https://allthingsembedded.com/tags/usb/Recent content in USB on AllThingsEmbeddedHugoen-usSun, 19 May 2019 17:23:30 +0000https://allthingsembedded.com/post/2019-05-19-bootloaders-and-arm-cortex-m-microcontrollers-stm32f7-introduction/Sun, 19 May 2019 17:23:30 +0000https://allthingsembedded.com/post/2019-05-19-bootloaders-and-arm-cortex-m-microcontrollers-stm32f7-introduction/<p>We are introducing a new series to the blog, containing all about bootloaders for small ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. I hope you like it.</p> <h3 id="what-is-a-bootloader">What is a bootloader?</h3> <p>A bootloader is a piece of firmware that takes care of booting the target application, as well as providing a mechanism to update the firmware on the field, where you don&rsquo;t have the means to flash the device using more advanced hardware interfaces such as JTAG, SWD or ICSP.</p>