COS10004 Computer Systems

Lecture 8.1 Arm ASM – LED Flash (part 1) -

pulling a GPIO pin low

Dr Chris McCarthy
 OUR ARM ASM AGENDA
–  assignment (mov, ldr)
–  arithmetic (add, sub, mul, div)
–  labels, branch (b)
–  registers, GPIO
–  selection (cmp, tst)
–  functions, parameters (bl)
–  stack (push, pop)
–  building up immediate constants
–  ARM timer
–  Turn on|off GPIO (gpio.s) (OK01, OK02)
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 FROM WEEK 7

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd9kvVs1lSQ for my tutorial on wiring this

circuit
 TURNING ON AN LED
BASE = $FE000000 ; $ means HEX
GPIO_OFFSET=$200000

mov r0,BASE
orr r0,GPIO_OFFSET ;r0 now equals 0xFE200000

mov r1,#1
lsl r1,#24 ;write 1 into r1, lsl 24 times to move the 1 to bit 24
str r1,[r0,#4] ;write it into 5th (16/4+1)block of function register

mov r1,#1
lsl r1,#18 ;write 1 into r1, lsl 18 times to move the 1 to bit 18
str r1,[r0,#28] ;write it into first block of pull-up register

loop$:
b loop$ ;loop forever
 TURNING ON AN LED
BASE = $FE000000 ; $ means HEX
GPIO_OFFSET=$200000

mov r0,BASE
What about these numbers ?
orr r0,GPIO_OFFSET ;r0 now equals 0xFE200000
Where did they come from
mov r1,#1 And what do they mean ?
lsl r1,#24 ;write 1 into r1, lsl 24 times to move the 1 to bit 24
str r1,[r0,#4] ;write it into 5th (16/4+1)block of function register These numbers all refer to
settings and programming of
mov r1,#1 the GPIO registers.
lsl r1,#18 ;write 1 into r1, lsl 18 times to move the 1 to bit 18
str r1,[r0,#28] ;write it into first block of pull-up register To understand this part of the
Code we need to understand
loop$:
what the GPIO chip is, and
b loop$ ;loop forever
how we interface with it to
read to and write from the
GPIO header pins.
GPIO LAYOUT FOR RPI 2B, 3B AND 4
 MAKING THE LED FLASH (OK2)
•  pseudocode:
Program the GPIO 18 for output
Enable
wait
Disable
wait
We need to wait because
repeat the LED will flash too fast to
see. The clock speed of the
ARM – 700MHz – 1.2GHz.
Lab 8 Task resource on Canvas
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 MAKING THE LED FLASH (OK2)
•  pseudocode:
Program the GPIO 18 for output
Enable
wait
Disable
wait
We need to wait because
repeat the LED will flash too fast to
see. The clock speed of the
ARM – 700MHz – 1.2GHz.
Lab 8 Task resource on Canvas
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 FUNCTIONALITY NEEDED
•  Pull GPIO18 low (disable led)
•  Insert delay between led enable and disable
•  Lets deal with turning off LED first!
 RECALL PSUEDO CODE
•  store location of GPIO (BASE + GPIOADDR) in r0
•  Enable “writing” for GPIO18 (our LED)
–  we need to set certain bits in the “function” register
to program GPIO18 for writing
•  Set output of GPIO18
–  Light on: set bit in the appropriate “write 1” register
–  Light off: set bit in the appropriate “write 0” register
•  loop forever
 RECALL PSUEDO CODE
•  store location of GPIO (BASE + GPIOADDR) in r0
•  Enable “writing” for GPIO18 (our LED)
–  we need to set certain bits in the “function” register
to program GPIO18 for writing
•  Set output of GPIO18
–  Light on: set bit in the appropriate “write 1” register
–  Light off: set bit in the appropriate “write 0” register
•  loop forever
start of the BASE+ Each pin programmed by a
GPIO (RPi 2/3). Add 3-bit number. Those
this address to
everything in the 1. SELECT FUNCTION numbers are packed into
30 bits of each word
GPIO

Add 4 bytes (1 word) each time we go

above 30 bits (10 GPIO pins)
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3 registers control Each pin programmed
by a 1-bit number. 32
writing 0, writing 1
or reading each
pin.
2. SET VALUE (R/W) numbers are packed
into 32 bits of each
word.

Some GPIO pins need

to be sent a 0 to turn
the pin on, others need
a 1 to turn on.
 TURNING OFF THE LED (GPIO 18)
BASE = $FE000000
GPIO_OFFSET = $200000
mov r0,BASE
orr r0,GPIO_OFFSET
;start of GPIO
... ;program GPIO for output, turn on LED
Remember? The GPIO has (at
;set bit 18 offset):
mov r1,#1
Offset 0 bytes: Function registers
lsl r1,#18 Offset 28 bytes: Set high registers
;write to "set low” register Offset 40 bytes: Set low registers
str r1,[r0,#40] Offset 52 bytes: Read registers.
See RPiGPIO.xlsx

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 INSERT DELAY WITH BUSY WAIT TIMER
•  Pseudocode:
–  Program GPIO18 LED for output
–  Loop1:
•  Turn LED on (pull GPIO18 high)
•  Busy wait
•  Turn LED off (pull GPIO18 low)
•  Busy wait
–  branch to loop1

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 SUMMARY
•  To make LED flash we turn LED on an off with
inserted time delays
•  Pulling a GPIO register pin low follows same
pattern as pulling high
–  Write “1” to the appropriate position in the “off”
register
–  Everything else is the same!
•  Busy wait time needs a comparison and a loop:
–  Next lecture we discuss how to do this!