Doulos is pleased to present their well established Solutions Workshops for the first time at Embedded World. Solutions Workshops are intensive, high value training sessions . They combine first class technical training from Doulos with carefully integrated demonstrations and client-based case studies provided by industry partners.

In addition to the Solutions Workshops, Doulos is presenting another tutorial addressing Product Migration from FPGA (Cortex-M1) to a Standard ARM Based Microcontroller. See below for details.
Title: ARM for FPGA Designs (Cortex-M1)
Presenting Companies: Doulos, Mentor Graphics & ARM
Date: Wednesday 27th February
Time: 14:00 - 17:30
Class: 12

Abstract

This workshop, presented by Doulos (an ARM Approved Training Centre) in co-operation with Mentor Graphics and ARM, introduces the first available ARM Architecture specifically designed and optimised for FPGAs. Part I explores the main advantages and differences of the Cortex-M1 processor compared with existing ARM cores and includes an independent summary of the supporting devices and tools from different FPGA vendors. Part II, presented by Mentor Graphics, Illustrates how Cortex-M1 can be exploited across a range of FPGA devices, using the Mentor Graphics tool chain.

Agenda and Topics covered:
  • General Introduction to ARM the market trends
  • Detailed introduction to the Cortex-M1 architecture
  • Synthesis options
  • Memory map
  • Interrupt handling
  • Debug options
  • Migrations options to/from existing Microcontrollers

  • Software support options
  • Independent overview of software options
  • Keil MDK and mVision and MicroLib for Controllers
  • RTOS supports options

  • Independent overview of FPGA design flow options and offers

  • ACTEL Design Flow and software support
  • System generation
  • Synthesis options and placement

  • Altera Design Flow and software support (Keil Altera MDK)
  • System generation (SOPC Builder)
  • Altera MDK (Keil Microcontroller Dev. Kit)

  • Summary of FPGA options and offerings today !
  • Licensing options

  • Mentor Graphics design flow and live Demo
  • System design flow for FPGA Design with Cortex-M1
  • Configuration, Synthesis, Place and rout and verification
  • Options for Xilinx, Altera and ACTEL
  • Live Demo

  • Questions & Answers
  • Summary and Q and A

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Title:

ARM Cortex-M3 - the new ARM Architecture
for the Microcontroller world!
Presenting Companies: Doulos, STMicroelectronics & ARM
Date: Thursday 28th February
Time: 09:15 - 12:30
Class: 19

Abstract

This workshop, presented by Doulos (an ARM Approved Training Centre) in co-operation with STMicroelectronics and ARM, delivers an independent introduction to the new ARM Cortex-M3 architecture. Focusing on the new features that distinguish Cortex-M3 from other ARM architectures (such as Interrupt handling and power management ) it also explores why Cortex-M3 is ideal for Microcontroller applications, as illustrated by STMicroelectronics with their new STM32 microcontroller solution. Included in the workshop is an independent summary of available devices from different vendors.

Agenda and Topics covered:
  • General Introduction to ARM the market trends
  • Detailed introduction to the Cortex-M3 architecture
  • Improvements to previous ARM cores
  • Memory map
  • Interrupt handling
  • Debug features
  • Low Power Modes

  • Software support options
  • Independent overview of software options

  • Keil MDK and mVision and MicroLib for Controllers
  • RTOS supports options

  • Independent overview of Cortex-M3 implementations and offers

  • Introduction to STM32 and live Demo
  • STM32 peripheral set and options
  • STM32 road map
  • Some points out of the Feature set

  • Clocking Scheme
  • ADC features
  • SW Library and example
  • Live Demo

  • Questions & Answers
  • Summary and Q and A

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Tutorial

Title:

Product Migration from FPGA (Cortex-M1) to a Standard ARM Based Microcontroller for the Microcontroller world!
Presenting Companies: Doulos, Technical University OOW
Date: Tuesday 26th February
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Session: 7

Abstract

With the Cortex-M processors architecture ARM has moved further into the microcontroller space than ever before. Moreover ARM is offering with the Cortex-M1 the first ARM processor specifically designed for the FPGA world. Microcontrollers for FPGAs have been in the past, and are still, dominated by proprietary soft-core designs from the FPGA vendors (eg. NIOS for Altera and MicroBlaze for Xilinx). The new Cortex-M architecture from ARM provides an interesting and challenging opportunity for merging of the FPGA and Embedded Systems markets.

This paper will introduce the Cortex-M1 and Cortex-M3 architecture with the focus on their similarities and differences, and will show how to develop and migrate a product from FPGA to a standard ARM based controller or even a Cortex-M3 based microcontroller. This paper will give an independent overview of the design flow and tool possibilities arising out of this unique situation.

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