2009-07-15 10:54 AM
Simple programming (Arduino-like) on ARM Cortex-M3
2011-05-17 04:17 AM
I have started Xduino project at
which enables a simplified programming syntax to work on other non-ATMEGA/AVR mcu and so far I did manage to come out with set of platform libraries for ARM Cortex-M3. The simplified syntax is based on Arduino syntax from as it did which offers simple learning curve for users to get into programming a microcontroller systems. Due to some limitation of today's Arduino hardware support for some of my projects I have decided to pick a more suitable solution and that's how I got into ARM and that's how Xduino came about. You can check Xduino site out and also download the library for ARM Cortex-M3 and test it out. Not all functions has been documented yet but you can have a good feel from the example below. Please let me know if you have a chance to try it out. The current Xduino release is v0.11. Other mcu support will be added when I can get a hold of other hardware platform. I have only tested this on ARM Cortex-M3 STM32F10ret6. I think it would just work on other STM32F10x boards as well (However, I can't confirm as I don't have other boards at the moment) Note that C++ compiler is required (not standard C) From http://www.xduino.com/arm-cortex-m3/ /* Xduino library initialization */ #include ''main.h'' int LedPin = PB7; // as labelled on your ARM Cortex-M3 board int main(void) { doInit(); //Initialize Serial1.begin(115200); //USART1 Serial1.println(''Starting Xduino example...''); pinMode(LedPin,OUTPUT); for(int i=1;i<=10;i++) { digitalWrite(LedPin,HIGH); delay(200); digitalWrite(LedPin,LOW); delay(200); } if(digitalRead(LedPin)) { Serial1.println(''On''); } else { Serial1.println(''Off''); } while(1) { if(Serial1.available()) { Serial1.print(''Character ''); //print string Serial1.print(Serial1.read()); //print single input character Serial1.println(''...''); //print string with new line } } } [ This message was edited by: ram2 on 15-07-2009 23:29 ] [ This message was edited by: ram2 on 16-07-2009 07:38 ]