The Definitive Guide to ARM® Cortex®-M0 and Cortex-M0+ Processors, 2nd Edition

Foreword

I started my professional career in 1982, working in a microprocessor software department, and focused for years on the 8051 as this microcontroller architecture was—during the 1990s—the engine for all types of embedded applications. Over decades, I was part of a booming embedded industry that created a wide spectrum of processor architectures. During this time, the microcontroller market became extremely fragmented with numerous silicon vendors and technologies. Some years ago, every embedded application was created from scratch with no software reuse and ground-up training for engineers to cope with the project challenges.

But over the years, microcontroller systems became increasingly complex and demanded even higher performance to ...