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1. How to Load Constants in Assembly for ARM Architecture

How to Load Constants in Assembly for ARM Architecture Blog entry, ARM, Assembly "ARM is a 32-bit CPU architecture where every instruction is 32 bits long. Any constants which are part of an instruction must be encoded within the 32 bits of the...

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 | 151 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. OpenCL specification version 1.1 has been released by Khronos Group

OpenCL specification version 1.1 has been released by Khronos Group PDF document link "OpenCL 1.1 includes significant new functionality including: Host-thread safety, enabling OpenCL commands to be enqueued from multiple host threads;...

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3. Detecting Overflow from MUL

Detecting Overflow from MUL Blog, ARM, Assembly "Setting the Flags with mul Those familiar with ARM's mul instruction may realize that although it can take the s suffix to update the flags, it only updates the n and z flags. Consider the...

Monday, 30 August 2010 | 144 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. ARM Condition Codes

ARM Condition Codes Assembler,ARM,Blog entry Condition Codes 1: Condition Flags and Codes - web page link "Every practical general-purpose computing architecture has a mechanism of conditionally executing some code. Such mechanisms are used to...

Tuesday, 05 October 2010 | 484 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. Efficient C/C++ Coding Techniques

Efficient C/C++ Coding Techniques PDF document link "Introduction Modern electronics have a tall order for their firmware. Each revision of an embedded system often requires additional features, increased complexity, and a shorter development...

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6. Efficient C code for ARM devices

Efficient C code for ARM devices "A double-sided coin One of the fundamental changes in our field in recent years has been the increasing use of platform operating systems in the embedded world. The majority of ARM-based systems these days,...

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7. Representing and Manipulating Hardware in Standard C and C++

Representing and Manipulating Hardware in Standard C and C++ PDF document link "Introduction This paper discusses the basics of hardware manipulation using C and C++. It focuses on the common idioms for controlling devices that you can write...

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8. Using C++ Efficiently In Embedded Applications

Using C++ Efficiently In Embedded Applications PDF document link "Abstract. Moving to C++ presents opportunities for higher programmer productivity. The requirements of embedded systems, however, demand that the adoption of C++ be carefully...

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9. Reducing Run-Time Overhead in C++ Programs

Reducing Run-Time Overhead in C++ Programs PDF document link "Introduction As a group, embedded systems programmers tend to be more concerned than other pro-grammers about the speed and space costs of programming language features, and rightly...

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10. Difficulties constructing memory-mapped objects

Difficulties constructing memory-mapped objects "Defining constructors for classes representing memory-mapped devices is a good idea, if only you could get those constructors to run automatically."   Web page link

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