This is a collection of sample programs, in some respects building on each other for the mbed (http://mbed.org) platform. These samples are intended to demonstrate how to use the platform without using the web compiler or mbed api. This will hopefully get you kick started into learning to program the hardware directly using the reference material provided by the vendor(s). At a minimum you will need some documents, starting at http://mbed.org go to the handbook page (Handbook link top right of page) http://mbed.org/handbook At the bottom of the page (before the comments start) go to the hardware page (mbed NXP LPC1768 link) http://mbed.org/handbook/mbed-NXP-LPC1768 Near the bottom of that page are two documents you need, first is the schematic http://mbed.org/media/uploads/chris/mbed-005.1.pdf The second is the LPC1768 users manual http://ics.nxp.com/support/documents/microcontrollers/pdf/user.manual.lpc17xx.pdf Need a place for these, notes to self about building binutils and gcc from sources: ../configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/gnuarm --disable-werror? ../configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/gnuarm --disable-werror --disable-nls ../configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/gnuarm --disable-libssp --disable-libc --disable-libgcc important to use make all-gcc and install-gcc instead of just make and make install Start with the blinker programs, blinker01, blinker02, blinker03, etc.