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Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language: Single Board Computer Development for Raspberry Pi and Mobile Devices 1st ed. Edition, Kindle Edition

by Stephen Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Mastering ARM hardware architecture opens a world of programming for nearly all phones and tablets including the iPhone/iPad and most Android phones. It’s also the heart of many single board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Gain the skills required to dive into the fundamentals of the ARM hardware architecture with this book and start your own projects while you develop a working knowledge of assembly language for the ARM 64-bit processor.

You'll review assembly language programming for the ARM Processor in 64-bit mode and write programs for a number of single board computers, including the Nvidia Jetson Nano and the Raspberry Pi (running 64-bit Linux). The book also discusses how to target assembly language programs for Apple iPhones and iPads along with 64-Bit ARM based Android phones and tablets. It covers all the tools you require, the basics of the ARM hardware architecture, all the groups of ARM 64-Bit Assembly instructions, and how data is stored in the computer’s memory. In addition, interface apps to hardware such as the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO ports. The book covers code optimization, as well as how to inter-operate with C and Python code. Readers will develop enough background to use the official ARM reference documentation for their own projects.

With Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language as your guide you’ll study how to read, reverse engineer and hack machine code, then be able to apply these new skills to study code examples and take control of both your ARM devices’ hardware and software.
What You'll Learn
  • Make operating system calls from assembly language and include other software libraries in your projects
  • Interface apps to hardware devices such as the Raspberry Pi GPIO ports
  • Reverse engineer and hack code
  • Use the official ARM reference documentation for your own projects
Who This Book Is For
Software developers who have already learned to program in a higher-level language like Python, Java, C#, or even C and now wish to learn Assembly programming.
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Mastering ARM hardware architecture opens a world of programming for nearly all phones and tablets including the iPhone/iPad and most Android phones. It’s also the heart of many single board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Gain the skills required to dive into the fundamentals of the ARM hardware architecture with this book and start your own projects while you develop a working knowledge of assembly language for the ARM 64-bit processor.

You'll review assembly language programming for the ARM Processor in 64-bit mode and write programs for a number of single board computers, including the Nvidia Jetson Nano and the Raspberry Pi (running 64-bit Linux). The book also discusses how to target assembly language programs for Apple iPhones and iPads along with 64-Bit ARM based Android phones and tablets. It covers all the tools you require, the basics of the ARM hardware architecture, all the groups of ARM 64-Bit Assembly instructions, and how data is stored in the computer’s memory. In addition, interface apps to hardware such as the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO ports. The book covers code optimization, as well as how to inter-operate with C and Python code.

With Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language as your guide you’ll study how to read, reverse engineer and hack machine code, then be able to apply these new skills to study code examples and take control of both your ARM devices’ hardware and software.
You will:
  • Make operating system calls from assembly language and include other software libraries in your projects
  • Interface apps to hardware devices such as the Raspberry Pi GPIO ports
  • Reverse engineer and hack code
  • Use the official ARM reference documentation for your own projects

About the Author

Stephen Smith is a retired Software Architect, located in Gibsons, BC, Canada. He's been developing software since high-school, or way too many years to record. Since retiring he has pursued Artificial Intelligence programming, earned his Advanced HAM Radio License and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and nature photography. He continues to write his popular technology blog at smist08.wordpress.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0881Z2VJG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress; 1st ed. edition (May 1, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3991 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 403 pages
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Huibert Aalbers
5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to assembly language for a new generation of programmers
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2022
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I learned to program back in the 80s on an Apple II. Learning Assembly at the time was a must if you wanted to write any serious commercial software because interpreted languages were ridiculously slow slow and even compiled languages like C or Pascal couldn't compete with the performance of native assembly code.

Over time, things started to change and computers became fast enough to use more versatile high-level programming languages to write all kind of code. Portability became far more important that squeezing out every bit of performance of the microprocessor and assembly language became a thing of the past only used by a small number of compiler, kernel and device driver programmers. In addition, learning x86 assembly was hard for a lack of documentation and because the x86 architecture over time became a mess.

I have always believed that this is a shame since learning assembly allows programmers to fully understand how a computer works under the hood. Now that ARM 64, a clean and modern chip architecture is available on a variety of devices, learning assembly has become easier than ever for a new generation of programmers who want to learn how computers really work, at the lowest level. While it is true that very few programmers actually need to know assembly to do their job, understanding assembly language is certainly useful as it allows to understand how to write better, faster and more concise code.

For those interested in learning assembly programming from scratch, "Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language" is a great book. It is clear, concise and contains all the information required to get you writing code.
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R. David Cron
4.0 out of 5 stars Great info, lots of typos
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2022
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I'm enjoying this book a lot, however I think my progress would be faster if I didn't have to occasionally (frequently) work through explanations that don't match what is being described. For example, one of the code examples in chapter 2 has this comment line:
// First 64-bit number is 0x0000000000000003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
which of course is a 128 bit number. Not a big deal, but many such things have me spending time trying to figure out what I'm not understanding, only to realize that it's just written wrong in the book. Typos might not be the right word, but this could do with another pass by an editor/proofreader. Great content though.
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S. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to assembly/NEON
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021
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By the time I got to the chapter on NEON I was ready to optimize some code. Nice introduction to assembly, although probably helpful to have some prior experience. One of the few books on 64-bit. Author's style was very approachable.
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Jim Wells
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but more difficult than I expected.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2022
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I only got a little way into the book because I need to change one of my raspberry pis over to linux and just haven't had time to do that. But the book seems good so far. Two's compliment was tough for me to get.
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Michael
3.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
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Seems to do a reasonable job covering what it does cover, but it is incomplete. Too little on: Protected/Kernel Mode vs User Mode, Multi-core programming, Data Memory Barrier instructions and the Interrupt controller (maybe not directly instruction related, but since interrupt deal with program flow, critical sections, ... they need to be given better coverage).
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Alan
5.0 out of 5 stars Hands-on, pedagogical approach.
Reviewed in Mexico on December 29, 2020
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Mostly clear and easy to follow. Most Assembly courses are manual-like, lacking any pedagogical approach and organization; this book is far much better for a programmer's first dive into Assembly.
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Discosound
3.0 out of 5 stars Se avete Linux
Reviewed in Italy on April 30, 2022
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Se avete Linux meglio, sembra un prerequisito agli esercizi. Windows non viene menzionato nemmeno di striscio.
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joe
5.0 out of 5 stars A very thorough introduction to the topic.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2021
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A great introduction to the topic; well written, engaging and concise. After only a few chapters I am already writing my own Assembly programmes. Would recommend to anyone interested in writing optimised code.
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