Flashing a C program to ARM

Question

I just started programming for an ARM Processor and I have never been this clueless. There are a couple of example projects that came with the board (ADucm350) and I wanted to upload one of them. I downloaded Keil (or I think it's just the project management software part of it) and got armcc. I compiled all of the files with armcc on command prompt. But then I got a bunch of errors

    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 588: Error:  #1114: this feature not supported on target architecture/processor
          register uint32_t __regBasePri         __ASM("basepri");
                                                       ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 594: Error:  #1114: this feature not supported on target architecture/processor
          register uint32_t __regBasePri         __ASM("basepri");
                                                       ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 594: Warning:  #550-D: variable "__regBasePri" was set but never used
          register uint32_t __regBasePri         __ASM("basepri");
                            ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 600: Error:  #1114: this feature not supported on target architecture/processor
          register uint32_t __regPriMask         __ASM("primask");
                                                       ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 606: Error:  #1114: this feature not supported on target architecture/processor
          register uint32_t __regPriMask         __ASM("primask");
                                                       ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 606: Warning:  #550-D: variable "__regPriMask" was set but never used
          register uint32_t __regPriMask         __ASM("primask");
                            ^
    "C:\AnalogDevices\ADuCM350BBCZ\Eval-ADUCM350EBZ\inc\core_cm3.h", line 612: Error:  #1114: this feature not

I believe these errors make sense since I am not connected to an ARM device. How do I emulate the ARM environment and flash the program to the board. I do not have Keil or IAR but I do have JLink (if that helps).

Can someone guide me to some tutorial? I am really lost :|

Answer 1

Before compiling, you need to configure your target architecture, so that the compiler knows what type of device it is compiling code for. There are many different ARM architectures, with various code capabilities.

You might want to check KEIL for an appropriate "Getting Started" guide.

Here is one to start with: http://www.keil.com/product/brochures/uv4.pdf