The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3

Chapter 1 - Introduction *What is the Cortex-M3 Processor? *Background of ARM and ARM Architecture *Background *Architecture Versions *Processor Naming *Instruction Set development *Thumb®-2 Instruction Set *Cortex-M3 processor applications *Organization of this book *Further Reading Chapter 2 - Overview of the Cortex-M3 Processor Fundamental *Registers *Operation Modes *Built-in Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller *Memory Map *Bus Interface *Memory Protection Unit (MPU) *Instruction Set *Interrupt & Exception *Debug support *Characteristics Summary Chapter 3 – Cortex-M3 Processor Basics *Registers *Special registers *Operation Mode *Exceptions and Interrupts *Vector Table *Stack memory operations *Reset sequence Chapter 4 – Instruction Set *Assembly basics *Assembler language – Basic syntax *Assembler language – Use of Suffixes *Assembler language – Unified Assembler Language *Instruction list *16-bit data processing instructions *16-bit branch instructions *16-bit Load and Store instructions *Other 16-bit instructions *32-bit data processing instructions *32-bit Load and Store instructions *32-bit Branch instructions *Other 32-bit instructions *Unsupported Instructions *Instruction Descriptions *Several useful instructions in the Cortex-M3 processor *MSR, MRS *IT (If Then) *CBZ, CBNZ *SDIV, UDIV *REV, REVH, REVSH *RBIT *SXTB, SXTH, UXTB, UXTH *BFC, BFI *UBFX, SBFX *LDRD, STRD *TBB, TBH Chapter 5 - Memory System *Memory System Features Overview *Memory Map *Memory Access Attributes *Default Memory Access Permissions *Bit band operation *Advantages of bit band operations *Bit Band operation of different data size *Bit Band operation in C Programs *Unaligned Transfers *Exclusive accesses *Endian Chapter 6 - Cortex-M3 Processor Implementation Overview *Pipeline *Detailed Block diagram *Bus interfaces on the Cortex-M3 processor *I-CODE bus *D-CODE bus *System Bus *External Private Peripheral Bus (External PPB) *DAP (Debug Access Port) Bus *Other interfaces in Cortex-M3 *External Private Peripheral Bus *Typical connections *Reset signals Chapter 7 - Exceptions *Exception Types *Definitions of priority *Vector Table *Interrupt inputs and pending behaviors *Faults exceptions *Bus faults *Memory Management Fault *Usage Fault *Hard Fault *Dealing with faults *SVC and PendSV Chapter 8 - NVIC and Interrupt Control *NVIC Overview *Basic Interrupt Configuration *Interrupt Enable and Clear Enable *Interrupt Pending and Clear Pending *Priority Level *Active Status *PRIMASK and FAULTMASK special registers *BASEPRI special register *Configuration registers for other exceptions *Example procedures of setting up an interrupt *Software interrupts *SYSTICK timer Chapter 9 - Interrupt Behavior *Interrupt/exception sequence *Exception Exit *Nested Interrupt *Tail chaining interrupt *Late arrival *More on the Exception Return (EXC_RETURN) value *Interrupt Latency *Faults related to InterruptsChapter 10 – Cortex-M3 Processor Programming Overview *Using Assembly *Using C *Interface between assembly and C *Typical development flow *The first step *Producing Outputs *Hello World Example *Using Data memory *Using Exclusive access for semaphore *Using bit band for semaphore *Working with Bit Field Extract and Table Branch Chapter 11 – Exceptions Programming *Using Interrupts *Stack setup *Vector table setup *Interrupt Priority Setup *Enable the interrupt *Exception/Interrupt Handler *Software Interrupts *Example with Exception handlers *Using SVC *Using SVC for output functions *Using SVC with C Chapter 12 – Advance Programming Features & System Behavior *Running system with two separate stacks *Double Word Stack alignment *Non-base thread enable *Performance Consideration *LOCKUP situations *Avoid Lockup Chapter 13 – Memory Protection Unit (MPU) Overview *MPU Registers *Setting up MPU *Typical setup Chapter 14 – Other Cortex-M3 Processor Features SYSTICK timer *Power Management *Multiprocessor communication (SEV and WFE) *Self Reset Control Chapter 15 – Debug Architecture *Debug features overview *CoreSight overview *Processor debug interface *Debug Host interface *DP module, AP module and DAP *Trace interface *CoreSight characteristics *Debug modes *Debug events *Breakpoint in Cortex-M3 *Accessing Registers' content in debug *Other core debug features Chapter 16 – Debug Components *Introduction *Trace system in the Cortex-M3 Processor *Trace components - Data Watchpoint and Trace (DWT) *Trace components - Instrumentation Trace *Macrocell (ITM) *Software Trace with ITM *Hardware Trace with ITM and DWT *ITM Timestamp *Trace components - Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) *Trace components - Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU) *Flash Patch and Breakpoint (FPB) Unit *AHB Access Port (AHB-AP) *ROM Table Chapter 17 – Getting Started with Cortex-M3 Processor Development *Choosing a Cortex-M3 product *Differences between Cortex-M3 revision 0 and revision 1 *Development Tools Chapter 18 – Porting Applications from ARM7 to the Cortex-M3 Processor *Overview *System characteristics *Assembly language files *C program files *Precompiled Object files *Optimization Chapter 19 – Starting Cortex-M3 development using GNU Tool Chain *Background *Getting GNU Tool Chain *Development flow *Example 1 - The first program *Example 2 – Linking multiple files together *Example 3 – A simple hello world program *Example 4 – Data in RAM *Example 5 – C only, without assembly file *Example 6 – C only, with standard C startup code *Accessing special registers *Using unsupported instructions *In-line assembler in GNU C Compiler Chapter 20 – Getting started with the RealView® Microcontroller Development Kit *Overview of RealView Microcontroller Development Kit *Getting start with Vision *Output “Hello world” message via UART *Testing the software *Using the debugger *Instruction Set Simulator *Modifying the vector table *Stopwatch Example with Interrupts Appendix I Cortex-M3 Instructions Summary *Supported 16-bit Thumb instructions *Supported 32-bit Thumb-2 instructions Appendix II – 16-bit Thumb Instructions and architecture versions Appendix III – Cortex-M3 Exceptions Quick Reference *Exceptions types and Enable *Stack contents after Exception Stacking Appendix IV - NVIC Registers Quick Reference Appendix V Cortex-M3 Trouble Shooting Guide Overview *Developing Fault Handler *Understanding cause of the fault *Other possible problems Index