ARM programming in ubuntu with C\C++

[ShayanJ]

I'm thinking about learning ARM programming with C\C++(I think C is a better choice though). But I don't know what tools I can use on linux(ubuntu). I prefer to use open source software. Is there any suggestion?

Thanks

 

[nsaspook]

You can start from the Raspberry Pi or other similar product. I use NetBeans to code on a x86 Linux/Windows PC and then remote compile on the Raspberry Pi target.
https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/cnd/remotedev-tutorial.html
http://www.raspberry-projects.com/p...ns-for-c-remote-development-on-a-raspberry-pi

 

[ShayanJ]

You can start from the Raspberry Pi or other similar product. I use NetBeans to code on a x86 Linux/Windows PC and then remote compile on the Raspberry Pi target.
https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/cnd/remotedev-tutorial.html
http://www.raspberry-projects.com/p...ns-for-c-remote-development-on-a-raspberry-pi

Is there any simulator so that I can test my codes without having any hardware at least at the beginning?

 

[nsaspook]

Is there any simulator so that I can test my codes without having any hardware at least at the beginning?

There are kernel/user level emulators but I don't know of a full hardware sim for the RPi. It's only $35 for the latest PI3 with built in WiFI.
https://www.pcsteps.com/1199-raspberry-pi-emulation-for-windows-qemu/

 

[rbelli1]

What kind of applications are you thinking of? Arm processors range from tiny 8 pin devices with a few K of code space all the way up to mainframe level servers.

Something like the RPi is an easy start to embedded programming as it gives you a full operating system and all of the connectivity you could ask for. Conceptually it is identical to your PC. It could actually replace your PC if you don't need too much whiz-bang. You are not really doing "ARM" programming any more than you are doing "INTEL" or "AMD" programming on a full sized computer. You are doing LINUX programming. The CPU is only relevant as far as the compiler switches are concerned.

There are smaller boards form several manufacturers that cost $10-$20 with debug capability. NXP and Cypress are two I am familiar with. These are parts you can experience bare metal ARM programming if that is the direction you want to go. It is bit of a deeper plunge but you come out the other end with a less common valuable skill-set.

There are also some Arduino variants with ARM processors. They are more of a middle ground with most of the bring up done under the covers.

BoB

 

[ShayanJ]

What kind of applications are you thinking of? Arm processors range from tiny 8 pin devices with a few K of code space all the way up to mainframe level servers.

One of my friends works in a lab and designs and makes circuits for using on sensors. I got the idea from him. I have such little devices in mind

You are doing LINUX programming. The CPU is only relevant as far as the compiler switches are concerned.

As far as I know, those IDEs that let you write code for an embedded system use cross compilers to compile the code for a target platform. So you're not developing software for the machine you're using to develop the software.

 

[rbelli1]

My point was that writing a program for a LINUX computer that happens to be an INTEL CPU or writing for one that happens to be an ARM CPU is not really different. The RPi will have some different drivers for the embedded parts but everything else will be the same. You could actually write software for a LINUX PC on the RPi just as easily as the other way around.

We are all making assumptions about what the OP wants. We can't really be any more helpful until Shayan.J clarifies.

BoB

 

[ShayanJ]

My point was that writing a program for a LINUX computer that happens to be an INTEL CPU or writing for one that happens to be an ARM CPU is not really different. The RPi will have some different drivers for the embedded parts but everything else will be the same. You could actually write software for a LINUX PC on the RPi just as easily as the other way around.

We are all making assumptions about what the OP wants. We can't really be any more helpful until Shayan.J clarifies.

BoB

I'm Shayan.J, I'm the OP!

Anyway, what you say is correct, but only if we're using a linux systim running on an intel CPU to develop software for a linux system running on an ARM microprocessor(can I call this a CPU too?). But embedded systems are systems with limited resources that have no operating system installed on them. That's the thing that breaks the symmetry!

 

[rbelli1]

So you are looking to do some bare metal ARM micro-controller programming. Check out Cypress' PSOC5LP boards. They have programmable digital and programmable analog included. The smallest one is only $10. You probably want a USB extension cord as well for ease of use.

NXP also has a super cheap line of all in one dev boards. They tend to be a bit more powerful but have no programmable logic.

I just checked and many of the micro-controller manufacturers have them now.

All of them can be used with open source software but limited versions of various closed source software is included with each board. It might be easiest to use that to learn the ARM part of the equation then move to the open source variation later.

BoB

 

[nsaspook]

I'm Shayan.J, I'm the OP!

Anyway, what you say is correct, but only if we're using a linux systim running on an intel CPU to develop software for a linux system running on an ARM microprocessor(can I call this a CPU too?). But embedded systems are systems with limited resources that have no operating system installed on them. That's the thing that breaks the symmetry!

That's not a proper definition of embedded systems. Embedded systems (even fairly old systems) often have Unix like Real-Time OS software today. Individual modules like a 8-bit micro-controller might be bare-metal programmed but usually now at the 32-bit level there are sufficient resources for full embedded OS systems and things like FreeRTOS or Harmony that are more of a Framework between a full OS and bare-metal programming.