Assembly Language Programming: ARM Cortex-M3

ARM designs the cores of microcontrollers which equip most "embedded systems" based on 32-bit processors. Cortex M3 is one of these designs, recently developed by ARM with microcontroller applications in mind. To conceive a particularly optimized piece of software (as is often the case in the world of embedded systems) it is often necessary to know how to program in an assembly language. This book explains the basics of programming in an assembly language, while being based on the architecture of Cortex M3 in detail and developing many examples. It is written for people who have never pr.

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Cover; Assembly Language Programming; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Overview of Cortex-M3 Architecture; 1.1. Assembly language versus the assembler; 1.2. The world of ARM; 1.2.1. Cortex-M3; 1.2.2. The Cortex-M3 core in STM32; Chapter 2. The Core of Cortex-M3; 2.1. Modes, privileges and states; 2.2. Registers; 2.2.1. Registers R0 to R12; 2.2.2. The R13 register, also known as SP; 2.2.3. The R14 register, also known as LR; 2.2.4. The R15 or PC register; 2.2.5. The xPSR register; Chapter 3. The Proper Use of Assembly Directives.

3.1. The concept of the directive3.1.1. Typographic conventions and use of symbols; 3.2. Structure of a program; 3.2.1. The AREA sections; 3.3. A section of code; 3.3.1. Labels; 3.3.2. Mnemonic; 3.3.3. Operands; 3.3.4. Comments; 3.3.5. Procedure; 3.4. The data section; 3.4.1. Simple reservation; 3.4.2. Reservation with initialization; 3.4.3. Data initialization: the devil is in the details; 3.5. Is that all?; 3.5.1. Memory management directives; 3.5.2. Project management directives; 3.5.3. Various and varied directives; Chapter 4. Operands of Instructions; 4.1. The constant and renaming.

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