ARM Microcontroller / Cortex-based Workshop

Atmel and Alcom will be holding a workshop to introduce Atmel’s new families of cutting edge 32-bit Cortex ARM microcontrollers, the ATSAM3 range, on 1st December 2009 in Alcoms offices in Kontich.

The day will provide an introduction to ARM Cortex-M3 architecture including the items below:

Programming models and the Thumb2 instruction set
Interrupt execution, power management, and debugging features
Porting ARM7 to Cortex-M3

Atmel will also present their ATSAM3 roadmap including the ATSAM3U, ATSAM3S, ATSAM3N, and ATSAM3X families, the SAM3 peripherals and relevant evaluation kits.

The workshop includes hands-on sections enabling you to gain experience working with the ATSAM3U-EK evaluation boards / AT91SAMICE

Agenda

When : xTuesday 01 / 12 / 2009
xxxxxxxx 09h00 - 17h00

Where : Alcom Offices

Each participant gets :

ATSAM3U-EK
AT91SAMICE
(Approx. value 205 € + VAT)

Lunch included

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:00 ATMEL ARM Overview
10:00 – 10:45 Cortex-M3 Overview

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 SAM3 Technical Overview

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 13:45 Hands-On 01 – “Getting Started”
13:45 – 14:30 Hands-On 02 – “SAM3U Demo”
14:30 – 14:45 Hands-On 03 – “Dual Bank”

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00 Hands-On 04 – “NVIC”
16:00 – 16:30 Hands-On 05 – “12Bit ADC + Accelerometer”

16:30 – 17:00 Summary and Wrap-up

Atmel's SAM3U series is the world's first 32-bit ARM Cortex M3 Flash microcontroller with high-speed 480 Mbps USB + Phy for fast up/downloading of data, robust EMI tolerance, and plug-and-play high-speed serial interconnectivity. It features a 96 MHz maximum operating frequency and a high data-bandwidth architecture based on a 5-layer bus matrix with 22 DMA channels and distributed memory. The chips also include Dual-Bank Flash, providing safe in-application programming (IAP) including the boot program, 1.62 to 3.6V Operation, a Memory Protection Unit improving code protection and secures multi-application/task execution and High-End Analog features such as a differential input and programmable gain amplifier (PGA) on a 12-bit 1 Msps ADC.

Useful links
'FocusOn Atmel MCUs' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 'Tips for Electronic Designers'