ARM Bare Metal Course Detail

Getting Started

1. 1. Introduction : What is baremetal programming ? Why is it useful ?
   2. Overview of the Boards used.
   3. Hardware Requirements
   4. Required Documentation

Introduction to ARM Cortex-M 

1. What is ARM Cortex-M ?
2. Cortex M family of Processors
3. Microcontroller v/s Microprocessor

Understanding ARM Cortex-M based MCUs

1. Understanding the Block Diagram of MCU (Micro-controller)
2. Understanding MCU Bus Interfaces
   1. I-Code/D-Code/S-Bus
   2. Overview of ARM’s AMBA Bus Architecture
   3. Understanding the Bus Matrix
3. Understanding Memory Map of MCU
4. Understanding MCU Clock Tree
5. Understanding MCU Vector Table
6. Understanding MCU Interrupt Design ( NVIC )
7. Understanding Cortex M Boot Process
8. Examining startup file of MCU

Embedded C Essentials

1. Bitwise Operators (Hands-On)
2. Pointers (Hands-On)
3. Importance of “Volatile” Keyword (Hands-On)
4. Significance of “const” keyword (Hands-On)
5. Structures (Hands-On)
6. Power of Typedef (Hands-On)
7. Accessing Structure members (Hands-On)
8. Bitwise mapping of structures (optional) (Hands-On)

Understanding CMSIS (Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard)

1. Writing Blinky by using raw addresses and pointers (Hands-On)
2. Introduction to CMSIS
3. Overview of CMSIS Documentation
4. Writing CMSIS compliant blinky program
5. Examining Vendor Specific header files

Peripheral Driver Implementation : GPIO 

1. Understanding GPIO hardware block diagram
   1. Understanding different I/O Modes (Digital / Analog)
   2. Understanding different GPIO States ( High Impedance / Pull-up/down / Open Drain / Push Pull)
   3. Understanding Alternate Functionality MUXing
2. Examining GPIO registers from documentations
3. Implementing generic GPIO Driver APIs
   1. GPIO Clock Control (Hand-On)
   2. GPIO Alternate Mode Configuration (Hand-On)
4. Implementing GPIO Read / Write APIs
   1. Output Driver APIs(Hands-On)
   2. Input Driver APIs (Hand-On)
5. Implementing GPIO Interrupts (Hand-On)
6. Developing a library for GPIO Drivers for future use (Hands-On)

Peripheral Driver Implementation : SysTick Timer 

1. Understanding the SysTick Timer and it’s registers
2. Implementing SyTick Timer Delay API with Interrupts (Hands-On)

Interrupt Handling

1. Introduction to Interrupts
2. Interrupts VS Exceptions
3. NVIC
4. Interrupt Process
5. MCU Interrupts
6. Boot Process
7. Interrupts – (Hands-On)

Peripheral Driver Implementation : ADC 

1.  ADC Basic Concepts
2. Understanding ADC Hardware Block Diagram
3. Understanding ADC Functional Modes
4. Implementing ADC Driver APIs  (Hands-On)
5. ADC Interrupts (optional) (Hands-On)

Peripheral Driver Implementation : UART

1. Understanding UART Protocol in detail
2. Understanding UART Hardware Block Diagram
3. Understanding UART Clock Generation ( BAUD Rate Calculations)
4. Implementing UART Transmit Driver APIs (Hands-On)
   1. Polling Mode Transmit
   2. Interrupt Mode Transmit
5. Implementing UART Receive Driver APIs (Hands-On)
   1. Polling Mode receive
   2. Receive on Interrupts
6. Exercises (Hands-On)
7. Interfacing some Device (optional)

Peripheral Driver Implementation : SPI 

1. SPI Introduction
2. SPI Signals
3. SPI in Action
4. SPI Clock Polarity
5. SPI clock Phase
6. SPI Hardware Diagram
7. SPI Hardware Pins
8. SPI – Hands-ON programming  Master , Slave (8 Lessons)

Peripheral Driver Implementation : I2C

• Understanding I2C Protocol in detail
  1. Introduction & Features
  2. I2C : Basics of Physical Layer
  3. I2C Protocol : Overview
  4. Start / Re-Start & Stop Conditions
  5. Data Transfer Mechanisms
  6. I2C NACK Conditions
  7. Wired ANDing
  8. Multi-Master Arbitration
  9. I2C Clock Stretching
  10. UART v/s SPI v/s I2C
• Understanding I2C Hardware Block Diagram
• Understanding I2C Clock Generation ( Clock Calculations)
• Implementing I2C Master Transmitter Driver  (Hands-On)
• Implementing I2C Master Receive Driver (Hands-On)

1. 1. Implementing I2C Slave Transmitter Driver  (Hands-On)
   2. Implementing I2C Slave Receiver Driver (Hands-On)

• Exercises (Hands-On)

Embedded System Interview Kit 

• • 200+ Tricky questions on Embedded C , Data Structure , ARM , Basic Electronics . It is divided into Beginners, Intermediate and Data Structure
  • Interview Last Moment Tips
  • Resume Preparation
  • Mock-up Interview

• Job Assistance

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