arm-cortex-m3m4/learn/v4/overview which I believe gives a good introduction but I still think I will remain lacking as it is geared towards cortex m3/m4 (tutor says you can use it for any processor). Do you have some kind of learning plan that I could follow to get more knowledgeable in this specific area of IT? Like 1) Learn about Processors 2) Learn C 3) Learn Assembly etc. Have you used any…

You need to learn to read and be comfortable with the MCU datasheet. I went to college for computer engineering but had to teach myself how to program an MCU. Udemy's Fastbit has a nice course on this. It's slow, it's a guy with an Indian accent, and his coding style is horrendous but if you watch it and follow along for how he teaches you to sift through the 1000 pg MCU datasheet/reference manual, and how to work with basic peripherals (GPIO), it's easy to extrapolate and learn about the other peripherals yourself. Also worth mentioning is Miro Samek's Youtube Intro to MCUs series. He skirts assembly-level concepts but if you're proactive and looks things up, you'll learn a lot of esote…

In my opinion this is the best mcu development kit to start with: http://www.ti.com/tool/EK-TM4C123GXL It is dirt cheap and Ti really supports it. I would first start with some example projects and over time I would slowly start to learn assembly from the disassembly of your code. You can also write your codes purely on assembly after but unless you will be working on device drivers etc assembly is not that needed. Still nice to be able to read the disassembly when you are debugging your programs. So, I would get this board and follow some tutorials like this: [video