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Cortex-M3 Embedded Software Development

This application note introduces the main features of the ARM Cortex-M3 processor and describes different aspects of developing software for it. It also covers the migration of existing ARM projects ...
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Migrating ARM7 Code to a Cortex-M3 MCU (Part 2)

In Part 1 in this series, I dealt with the myriad of details relating to exception vector table formating, startup code/stack configuration, remapping RAM functions, and hardware interrupt ...
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Building advanced Cortex-M3 applications

The ARM Cortex-M3 architecture provides many improvements compared with its predecessor, the popular ARM7/9, and is designed to be particularly suitable for cost-sensitive embedded applications that ...
EDN

Choosing between an ARM7 and a Cortex-M3 processor

With the introduction of microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core, a developer wanting a low-cost 32-bit device can choose either a Cortex-M3 base or an ARM7TDMI. What are the criteria to ...